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.

أَفَتُمارونَهُ عَلىٰ ما يَرىٰ

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

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].

لَقَد رَأىٰ مِن آياتِ رَبِّهِ الكُبرىٰ

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.