Claude 2

  1. إن الفتى من يراعي حقَّ خالقِه

    وثم حقُّ رسولِ الله إيثارا

    The youth who upholds his Creator's right

    Then the right of Allah's Messenger with devotion

  2. والعارفون يرون الحقَّ عينهم

    ولا يرون بعينِ الحق أغيارا

    The gnostics see the Truth as their eyes

    And they see none but the Truth's eyes as others

  3. فهم يغارون أنْ يلقى بساحتهم

    خيانة من نفوسٍ كنَّ أغوارا

    So they are jealous lest betrayal find its way

    Into their realm from souls that were once chasms

  4. فهم مع الله لا في حقِّ أنفسِهم

    لذا أقاموا من التنزيه أسوارا

    They are with Allah, not for their own sakes

    Thus they erected sanctuaries of transcendence

  5. تنزيهِ تشبيهٍ لا تنزيه ليس كذا

    بما أتاهم من الرحمن أخبارا

    A transcendence of likening - not just transcendence

    By what the Merciful granted them as news

  6. يحكون ما قاله عن نفسِه فإذا

    حكوه كانوا له جنداً وأنصارا

    They relate what He said of Himself so when

    They relate it, they are His troops and helpers

  7. لا يعرفون سوى الرحمن من أحد

    لم يألفوا فيه لا داراً ولا جارا

    They know none but the Merciful among all

    They never knew a neighbor or abode but Him

  8. لو أنهم وجدوا أمراً ينازعهم

    فيه لأدخلهم نزاعهم نارا

    Had they found anything to rival their Lord

    Rivalry would have cast them into flames

  9. ولم يكن مادحٌ منهم له أبداً

    بكل فنٍّ من الأمداح مِكثارا

    And none among them praised Him ever

    With every art of lavish praises

  10. هم الأقلون إنْ قلوا وإنْ كثروا

    حلاهم الحقُّ أسراراً وأسراراً

    They are few even when numerous

    The Truth adorned them with secrets upon secrets