بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالنَّجمِ إِذا هَوىٰ

By the star as it falls.

ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُكُم وَما غَوىٰ

Your friend is neither misguided nor deceived.

وَما يَنطِقُ عَنِ الهَوىٰ

Nor does he speak out of inclination.

إِن هُوَ إِلّا وَحيٌ يوحىٰ

It is but a revelation revealed.

عَلَّمَهُ شَديدُ القُوىٰ

Taught to him by the one intense in strength.

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.

ما كَذَبَ الفُؤادُ ما رَأىٰ

The heart didn’t lie about what it saw.