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The Poem Beginning the Transcription... (in Mturd Aqdah)
By Sirj al-Dn al-sh Translated by Ramon Ibrahim Harvey

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This servant says about the oneness [of the Lord of the worlds], Whilst beginning the transcription of a poem like pearls:

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2. Eternal is our Master, the God of creation, And described with all the qualities of perfection.

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3. He is Ever-Living, the Arranger of every matter, He is the Real, the Apportioner, Possessing Majesty.

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4. He wills the good and the evil most foul, But is not pleased with the latterimpossible!

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The Attributes of God are neither the same as His Essence, Nor other than Him, so that there could be separateness.

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6. Are protected from leaving existenceever.

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The Attributes of the Essence and Actions, altogether,

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7. We name God an entity, but not like other entities, From the six directions, His Essence is entirely free;

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And the [Divine] Name is no other than Who is named, For the people of inner-sight, the best community acclaimed.

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9. My Lord is neither a material body, nor its particles, Neither a complex structure, nor the parts of it all.

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10. (Yet, rational minds establish particles existable,

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Such that they are not described as further divisible.)

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11. The Quran is not created; but rather transcendence separates the Lords speech from human utterance.

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12. And without attributing settlement or connection.

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The Lord of the Throne is above it [without direction]

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13. There is no similitude for al-Ramn in any regard, Protected from this are Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamat.

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14. Time does not pass the Requiter by, Nor ages and states seen with the mortal eye.

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15. My God is beyond need of anyone: Wives or childrendaughters or sons;

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16. Likewise, all those oering assistance or victory, Singular is the Possessor of Majesty and Sublimity.

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17. He gives death to the creation by His authority,

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Then returns them to life, requiting by their qualities.

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18. For the rejectors of faith, degrees of punishment!

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For the people of goodness, Paradise and ennoblement,

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19. Heaven and Hell are never to cease, And their inhabitants are never to leave.

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20. The believers will see God, without modality, Perceptual limits, or image struck metaphorically.

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21. Forgetting their Paradisial blessings, when He is seen, So woe upon you O [denying] Mutazils!

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22. Doing the best for His servants is not obligated Upon the Guide, the Holy, the One Exalted.

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23. It is necessary to arm the prophetic emissaries, And the noble angels, [divine] beneciaries;

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24. The Hshim Prophet complete in his perfection;

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And the seal of the Messengers, the rst in creation,

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25. The leader of the prophets without controversy, And the crown of the saints without deciency.

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26. His revealed law persists in every era, Until the Day of Resurrection after our departure.

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27. The Heavenly Ascension was a reality and truth, Reports of high authority provide ample proof.

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28. The intercession of the pious is the fervent hope Of those carrying mortal sins like crushing stones.

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29. The prophets are certainly protected From wilful sin and being deselected.

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30. Never once has a prophet been a female, And neither a slave, nor a teller of tall tales.

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31. Dhul-Qarnayn was never known as a prophet, The same for Luqmn, so be warned of argument!

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32. One day s shall come and bring destruction To the wretched Dajjl, sower of corruption.

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33. The miracles of the saintly in the worldly abode Are real, because they are a people bestowed.

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34. Yet never can a saint in all of times measure, be presumed better than a prophet or messenger.

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35. [Ab Bakr] al-Siddq has an excellence manifest Over the other companions without doubtfulness.

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36. [Umar] al-Frq has an excellence and grace Over Uthmn Dhul-Nurayn, ranked in high place.

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37. And, with certainty, the good of Dhul-Nurayn,

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Precedes [Al], returner to the battle lines again and again.

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38. Yet this keen returner, has a grace after these three men, Ahead of all others, so [against him] do not contend!

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39. Know that, in some aspects, [Aishah] al-Siddqah Has a degree of excellence over [Fimah] al-Zahr

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40. No-one would have cursed Yazd after his death, Except for the incitement of garrulous extremists.

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41. To the simple faith of the believer attention is paid, Due to many types of evidence like trenchant blades.

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42. Yet, the person of intellect has no excuse at all, For ignorance of the Creator of the great and small.

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43. The sudden faith of a person in their death throes Is not accepted, as it is merely a forlorn hope.

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44. The actions of good are not to be reckoned As part of faith, but are obliged from its connection.

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45. And not to be judged with disbelief or apostasy, Are the fornicator, the killer, and the seizer of property.

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46. Yet, he who intends apostasy after a period of time, Becomes from the true religion secretly declined.

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47. And freely uttering disbelief without believing it, Leads to the loss of religion through heedlessness.

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48. speaking delirious nonsense o the top of their head.

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Though disbelief is not judged for the one intoxicated,

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49. The non-existent is not seenit is not anything, This is evident to one insightful, immersed in blessing.

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50. What is created is not the same as the act of creation, They are distinguished, so receive illumination!

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51. The lawful and unlawful are both Gods provision, Even if my words bring about hateful derision.

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52. In the graves, a question will be brought

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To every personregarding the oneness of my Lord.

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53. Disbelievers and sinners have punishment prescribed In the graves, deserved on account of their evil lives.

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54. Entry into Paradise is an act of mercifulness, From the Most Merciful, O people of hopefulness.

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In truth, mankind will be accounted after resurrection, So, from engaging in sins you must seek protection.

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56. The books will be given to some in the right hand, And others behind the back and in the left hand.

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57. A realitywithout lieis the weighing of the deeds,

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And running on the back of the Bridge at varying speeds.

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58. The intercession of the pious is the fervent hope Of those carrying mortal sins like crushing stones.

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59. Supplications carry a penetrating inuence, Those negating this are people of misguidance.

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60. Our world is created from nothingness, Primordial matter was never in existence.

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61. The Gardens and Fires are already created, Countless years have passed while they have waited.

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62. The possessor of faith will not forever dwell Through the misfortune of sin, in the realm of Hell.

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63. I have clothed [the subject of] unicity in poetry, Of wondrous form, like legitimate [verbal] sorcery;

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64. And revive the spirit like waters sweet purity;

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To give solace to the heart like glad tidings of security

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65. So plunge into it with memorisation and strong faith, Attaining from that each and every type of grace.

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66. Be of assistance to this poor servant when you can,

By mentioning good at the time of your supplication.

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67. Perhaps God will pardon him by His generosity, Then, as a nal consequence, grant him felicity.

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68. And the most expansive facilityall my life I pray

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Will be granted to whoever prayed for me a single day.