وَهُوَ بِالأُفُقِ الأَعلىٰ

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلّىٰ

Then he approached and descended

فَكانَ قابَ قَوسَينِ أَو أَدنىٰ

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

فَأَوحىٰ إِلىٰ عَبدِهِ ما أَوحىٰ

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed.

ما كَذَبَ الفُؤادُ ما رَأىٰ

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

وَلَقَد رَآهُ نَزلَةً أُخرىٰ

And he certainly saw him in another descent

عِندَ سِدرَةِ المُنتَهىٰ

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

عِندَها جَنَّةُ المَأوىٰ

Near it is the Garden of Refuge -

إِذ يَغشَى السِّدرَةَ ما يَغشىٰ

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

ما زاغَ البَصَرُ وَما طَغىٰ

The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].