إذاwhen طلعتrises شمسُthe sun الفناءannihilation الذيwhich حجىwisdom
إذا طلعت شمسُ الفناء الذي حجى
أكورI enfold بهاwith it حقاًthe Real إذاif هوHe لمhas not يكرbeen enfolded
أكور بها حقاً إذا هو لم يكر
When the sun of annihilation, which is wisdom, rises,
When the sun of oblivion rises and shines
I enfold the Real with it, if He has not been enfolded
I will rightly veil it, if it does not veil itself
بكونيby my being إذاwhen ماemphatic particle كنتI was خلعاًcast off فإنهfor He
بكوني إذا ما كنت خلعاً فإنه
نزيهuntainted عنby أحكامٍlaws تكونarise عنfrom الأكرthe spheres
نزيه عن أحكامٍ تكون عن الأكر
by my being, when I am cast off; for He
Since if I am stripped bare, it is still
is free from laws arising from the spheres.
Free from judgments that come with shame
إذاif كانwas قدindeed جاءcame الحديثُthe tradition بأنهthat He
إذا كان قد جاء الحديثُ بأنه
لأجلbecause of اختلافِthe difference in الاعتقاداتِthe beliefs ذوpossessing غيرchanges
لأجل اختلافِ الاعتقاداتِ ذو غير
If the tradition has indeed declared that He,
If it has been said that it is
owing to differing beliefs, is subject to change,
Because beliefs differ, of diverse kinds
ولكنهbut He بالذاتِin essence عندin the view of أوليthose endowed with النُّهىreason
ولكنه بالذاتِ عند أولي النُّهى
غنيٌself-sufficient بنصِّby the explicit wording of الذكرthe Reminder فيin مُحكمthe unambiguous passages of السُّوَرِthe surahs
غنيٌ بنصِّ الذكر في مُحكم السُّوَرِ
yet He, in His essence, to those endowed with reason,
Yet in essence for those of true perception
is self-sufficient, as the Reminder explicitly states in the unambiguous passages of the surahs.
It is complete with the verse's word in chapters clear
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.