(35) صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى...

5- Your -azwj kingdom towers high with a towering before which all things fall down without reaching its term; 6- The least of it which You -azwj has Kept to Yourself -azwj is not reached by the furthest description of the describers! 7- Attributes go astray in Your -azwj (Praise), descriptions fall apart below Your -azwj (Essence), the subtlest of imaginations are bewildered by Your -azwj Magnificence!

8- So are You O Allah -azwj , the First in Your -azwj Firstness, and so are You -azwj everlastingly. You -azwj do not pass away. 9- But I am the slave, feeble in works, immense in hopes. The tying links are outside my hand, except what is tied by Your -azwj mercy; the bonds of hopes have been cut away from me, except the pardon to which I hold fast.

10- Little on my part is the obedience toward You -azwj upon which I count, and great against me the disobedience toward You -azwj to which I have reverted. But pardoning Your -azwj slave will not constrain Yourself -azwj , even if he be bad, so (please) pardon me!

11- O Allah -azwj , Your -azwj knowledge watches over hidden works, every covered thing is exposed before Your -azwj awareness, the intricacies of things are not concealed from You -azwj , and unseen mysteries slip not away from You -azwj . 12- But over me Your -azwj enemy has gained mastery: He -la (Iblis) asked a delay from You -azwj to lead me astray, and You -azwj Gave him -la the delay!

He -la asked a respite from You -azwj until the Day of Doom to misguide me, and You -azwj Gave him -la the respite!