أَيَّwhat مَحَلٍّstation أَرتَقيshall I ascend to
أَيَّ مَحَلٍّ أَرتَقي
أَيَّwhat عَظيمٍmighty one أَتَّقيshall I fear
أَيَّ عَظيمٍ أَتَّقي
To what station shall I rise?
Where can I climb
To what high station can I climb?
What mighty one shall I fear?
Which great one can I fear
What mighty power do I fear?
وَكُلُّand all ماthat قَدalready خَلَقَhas created الـbeginning of Allāh (God), continued below
وَكُلُّ ما قَد خَلَقَ الـ
لاهُcompletion of Allāh (God), begun above وَماand what لَمnot يَخلُقِHe created
لاهُ وَما لَم يَخلُقِ
And all that has been created by
And all that God has created
For all that God has brought to form,
God, and all He has not created,
And all that He has not created
And all that He has left unmade,
مُحتَقَرٌheld in contempt فيin هِمَّتيmy ambition
مُحتَقَرٌ في هِمَّتي
كَشَعرَةٍlike a hair فيon مَفرِقيthe crown of my head
كَشَعرَةٍ في مَفرِقي
Is paltry beside my ambition,
Is contemptible in my ambition
Is far beneath my high ambition,
Like a hair upon my crown.
Like a hair in my parting
Like a single hair upon my head.