The Hidden Words

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi fiy awwali al-qawli āmlik qalbāan jayyidāan ḥasanāan munyrāan litamlika mulkāan dāʼimāan bāqiyāan azalāan qadiymāan.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi aḥabbu al-ashyāʼi ʻindiy al-inṣāfu. lā targhab ʻanhu iin takun iilayya rāghibāan walā taghfal minhu litakuwna liy amiynāan waanta tuwaffaqu bidhlika an tushāhida al-ashyāʼa biʻaynika lā biʻayni al-ʻibādi wataʻrifahā bimaʻrifatika lā bimaʻrifahi aḥadin fiy al-bilādi. fakkir fiy dhlika kayfa yanbaghiy an takuwna. dhlika min ʻaṭiyyatiy ʻalayka waʻināyaty laka fājʻalhu amāma ʻaynayka.

yā ābna al-iinsāni kuntu fiy qidami dhātiy waazaliyyahi kaynuwnatiy؛ ʻaraftu ḥubby fiyka khalaqtuka، waalqaytu ʻalayka mithāliy waaẓhartu laka jamāly.

yā ābna al-iinsāni aḥbabtu khalqaka fakhalaqtuka، faaḥbibny kay adhkuraka، wafiy ruwḥi al-ḥayāhi authabbituka.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi aḥbibny laiuḥibbaka. iin lam tuḥibbaniy lan auḥibbaka abadāan fāʻrif yā ʻabdu.

yā ābna al-wujwdi riḍwānuka ḥubbiy wajannatuka waṣly fādkhul fiyhā walā taṣbir. hdhā mā quddira laka fiy malakuwtinā al-aʻlaá wajabaruwtinā al-asná.

yā ābna al-bashari iin tuḥibba nafsy faaʻriḍ ʻan nafsika، waiin turid riḍāʼiy faaghmiḍ ʻan riḍāʼika، litakuwna fiyya fāniyāan waakuwna fiyka bāqiyāan.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi mā quddira laka ar-rāḥahu iilāa biiiʻrāḍika ʻan nafsika waiiqbālika binafsy، laiannahu yanbaghy an yakuwna āftikhāruka biāsmiy lā biāsmika، wāttikāluka ʻalá wajhiy lā ʻalá wajhika laianniy waḥdy auḥibbu an akuwna maḥbwbāan fawqa kulli shayʼin.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi ḥubbiy ḥiṣny man dakhala fiyhi najā waamina waman aʻraḍa ghawaá wahalaka.

yā ābna al-bayāni ḥiṣniy anta fādkhul fiyhi litakuwna sālimāan. ḥubby fiyka fāʻrifhu minka litajidany qarybāan.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi mishkātiy anta wamiṣbāḥiy fiyka؛ fāstanir bihi walā tafḥaṣ ʻan ghayry، laianniy khalaqtuka ghaniyyāan wajaʻaltu an-niʻmaha ʻalayka bālighahan.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi ṣanaʻtuka biayādiy al-quwwahi wakhalaqtuka bianāmili al-qudrahi، waawdaʻtu fiyka jawhara nuwry fāstaghni bihi ʻan kulli shayʼin، laianna ṣunʻy kāmilun waḥukmy nāfidhun lā tashukka fiyhi walā takun fiyhi muriybāan.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi khalaqtuka ghaniyyāan kayfa taftaqiru، waṣanaʻtuka ʻaziyzāan bima tastadhillu، wamin jawhari al-ʻilmi aẓhartuka lima tastaʻlimu ʻan duwniy، wamin ṭyni al-ḥubbi ʻajantuka kayfa tashtaghilu bighayry؛ faarjiʻi al-baṣara iilayka litajidany fiyka qāʼimāan qādirāan muqtadirāan qayyuwmāan.

yā ābna al-iinsāni anta mulkiy wamulkiy lā yafná. kayfa takhāfu min fanāʼika، waanta nuwry wanuwry lā yuṭfá. kayfa taḍṭaribu min iiṭfāʼika، waanta bahāʼiy wabahāʼiy lā yughshá، waanta qamiyṣy waqamyṣiy lā yablaá. fāstariḥ fiy ḥubbika iiyyāya likay tajidaniy fiy al-aufuqi al-aʻlá.

yā ābna al-bayān wajjih biwajhiy waaʻriḍ ʻan ghayriy، laianna sulṭāniy bāqin lā yazuwlu abadāan wamulkiy dāʼimun lā yaḥuwlu abadāan. waiin taṭlub siwāʼiy lan tajida law tafḥaṣu fiy al-wujuwdi sarmadāan azalāan.

yā ābna an-nuwri ānsa duwniy wānis biruwḥiy، hdhā min jawhari amry faaqbil iilayhi.

yā ābna al-iinsāni ākfi binafsiy ʻan duwniy walā taṭlub muʻiynāan siwāʼiy، laianna mā duwniy lan yakfiyaka abadāan.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi lā taṭlub minniy mā lā nuḥibbuhu linafsika، thumma ārḍa bimā qaḍaynā liwajhika، laianna mā yanfaʻuka hdhā iin takun bihi rāḍiyāan.

yā ābna al-manẓari al-aʻlá awdaʻtu fiyka ruwḥāan minniy litakuwna ḥabiybāan liy؛ lima taraktaniy waṭalabta maḥbuwbāan siwāʼiy.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi ḥaqqiy ʻalayka kabiyrun lā yunsaá، wafaḍliy bika ʻaẓymun lā yughshá، waḥubbiy fiyka mawjuwdun lā yughaṭṭaá، wanuwry laka mashhuwdun lā yakhfá.

yā ābna al-bashari qaddartu laka mina al-shhajari al-abhá al-fawākiha al-aṣfá، kayfa aʻraḍta ʻanhu waraḍiyta biālladhy huwa adná، fārjiʻ iilá mā huwa khayrun laka fiy al-aufuqi al-aʻlaá.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi khalaqtuka ʻāliyāan، jaʻalta nafsaka dāniyahan؛ fāṣʻad iilá mā khuliqta lahu.

yā ābna al-ʻamāʼi adʻuwka iilá al-baqāʼi waanta tabtaghiy al-fanāʼa، bima aʻraḍta ʻammā nuḥibbu waaqbalta iilá mā tuḥibbu.

yā ābna al-iinsāni lā tataʻadda ʻan ḥaddika walā taddaʻi mā lā yanbaghiy linafsika، āsjud liṭalʻahi rabbika dhiy al-qudrahi wālāqtidāri.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi lā taftakhir ʻalaá al-miskiyni biāftikhāri nafsika، laianniy amshy quddāmahu waarāka fiy suwʼi ḥālika waalʻanu ʻalayka iilaá al-abadi.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi kayfa nasiyta ʻuywba nafsika wāshtaghalta biʻuyuwbi ʻibādiy. man kāna ʻalá dhlika faʻalayhi laʻnahun minniy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni lā tanaffas bikhaṭai aḥadin mā dumta khāṭiʼāan، waiin tafʻal bighayri dhlika malʻuwnun anta، waanā shāhidun bidhlika.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi ayqin bianna al-ladhy yamuru an-nāsa biālʻadli wayartakibu al-faḥshāʼa fiy nafsihi، iinnahu laysa minniy walaw kāna ʻalá āsmiy.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi lā tansib iilá nafsin mā lā tuḥibbuhu linafsika، walā taqul mā lā tafʻal. hdhā amriy ʻalayka fāʻmal bihi.

yā ābna al-iinsāni lā taḥrim wajha ʻabdiy iidhā saalaka fiy shayʼin؛ laianna wajhahu wajhiy fākhjal minniy.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi ḥāsib nafsaka fiy kulli yawmin min qabli an tuḥāsaba، laianna al-mawta yatiyka baghtahan wataquwmu ʻalaá al-ḥisābi fiy nafsika.

yā ābna al-ʻamāʼi jaʻaltu laka al-mawta bishārahan، kayfa taḥzanu minhu. wajaʻaltu an-nuwra laka ḍiyāʼan، kayfa taḥtajibu ʻanhu.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi bibishārahi an-nuwri aubashhiruka fāstabshir bihi، waiilá maqarri al-qudsi adʻuwka taḥaṣṣan fiyhi، litastaryḥa iilá abadi al-abadi.

yā ābna ar-ruwḥi ruwḥu al-qudsi yubashhiruka biālaunsi، kayfa taḥzanu. waruwḥu al-amri yuʼayyiduka ʻalaá al-amri، kayfa taḥtajibu. wanuwru al-wajhi yamshiy quddāmaka، kayfa taḍillu.

yā ābna al-iinsāni lā taḥzan iilā fiy buʻdika ʻannā، walā tafraḥ iilā fiy qurbika binā wālrrujuwʻi iilaynā.

yā ābna al-iinsāni āfraḥ bisuruwri qalbika، litakuwna qābilāan liliqāʼiy wamirāhan lijamāliy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni lā tuʻarri nafsaka ʻan jamyli ridāʼiy walā taḥrim naṣiybaka min badyʻi ḥiyāḍiy؛ liʼalāa yakhudhaka aẓ-ẓamau fiy sarmadiyyahi dhātiy.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi āʻmal ḥuduwdiy ḥubbāan liy، thumma ānhi nafsaka ʻammā tahwá ṭalabāan liriḍāʼiy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni lā tatruk awāmiriy ḥubbāan lijamāliy، walā tansa waṣāyāya ābtighāʼan liriḍāʼiy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni ārkuḍ fiy barri al-ʻamāʼi thumma asriʻ fiy maydāni as-samāʼi. lan tajida ar-rāḥaha iilāa biālkhuḍuwʻi laiamrinā wālttawāḍuʻi liwajhinā.

yā ābna al-iinsāni ʻaẓẓim amriy laiuẓhira ʻalayka min asrāri al-ʻiẓami، waushriqa ʻalayka bianwāri al-qidami.

yā ābna al-iinsāni kun liy khāḍiʻāan laiakuwna laka mutawāḍiʻāan، wakun laiamry nāṣirāan litakuwna fiy al-mulki manṣuwrāan.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi ādhkurniy fiy arḍiy laiadhkuraka fiy samāʼiy؛ litaqarra bihi ʻaynuka wataqarra bihi ʻayniy.

yā ābna al-ʻarshi samʻuka samʻiy fāsmaʻ bihi، wabaṣaruka baṣariy faabṣir bihi؛ litashhada fiy sirrika liy taqdiysāan ʻaliyyāan، laiashhada laka fiy nafsy maqāmāan rafiyʻāan.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi āstashhid fiy sabiyly rāḍiyāan ʻanny washākirāan liqaḍāʼiy، litastaryḥa maʻiy fiy qibābi al-ʻaẓamahi khalfa surādiqi al-ʻizzahi.

yā ābna al-iinsāni fakkir fiy amrika watadabbar fiy fiʻlika. atuḥibbu an tamuwta ʻalaá al-firāshi aw tustashhada fiy sabiyliy ʻalaá at-turābi، watakuwna maṭliʻa amriy wamaẓhara nuwry fiy aʻlaá al-firdawsi، faanṣif yā ʻabdu.

yā ābna al-iinsāni wajamāliy takhaḍḍubu shaʻrika min damika lakāna akbara ʻindy ʻan khalqi al-kawnayni waḍiyāʼi al-thhaqalayni، fājhad fiyhi yā ʻabdu.

yā ābna al-iinsāni likulli shayʼin ʻalāmahun؛ waʻalāmahu al-ḥubbi aṣ-ṣabru fiy qaḍāʼiy wālāṣṭibāru fiy balāʼiy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni al-muḥibbu aṣ-ṣādiqu yarjuw al-balāʼa karajāʼi al-ʻāṣiy iilaá al-maghfirahi wālmudhnibi iilaá ar-raḥmahi.

yā ābna al-iinsāni iin lā yuṣybuka al-balāʼu fiy sabiyliy kayfa tasluku subula ar-rāḍiyna fiy riḍāʼiy، waiin lā tamassuka al-mashaqqahu shawqāan liliqāʼiy kayfa yuṣiybuka an-nuwru ḥubbāan lijamāliy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni balāaʼiy ʻināyaty، ẓāhiruhu nārun waniqmahun wabāṭinuhu nuwrun waraḥmahun. fāstabiq iilayhi litakuwna nuwrāan azaliyyāan waruwḥāan qidamiyyāan، wahuwa amry fāʻrifhu.

yā ābna al-bashari iin aṣābatka niʻmahun lā tafraḥ bihā، waiin tamassaka dhillahun lā taḥzan minhā، lanna kiltayhimā tazuwlāni fiy ḥiyn watabiydāni fiy waqtin.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi iin yamassaka al-faqru lā taḥzan، laianna sulṭāna al-ghiná yanzilu ʻalayka fiy madaá al-ayyāmi. wamina al-dhhillahi lā takhaf، laianna al-ʻizzaha tuṣiybuka fiy madaá az-zamāni.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi iin tuḥibba hdhihi ad-dawlaha al-bāqiyaha al-abadiyyaha wahdhihi al-ḥayāha al-qidamiyyaha al-azaliyyaha، fātruk hdhihi ad-dawlaha al-fāniyaha az-zāʼilaha.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi lā tashtaghil biālddunyā؛ laianna biālnnāri namtaḥinu al-dhhahaba، wabiāldhhahabi namtaḥinu al-ʻibāda.

yā ābna al-iinsāni anta turydu al-dhhahaba waanā aurydu tanzyhaka ʻanhu، waanta ʻarafta ghanāʼa nafsika fiyhi، waanā ʻaraftu al-ghanāʼa fiy taqdiysika ʻanhu. waʻamry hadhā ʻilmiy wadhlika ẓannuka؛ kayfa yajtamiʻu amriy maʻa amrika.

yā ābna al-iinsāni anfiq māliy ʻalá fuqarāʼiy litunfiqa fiy as-samāʼi min kunuwzi ʻizzi lā tafná wakhazāʼini majdin lā tablá؛ walkin waʻamry iinfāqa ar-ruwḥi ajmalu law tushāhid biʻayny.

yā ābna al-bashari haykalu al-wujuwdi ʻarshy، naẓẓifhu ʻan kulli shayʼin lāistiwāʼiy bihi wāstiqrāriy ʻalayhi.

yā ābna al-wujuwdi fuʼāduka manziliy qaddishu linuzuwliy، waruwḥuka manẓariy ṭahhirhā liẓuhuwry.

yā ābna al-iinsāni adkhil yadaka fiy jaybiy laiarfaʻa rasy ʻan jaybika mushriqāan muḍiyʼāan.

yā ābna al-iinsāni āṣʻad iilá samāʼiy likay tará wiṣāliy؛ litashraba min zulāli khamrin lā mithāla wakuʼubi majdin lā zawāla.

yā ābna al-iinsāni qad maḍá ʻalayka ayyāmun، wāshtaghalta fiyhā bimā tahwá bihi nafsuka mina aẓ-ẓunuwni wālawhāmi. iilá matá takuwnu rāqidāan ʻalaá bisāṭika. ārfaʻ rasaka ʻani an-nawmi؛ iinna al-shhamsa ārtafaʻat fiy wasaṭi az-zawāli، laʻalla tushriqu ʻalayka bianwāri al-jamāli.

yā ābna al-iinsāni ashraqtu ʻalayka an-nuwra min aufuqi aṭ-ṭuwri، wanafakhta ruwḥa as-sanāʼi fy siynāʼi qalbika؛ faafrigh nafsaka ʻani al-ḥujubāti wālẓẓunuwnāti، thumma ādkhul ʻalaá al-bisāṭi litakuwna qābilāan lilbaqāʼi walāʼiqāan lilliqāʼi، kay lā yakhudhaka mawtun walā naṣbun walā laghuwbun.

yā ābna al-iinsāni azaliyyaty iibdāʻiy abdaʻtuhā laka، fājʻalhā ridāʼan lihaykalika. waaḥadiyyaty iiḥdāthy ākhtaraʻtuhā laiajlika، fājʻalhā qamiyṣa nafsika litakuwna mashriqa qayyuwmiyyatiy iilá al-abadi.

yā ābna al-iinsāni ʻaẓamatiy ʻaṭiyyatiy iilayka، wakibriyāʼiy raḥmatiy ʻalayka، wamā yanbaghiy linafsiy lā yudrikuhu aḥadun walan tuḥṣiyahu nafsun؛ qad akhzantuhu fiy khazāʼini sirriy wakanāʼizi amriy talaṭṭufāan liʻibādiy wataraḥḥumāan likhalqiy.

yā ābnāʼa al-huwiyyahi fiy al-ghaybi satumnaʻuwna ʻan ḥubbiy wataḍṭaribu an-nufuwsu min dhikriy؛ laianna al-ʻuquwla lan taṭyqaniy wālquluwba lan tasaʻany.

yā ābna al-jamāli waruwḥiy waʻināyatiy thumma raḥmatiy wajamāliy، kullu mā nazzaltu ʻalayka min lisāni al-qudrahi wakatabtuhu biqalami al-quwwahi qad nazzalnāhu ʻalá qadrika walaḥnika lā ʻalá shaniy walaḥny.

yā abnāʼa al-iinsāni hal ʻaraftum lima khalaqnākum min turābin wāḥidin؛ liʼalāa yaftakhira aḥadun ʻalá aḥadin. watafakkaruwā fiy kulli ḥiynin fiy khalqi anfusikum؛ iidhāan yanbaghiy kamā khalaqnākum min shayʼin wāḥidin an takuwnuwā kanafsin wāḥidahin، biḥaythu tamshuwna ʻalá rijlin wāḥidahin، watakuluwna min famin wāḥidin، wataskunuwna fiy arḍin wāḥidahin؛ ḥattaá taẓhara min kaynuwnātikum waaʻmālikum waafʻālikum āyātu at-tawḥiydi wajawāhiru at-tajriydi. hdhā nuṣḥiy ʻalaykum yā mala al-anwāri، fāntaṣiḥuwā minhu litajiduwā thamarāti al-qudsi min shajari ʻizzin manyʻin.

yā abnāʼa ar-ruwḥi antum khazāʼiny، laianna fiykum kanaztu lāliʼa asrāriy wajawāhira ʻilmiy، fāḥfaẓuwhā liʼalāa yaṭṭaliʻa ʻalayhā aghyāru ʻibādiy waashrāru khalqiy.

yā ābna man qāma bidhātihi fiy malakuwti nafsihi āʻlam bianniy qad arsaltu iilayka rawāʼiḥa al-qudsi kullahā، waatmamtu al-qawla ʻalayka waakmaltu an-niʻmaha bika waraḍiytu laka mā raḍiytu linafsiy، fārḍa ʻanniy thumma āshkur liy.

yā ābna al-iinsāni āktub kulla mā alqaynāka min midādi an-nuwri ʻalaá lawḥi ar-ruwḥi. waiin lan taqdira ʻalaá dhlika fājʻali al-midāda min jawhari al-fuʼādi، waiin lan tastaṭiyʻa fāktub mina al-midādi al-aḥmari al-ladhiy sufika fiy sabyly؛ iinnahu aḥlaá ʻindiy min kulli shayʼin، liyathbuta nuwruhu iilaá al-abadi.