عفا رسمُ من أهوى وليس سوانا

عفا رسمُ من أهوى وليس سوانا

وكنا له عند النزولِ مكانا

وكنا له عند النزولِ مكانا

The trace of the one I love has faded; he is none other than us.

The drawing of the one I love has become erased

And we were a dwelling for him when he descended.

And we were for it a place of descent

لقد ضاق عنه أرضه وسماؤه

لقد ضاق عنه أرضه وسماؤه

وبالسَّعة المثلى لديه حبانا

وبالسَّعة المثلى لديه حبانا

His earth and his heaven were indeed too narrow to contain him.

The earth and sky have become too narrow for it

And he graced us with the most perfect spaciousness in his keeping.

And with the most ample spaciousness, it has endowed us

وما وسعَ الرحمنَ إلا وجودنا

وما وسعَ الرحمنَ إلا وجودنا

كأنا على العرشِ العظيم بنانا

كأنا على العرشِ العظيم بنانا

Nothing encompassed the All-Merciful but our being.

And none has encompassed the Beneficent except our existence

As though he had built us upon the mighty Throne.

As if we were pillars upon the Mighty Throne

ولما وسعنا الحقّ جل جلالُه

ولما وسعنا الحقّ جل جلالُه

نعمنا به علما به وعِيانا

نعمنا به علما به وعِيانا

And when we encompassed the Real—exalted be his majesty—

And when the Truth, Majestic is His Majesty, encompassed us

We delighted in him through knowledge of him and direct vision.

He blessed us with knowledge of Him and vision

ولم نتخذ غير المهيمن ساكنا

ولم نتخذ غير المهيمن ساكنا

ولم يتخذ بيتا يكون سوانا

ولم يتخذ بيتا يكون سوانا

And we took none but the Guardian as a dweller.

And we have not taken other than the All-Dominating as a dweller

And he took no house that was other than us.

Nor has He taken a house that would rival us

لقد جاد لي ربي بكل فضيلةٍ

لقد جاد لي ربي بكل فضيلةٍ

وآتانِ منه بسطةً وبيانا

وآتانِ منه بسطةً وبيانا

My Lord indeed bestowed every excellence upon me.

Indeed my Lord has been generous to me with every virtue

And from himself he gave me expansiveness and clear expression.

And given me amplitude and elucidation from Him

إذا نحن جئناه على كلِّ حالة

إذا نحن جئناه على كلِّ حالة

بضعف الذي جئنا إليه أتانا

بضعف الذي جئنا إليه أتانا

Whenever we come to him, in any state,

When we came to Him in every state

He comes to us with twice what we bring to him.

With the weakness by which we came to Him

إذا نحن أثنينا عليه بذاتنا

إذا نحن أثنينا عليه بذاتنا

وكان لنا منك الشهود أمانا

وكان لنا منك الشهود أمانا

Whenever we praise him with our very being,

When we praised Him through our essence

And witnessing from you is our safeguard,

And your witnessing was safety for us

على كلِّ ما قلناه فيك وعصمةٌ

على كلِّ ما قلناه فيك وعصمةٌ

فما ثم عينٌ في الوجود ترانا

فما ثم عينٌ في الوجود ترانا

For all we have said of you, and a protection—

In everything we have said regarding You and infallibility

Then no eye in existence sees us.

No eye in existence sees us