فَلا أُقسِمُ بِالخُنَّسِ

So I swear by the retreating stars -

الجَوارِ الكُنَّسِ

Those that run [their courses] and disappear -

وَاللَّيلِ إِذا عَسعَسَ

And by the night as it closes in

وَالصُّبحِ إِذا تَنَفَّسَ

And by the dawn when it breathes

إِنَّهُ لَقَولُ رَسولٍ كَريمٍ

[That] indeed, the Qur'an is a word [conveyed by] a noble messenger

مُطاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمينٍ

Obeyed there [in the heavens] and trustworthy.

وَما صاحِبُكُم بِمَجنونٍ

And your companion is not [at all] mad.

وَلَقَد رَآهُ بِالأُفُقِ المُبينِ

And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

وَما هُوَ عَلَى الغَيبِ بِضَنينٍ

And Muhammad is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.

وَما هُوَ بِقَولِ شَيطانٍ رَجيمٍ

And the Qur'an is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].