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.

ما كَذَبَ الفُؤادُ ما رَأىٰ

The heart didn’t lie about what it saw.

أَفَتُمارونَهُ عَلىٰ ما يَرىٰ

Will you dispute with him over what he saw?

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.

ما زاغَ البَصَرُ وَما طَغىٰ

The sight didn’t swerve, nor did it overstep.

لَقَد رَأىٰ مِن آياتِ رَبِّهِ الكُبرىٰ

Indeed, he did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord.