ما رأينا من عنايته

ما رأينا من عنايته

يأخذ الأموالَ والولدا

يأخذ الأموالَ والولدا

We have seen none who, out of His care,

What we have seen of His care,

takes away wealth and offspring,

Taking wealth and children away,

غير ربٍّ لم يزل أبدا

غير ربٍّ لم يزل أبدا

بكمالِ الوصفِ مُنفردا

بكمالِ الوصفِ مُنفردا

save a Lord who has ever remained

Except a Lord who never ceases

unique in the perfection of His attributes.

To be uniquely perfect in description.

أبصرَ المغرورُ جنته

أبصرَ المغرورُ جنته

ثم لم يدرِ الذي شهدا

ثم لم يدرِ الذي شهدا

The deluded man beheld his garden,

The deceived one saw his paradise,

then did not know what he had witnessed.

Then did not know what he witnessed.

قال ما أظن في خَلَدي

قال ما أظن في خَلَدي

أن تبيد هذه أبدّا

أن تبيد هذه أبدّا

He said, “I do not think, in my mind,

He said, “I do not think that in my eternity,

that this will ever perish.”

This will ever perish.”

لم تكن كما تخيله

لم تكن كما تخيله

أنها تبقى له أمدا

أنها تبقى له أمدا

It was not as he imagined:

It was not as he imagined,

that it would remain his for a time.

That it would remain for him forever.

وهي عند الله باقية

وهي عند الله باقية

للذي قد كان معتقدا

للذي قد كان معتقدا

And it endures with God,

Yet with God it remains

for the one who had believed.

For the one who had believed.

فأراه الظن خيبته

فأراه الظن خيبته

وأرى العلمَ الذي انتفدا

وأرى العلمَ الذي انتفدا

So conjecture showed him his disappointment,

So fancy showed him his disappointment,

and revealed the knowledge that had been exhausted.

And knowledge showed what was inferred.

فأراه ما توعَّده

فأراه ما توعَّده

وأراه ما به وعَدا

وأراه ما به وعَدا

Then He showed him what He had threatened him with,

So He showed him what He had promised him,

and showed him what He had promised.

And showed him what He had warned.

لم يزل في قدسِ جنته

لم يزل في قدسِ جنته

طالع العلى منتقدا

طالع العلى منتقدا

He remained in the sanctity of his garden,

He did not cease to be in the holiness of his paradise,

surveying the heights with discernment,

Beholding the Most High, finding fault.

حامداً لله خالِقه

حامداً لله خالِقه

حيثُ لم يترك له سَندا

حيثُ لم يترك له سَندا

praising God, his Creator,

Praising God, his Creator,

since He had left him no support.

Where He did not leave a supporter for him.

كلُّ من طابت سريتُه

كلُّ من طابت سريتُه

بالذي في سرِّه اتحدا

بالذي في سرِّه اتحدا

Everyone whose inner nature became pure

Everyone whose inner state was good,

through the One with whom he united in his secret heart

With the One whom in his inner self he became united.

لم يجد من دون خالقه

لم يجد من دون خالقه

أحدا يكون ملتحدا

أحدا يكون ملتحدا

found, apart from his Creator,

He did not find, apart from his Creator,

no one to serve as a refuge.

Anyone to be united with.

إنَّ لي مولى اسرُّ به

إنَّ لي مولى اسرُّ به

ما يرى شيئاً يكون سدى

ما يرى شيئاً يكون سدى

Indeed, I have a Master in whom I delight,

Indeed I have a Master whom I confide in,

who sees nothing as being in vain.

He does not see anything that comes to pass in vain.

عينُ كونِ الشيء حكمتُه

عينُ كونِ الشيء حكمتُه

ما لها حكمٌ عليه بدا

ما لها حكمٌ عليه بدا

A thing’s very existence is His wisdom;

The essence of a thing coming into being is His wisdom,

it has no manifest sway over Him.

It has no judgment over Him ever.

الذي تُرجى عوارفه

الذي تُرجى عوارفه

كان لي رُكنا ومستندا

كان لي رُكنا ومستندا

He whose favors are hoped for

The One whose mystical knowledge is hoped for

has been my pillar and my support.

Was for me a pillar and support.

عز لم يعرف وما عرفوا

عز لم يعرف وما عرفوا

غير من أضلهم بهدى

غير من أضلهم بهدى

He was exalted, unknown; and they knew no one

Mighty, He did not know, and they did not know,

but Him who led them astray through guidance.

Other than the One who led them with guidance.

فهو المعلوم عندهمُ

فهو المعلوم عندهمُ

والذي لا يعلمن أبدا

والذي لا يعلمن أبدا

Thus He is the One known to them,

So He is the Known to them,

and the One who will never be known.

And the One whom they will never know.