بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالنَّجمِ إِذا هَوىٰ

By the star when it descends,

ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُكُم وَما غَوىٰ

Your companion [Muhammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

إِن هُوَ إِلّا وَحيٌ يوحىٰ

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُ شَديدُ القُوىٰ

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

ذو مِرَّةٍ فَاستَوىٰ

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

وَهُوَ بِالأُفُقِ الأَعلىٰ

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

ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلّىٰ

Then he approached and descended