ما في الوجود اختيار عند من شهدا

ما في الوجود اختيار عند من شهدا

وكيف ينكر ما في الكون قد وجدا

وكيف ينكر ما في الكون قد وجدا

There is no choice in existence for one who has witnessed.

There is no choice for those who witnessed

And how can he deny what he has indeed found in the cosmos?

How can one deny what in the universe exists?

وقد أتاك به القرآن في سور

وقد أتاك به القرآن في سور

يدري بها عندما تتلى الذي حجدا

يدري بها عندما تتلى الذي حجدا

And the Qur'an has indeed brought it to you in surahs.

The Quran has informed you in chapters

The one who denied it understands through them when they are recited.

Known to those who recite what has been etched

لذاك قيدته بذي الشهودِ فلا

لذاك قيدته بذي الشهودِ فلا

تزد عليه ولا تشركْ به أحدا

تزد عليه ولا تشركْ به أحدا

Thus I restricted it to one endowed with witnessing; so do not

So I bound it to The Witnessed, add no more

add to it, nor associate anyone with Him.

Nor associate with Him anyone for sure

فمن أجوز وما في العلم من أحد

فمن أجوز وما في العلم من أحد

سوى الإله الذي في خلقه شِهدا

سوى الإله الذي في خلقه شِهدا

Whom, then, could I admit, when in knowledge there is no one

Whoever claims beyond the knowledge of all

but God, witnessed in His creation?

Except the God whose creation we recall

الصورُ صورهمُ والخلقُ عينهمُ

الصورُ صورهمُ والخلقُ عينهمُ

نعم وصورتهم حقاً كما وردا

نعم وصورتهم حقاً كما وردا

The forms are their forms, and creation their very selves.

Forms are their forms, creations His essence

Yes, and their form is indeed as has been related.

Yes, their image truly as mentioned

لأنه سمعنا بل كان نشأتنا

لأنه سمعنا بل كان نشأتنا

روحا ًوصورة جسم لا تقل جسدا

روحا ًوصورة جسم لا تقل جسدا

Because He is our hearing—rather, He was our formation:

Since we heard, rather since our genesis

spirit and a body's form—do not say a lifeless body.

Spirit and body-form, not just flesh to profess

فما يخاطبه إلا حقيقته

فما يخاطبه إلا حقيقته

مقصودةٌ عينه وهو الذي قصدا

مقصودةٌ عينه وهو الذي قصدا

None addresses Him but His own reality.

So He addresses the true reality

His very Self is intended, and He is the one sought.

His purpose, His entity whom He did address

ما ثم غير فتفنيه هويته

ما ثم غير فتفنيه هويته

لذاك جاء بأنَّ الحقَّ ما ولدا

لذاك جاء بأنَّ الحقَّ ما ولدا

There is no other there for His identity to annihilate.

None other that makes its identity cease

Thus it was declared that the Real has not begotten,

Thus He said the Truth did not beget or release

ولا تولد عن شيءٍ تقدّمه

ولا تولد عن شيءٍ تقدّمه

فبالوجودِ القديمِ الحادثِ انفردا

فبالوجودِ القديمِ الحادثِ انفردا

nor did He arise from anything that preceded Him.

Nor is begotten from something preceding

So He alone possesses existence, eternal and originated.

So the Eternal, Originator, alone succeeding