Sol 6.1

  1. لما تألفتِ الأشياء بالألف

    أعطاك صورته في كل مؤتلف

    When things were joined through the alif,

    it gave you its form in every composite whole.

  2. فأحرفُ الرقم والألفاظ دائرة

    ما بين مؤتلفٍ منها ومختلف

    Thus the letters of script and speech revolve

    between the combined and the disparate among them.

  3. وإنْ تمادتْ إلى ما لا انقضاء له

    فإنَّ مَرجع عقباها على الألف

    And though they extend into what has no end,

    their final return is to the alif.

  4. لولا تألُفُها وسِرُّ حكمتِه

    لم تدرِ أمراً و لانهياً فقفْ وخفْ

    But for their joining and the secret of its wisdom,

    you would know neither command nor prohibition; so stop and fear.

  5. وفي أوامره إن كنت ذا بصر

    سِرٌ عجيبٌ ولكن غير منكشفْ

    And in His commands, if you have insight,

    lies a wondrous secret, yet unrevealed.

  6. لا يأمر الله بالفحشا وقال لمن

    عصاه وعداً له فاركضْ ولا تقفْ

    God does not command indecency, yet He said to one

    who disobeyed Him, as a promise to him: “So run, and do not stop.”

  7. وليس يبدو الذي قلناه من عجبٍ

    في أمر امرهمُ إلاّ المعترف

    And the wonder we have spoken of is not apparent

    in a command He gave them, save to the one who acknowledges.

  8. يا رحمةً وسعتْ كلَّ الوجودِ فما

    يشذُّ عنها وجودٌ فاعتبر وقِف

    O mercy that has embraced all existence—nothing

    in existence escapes it; so take heed and pause.

  9. ولا يرى الله في شيء يعنُّ له

    مما له عنَّ إلاّ صاحبُ الغرف

    And none sees God in anything that appears to him,

    among all that has appeared to him, save the dweller in upper chambers,

  10. أو من يجود إذا أثرى بنعمته

    أو من يكون من الرحمن في كنف

    or one who gives freely when enriched by His bounty,

    or one who is in the All-Merciful’s shelter.

  11. لذا أقام له عذراً بما صدرت

    أوامر منه في القربى وفي الزلَف

    Thus he established an excuse for him through what was issued:

    commands from Him concerning nearness and proximity.