يـَا طَـالِـبَ الـفَـنَـا
فِـي الـلَّـهُ قُـلْ دَائِـمًـا الـلَّـهُ الـلَّـه
īā ṭaālibal fanaā
fiī Allahu qul dā'imanā Allahu Allah
O you who seek effacement
in Allah, be constant in saying "Allah, Allah!"
وَغِـبْ فِـيـهِ عَـنْ سِـوَاهُ
وَاشْـهَـدْ بِـقَـلْـبِـكَ الـلـه
wa ghib fiīhi ʿan siwāhu
wa shhad biqalbika Allah
And pass away in Him from all else
and witness with your heart; Allah!
وَاجْـمَـعْ هُـمُـومَـكَ فِـيـهِ
تَـكُـفَـى بِـهِ عَـنْ غَـيْـرِ الـلَّـه
wa jmaʿ humuwmaka fiīhi
takufa bihi ʿan ghayri Allah
Gather all your cares into caring about Him
and you will be sufficed from all else but Allah
وكُـنْ عَـبْـداً صِـرْفـاً لَـهُ
تَـكُـنْ حُـرّاً عَـنْ غَـيْـرِ الـلَّـه
wkun ʿabdāan ṣirfāan lahu
takun ḥurrāan ʿan ghayri Allah
Be a servant who belongs to Him alone
and you'll be freed from belonging to other than Allah
وَاخْـضَـعْ لَـهُ وتَـذَلَّـلْ
تَـفُـزْ بِـسِـرِّ مِـنَ الـلَّـه
wa khḍaʿ lahu wtadhallal
tafuz bisirri mina Allah
Submit to Him and be humble before Him
and you'll be granted a secret that comes from Allah
واذْكُـرْ بِـجِـدٍ وَصِـدْقٍ
بَـيْـنَ يَـدَي عَـبِـيـدِ الـلـه
wādhkur bijidin wa ṣidqin
bayna yadaī ʿabiīdi Allah
And invoke with fervor and sincerity
along with the devoted servants of Allah
واكْــتُــمْ إِذَا تَـجَـلَّـى لَـك
بِـأَنْـوَارٍ مِـنْ ذَاتِ الـلَّـه
wāktum idhā tajalla lak
bianwārin min dhāti Allah
Conceal it should He reveal Himself to you
through lights which come from the Essence of Allah
فَـالـغَـيْـرُ عِـنْـدَنَـا مُـحَـال
فـالـوُجُـودُ الـحَـقُّ لِـلَّـه
faālghayru ʿindanaā muḥaāl
fālwujuwdul ḥaqqu lillah
"The other," for us, is something that cannot be
for existence is a right that belongs only to Allah
وَ وَهْـمَـكَ اقْـطَـعْ دَائِـمَـا
بَـتَـوْحِـيـدٍ صِـرْفٍ لِـلَّـه
wa wa hmaka āqṭaʿ dā'imaā
batawḥiīdin ṣirfin lillah
So constantly cut through your veil of illusion
by affirming the pure oneness of Allah
فَـوَحْـدَةُ الـفِـعْـلِ تَـبْـدُو
فِـي أَوَّلِ الـذِّكْـرِ لِـلَّـه
fawaḥdatul fiʿli tabdū
fiī awwalil dhdhikri lillah
The unity of the Acts appear
at the beginning of the invocation of Allah
وَوَحْـدَةُ الـوَصْـفِ لَـهُ
تَـاتِـي مِـنَ الـحُـبِّ فِـي لِـلَّـه
wa wa ḥdatul waṣfi lahu
taātiī minal ḥubbi fiī lillah
And the unity of His Attributes
will come [to you] from love in Allah
وَ وَحْـدَةُ الـذَّاتِ لَـهُ
تُـوَرِّثُ الـبَـقَـا بِـالـلَّـه
wa wa ḥdatul dhdhāti lahu
tuwarrithul baqaā biālllah
And the unity of His Essence
will endow you with the state of subsisting by Allah
فَـهَـنِـيـئًـا لِـمَـنْ مَـشَـى
فِـي طَـرِيـقِ الـذِّكْـرِ لِـلَّـه
fahaniīi'anā liman masha
fiī ṭarīqil dhdhikri lillah
Happy is the one who walks the path
of invocation for the sake of Allah
مُـعْـتَـقِـداً شَـيْـخـاً حَـيّـاً
يَـكُـونُ عَـارِفـاً بِـالـلَّـه
muʿtaqidāan shaykhāan ḥayyāan
yakuwnu ʿaārifāan biālllah
Taking as his guide a living teacher
whose knowledge comes from knowing Allah
وَلَازَمَ الـحُـبَّ لَـهُ
وَبَـاعَ نَـفْـسَـهُ لِـلَّـه
wa lāzamal ḥubba lahu
wa baāʿa nafsahu lillah
He loves him with an unflagging love
and sells his ego for the sake of Allah
وَقَـامَ فِـي الـلَّـيْـلِ يَـتْـلُـو
كَـلَامَـهُ شَـوْقـاً لِـلَّـه
wa qaāma fiīl llayli yatluw
kalāmahu shawqāan lillah
And rises for prayer in the night to recite
His Words with a yearning for Allah
فَـنَـالَ مَـا يَـطْـلُـبُـهُ
مِـن قُـوَّةِ الـعِـلْـمِ بِـالـلَّـه
fanaāla maā yaṭlubuhu
min quwwatil ʿilmi biālllah
And so attains what he is seeking
the power of the knowledge of Allah
وَفَــيْــضُـنَـا مِـنْ نَـبِـيٍ
سَـيِّـدُ مَـخْـلُـوقَـاتِ الـلَّـه
wa fayḍunaā min nabiyin
sayyidu makhluwqaāti Allah
Our teaching flows from the stream of a Prophet
the most honored of the creatures of Allah
عَـلَـيْـهِ أَزْكَـى صَـلَاةٍ
عَـدَدَ مَـعْـلُـومَـاتِ الـلَّـه
ʿalayhi azka ṣalātin
ʿadada maʿluwmaāti Allah
Upon him be the purest blessings
as numerous as all that is known to Allah
و آلِـهِ وَصَـحْـبِـهِ
وَكُـلِّ دَاعٍ إِلَـى الـلَّـه
w ālihi wa ṣaḥbihi
wa kulli dāʿin ila Allah
And upon his family and Companions
and all of those who call to Allah