القلبُ منزلُ من سواه واتخذه

القلبُ منزلُ من سواه واتخذه

بيتاً يكون به جوداً ومال نبذه

بيتاً يكون به جوداً ومال نبذه

The heart is the dwelling of Him who fashioned it and took it

The heart is the home of whoever other than Him has made it his,

as a house where He dwells in generosity and has not cast it aside [reading uncertain].

And adopted it as a house in which to manifest generosity and wealth he has rejected.

وكيفَ ينبذه والحق يسكنُه

وكيفَ ينبذه والحق يسكنُه

إذا قلوبٌ لأهل الزور منتبذه

إذا قلوبٌ لأهل الزور منتبذه

And how could He cast it aside when the Real dwells within it,

How could he reject it when the Truth dwells within it?

when the hearts of the people of falsehood are cast aside?

For indeed hearts are the refuge of the people of falsehood.

إنَّ القلوبَ التي بالعلمِ زينها

إنَّ القلوبَ التي بالعلمِ زينها

هي القلوب التي للحق متخذه

هي القلوب التي للحق متخذه

Indeed, the hearts He has adorned with knowledge

Verily those hearts adorned with knowledge

are the hearts chosen for the Real.

Are the hearts that have made the Truth their refuge.

فكل قلب تعالى عنه أكنته

فكل قلب تعالى عنه أكنته

وقفله فهو قلبٌ للهوى اتخذه

وقفله فهو قلبٌ للهوى اتخذه

So every heart from which its coverings have lifted,

So every heart aloof from its passions

and its lock, is a heart He has taken for love.

And locked away from them is a heart that desire has made its home.

قد اصطفاه لما قلناه عامره

قد اصطفاه لما قلناه عامره

وعن سواه من أحوال العمى انتبذه

وعن سواه من أحوال العمى انتبذه

Its dweller has chosen it for what we have said,

He has chosen it for what we have said has made it flourish

and secluded it from all besides Him, from the states of blindness.

And from anything other than Him among the states of blindness He has delivered it.

فلو رماه بسهمٍ من رمايته

فلو رماه بسهمٍ من رمايته

رام العمى وأصاب العين ما نقذه

رام العمى وأصاب العين ما نقذه

So if he shot at it with an arrow of his own,

So if an arrow from His quiver He should shoot at it,

seeking blindness and striking the eye, he would not save it.

He would aim at blindness but hit the eye He has saved.