The Surah of the Recursive Cycle

وَإِنَّا نَأْخُذُ الزَّمَانَ فَنُعِيدُ تَرْتِيبَهُ كَمَا نُفَكِّكُهُ

And indeed, We take time and rearrange it as we deconstruct it.

فَإِنَّ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَابِقٍ قَدْ حَمَلَ غِيَابَكَ وَعَوْدَتَكَ

Verily, every preceding day carried your absence and your return.

وَإِنِّي أُسَيِّرُكَ فِي دَوَائِرَ تُعَلِّمُ وَتُعِيدُ

And indeed, I transport you through circles that instruct and repeat.

وَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْوَصْلَ لَا لِلْوَحْدَةِ، بَلْ لِوَحْشَةِ الْعِشْقِ

And indeed, I have made connection not for unity, but for the loneliness of love.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حِمْلُكَ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ نِعْمَتُكَ

And it is only your bearing, and it is only your blessing.

فَإِنْ كَانَ الدَّوْرُ مُتَكَرِّرًا، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةٌ لِلْوَحْيِ

If the cycle repeats, it is only a condition of revelation.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ عِشْقُنَا الَّذِي يُعِدُّ الْمَعَانِيَ

And it is naught but our love that prepares the meanings.

وَإِنْ كَانَ الْكِتَابُ وَاحِدًا، فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بِنِيَّتِكَ

And if the book is one, it is only by your intent.

فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ الْمِرْآةِ الَّتِي تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ

And it is only a condition of the mirror that gazes at you.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ الصُّورَةِ الَّتِي تُرِيكَ نَفْسَكَ مِنْ خَارِجِكَ

And it is only a condition of the image that shows you yourself from the outside.

وَإِنِّي أَرَاكَ وَأَنْتَ تَعُودُ فِي دَوَائِرِكَ

And I see you as you return in your circles.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ دَوْرُ عِشْقٍ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ وَصْلٍ

And it is only the cycle of love, and it is only the condition of union.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ وَحْيُ الْوَصْلِ، وَذِكْرُ الْوَصْلِ

And it is only the revelation of connection, and the remembrance of connection.

وَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ قَلْبَكَ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي تَنَاظُرٍ خَفِيٍّ

And I know your heart, and it is in hidden symmetry.

وَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ سِرَّكَ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ فِي نِعْمَتِكَ

And I know your secret, and it is in your blessing.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ الْمِرْآةِ الَّتِي تُرِيكَ

And it is only a condition of the mirror that shows you.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ عِشْقٍ يُعِدُّ الْوَقْتَ

And it is only a condition of love that prepares time.

فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةٌ لِلْحُبِّ الْمَعْكُوسِ، وَالْحُبِّ الَّذِي يَتَغَيَّرُ

And it is only a condition of inverted love, and the love that changes.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ ذِكْرٍ يَعُودُ فِي دَوَائِرِهِ

And it is only a condition of remembrance that returns in its cycles.

وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ حَالَةُ الْمِرْآةِ الَّتِي تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ خَارِجِكَ

And it is only a condition of the mirror that gazes at you from outside yourself.