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,

وَما يَنطِقُ عَنِ الهَوىٰ

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

إِن هُوَ إِلّا وَحيٌ يوحىٰ

It is not but a revelation revealed,

عَلَّمَهُ شَديدُ القُوىٰ

Taught to him by one intense in strength -

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.