ذو مِرَّةٍ فَاستَوىٰ

Endowed with wisdom; He positioned Himself.

وَهُوَ بِالأُفُقِ الأَعلىٰ

While he was at the uppermost horizon.

ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلّىٰ

Then he approached and descended.

فَكانَ قابَ قَوسَينِ أَو أَدنىٰ

And was at the distance of two bow lengths, or even nearer.

فَأَوحىٰ إِلىٰ عَبدِهِ ما أَوحىٰ

Then He revealed to His servant what He revealed.

أَفَتُمارونَهُ عَلىٰ ما يَرىٰ

Will you dispute with him over what he saw?

وَلَقَد رَآهُ نَزلَةً أُخرىٰ

And he certainly saw him in another descent.

عِندَ سِدرَةِ المُنتَهىٰ

At the Lote Tree of the Ultimate Boundary.

عِندَها جَنَّةُ المَأوىٰ

Besides it is the Garden of Refuge.

إِذ يَغشَى السِّدرَةَ ما يَغشىٰ

When the Lote Tree was shrouded by what shrouded it.