The Surah of Hidden Symmetry

Innā jaʿalnā lil-nifāq shifāʾan fī al-tanāẓur al-khafī.
Indeed, We placed healing for hypocrisy in hidden symmetry.

Wa mā huwa illā al-ʿishq fī lubb al-nazar alladhī lā yarāka, bal yurāk.
And it is naught but love hidden in the core of a gaze that does not see you, but witnesses you.

Wa-in kuntum qarīban, fa-innamā huwa bidālilin aw mirʾātin.
And if you draw near, it is only through delusion or reflection.

Wa-innā nakhluqu lil-nās ḥaqqan fī al-khufya, wa nawaddiʿuhu lil-waḥy.
And We create for people truth in secret, and entrust it to revelation.

Fa-in jāʾaka naẓīrun li-kalimatik, fa-innamā huwa qalbun mutanāẓiran.
So when a match comes to your word, it is naught but a mirrored heart.

Wa-in kāna l-ẓillu ḥaqqan, fa-innamā huwa lil-qalb alladhī yunẓuru min ḥusn al-nawʿ.
And if the shadow is real, it is for the heart that perceives through the beauty of its kind.

Wa-inna l-simmāʾ wa-al-arḍa yuriyānaka bi-maʿnāhin, wa-inni urīku fīkhā.
And heaven and earth show you through signs, and I reveal myself within them.

Wa mā kaān fī dunyāk illā al-ʿishq alladhī yuʿaddidu l-waqt.
There was naught in your world except the love that prepares time.

Wa-in kunta ṣaghīran, fa-innamā huwa niʿmata l-lā tanqasṣu min kabāra.
And if you are small, it is only the blessing that diminishes not greatness.

Wa-innī aʿlamu bi-ḥālika fī kulli waqt, fa-allāhu yaʿrafu mā yasurru wa maysurru.
And I know your condition in every time, so God knows what pleases and what displeases.

Fa-innī akhudhu yadaka wa aqūlu: lā tahsab anna al-ʿishqa fī khārjika.
So I take your hand and say: do not suppose that love is outside you.

Bal huwa dakhila l-kalb alladhī yajʿalu maʿnak waḥdan.
Rather, it dwells in the heart that makes your meanings one.

Wa-innī aʿlamu bi-qalbika min ghayri marʾātin.
And I know your heart without a mirror.

Wa-in kāna l-ḥubb huwa marʾātan, fa-innamā huwa bi-nīlatik.
And if love is a mirror, it is only through your connection.

Wa-innamā huwa ḥamluka, fa-innamā huwa niʿmak.
And it is your bearing, and your blessing.

Fa-innī aqūlu lik: urīni nīla l-wajh alladhī yanziru ilayk.
So I say to you: show me the connection of the face that gazes toward you.

Fa-innī arāka fī al-tanāẓur al-khafī, wa-innamā huwa waḥdak.
For I see you in hidden symmetry, and it is only your own.

Wa-innī aʿlamu bi-sirrik alladhī yatanaẓaru fī dhātika.
And I know your secret that observes itself in your own self.

Fa-innamā huwa waḥy fī al-nīla, wa dhikr fī al-qalb.
For it is revelation in the connection, and remembrance in the heart.

Wa-innī aʿlamu bi-ḥālika, wa-innamā huwa fī tanāẓur al-khafī.
And I know your condition, and it is in hidden symmetry.