By the star when it descends,

Wannajmi itha hawa

Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred,

Ma dalla sahibukum wamaghawa

Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination.

Wama yantiqu AAani alhawa

It is not but a revelation revealed,

In huwa illa wahyun yooha

Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -

AAallamahu shadeedu alquwa

One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form

Thoo mirratin fastawa

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.

Wahuwa bil-ofuqi al-aAAla

Then he approached and descended

Thumma dana fatadalla

And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.

Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna

And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

Faawha ila AAabdihi maawha

The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.

Ma kathaba alfu-adu maraa

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

Afatumaroonahu AAala mayara

And he certainly saw him in another descent

Walaqad raahu nazlatan okhra

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

AAinda sidrati almuntaha

Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -

AAindaha jannatu alma/wa

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

Ith yaghsha assidratama yaghsha

The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

Ma zagha albasaru wamatagha

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

Laqad raa min ayatirabbihi alkubra

So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

Afaraaytumu allata walAAuzza

And Manāt, the third - the other one?

Wamanata aththalithataal-okhra

Is the male for you and for Him the female?

Alakumu aththakaru walahual-ontha

That, then, is an unjust division.

Tilka ithan qismatun deeza

They are not but [mere] names you have named them - you and your forefathers - for which Allāh has sent down no authority. They follow not except assumption and what [their] souls desire, and there has already come to them from their Lord guidance.

In hiya illa asmaonsammaytumooha antum waabaokum maanzala Allahu biha min sultanin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wamatahwa al-anfusu walaqad jaahum min rabbihimu alhuda

Or is there for man whatever he wishes?

Am lil-insani ma tamanna

Rather, to Allāh belongs the Hereafter and the first [life].

Falillahi al-akhiratu wal-oola

And how many angels there are in the heavens whose intercession will not avail at all except [only] after Allāh has permitted [it] to whom He wills and approves.

Wakam min malakin fee assamawatila tughnee shafaAAatuhum shay-an illa minbaAAdi an ya/thana Allahu liman yashao wayarda

Indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter name the angels female names,

Inna allatheena la yu/minoonabil-akhirati layusammoona almala-ikatatasmiyata al-ontha

And they have thereof no knowledge. They follow not except assumption, and indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all.

Wama lahum bihi min AAilmin inyattabiAAoona illa aththanna wa-innaaththanna la yughnee mina alhaqqishay-a

So turn away from whoever turns his back on Our message and desires not except the worldly life.

FaaAArid AAan man tawalla AAanthikrina walam yurid illa alhayataaddunya

That is their sum of knowledge. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who strays from His way, and He is most knowing of who is guided.

Thalika mablaghuhum mina alAAilmiinna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihiwahuwa aAAlamu bimani ihtada

And to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth - that He may recompense those who do evil with [the penalty of] what they have done and recompense those who do good with the best [reward] -

Walillahi ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi liyajziya allatheena asaoobima AAamiloo wayajziya allatheena ahsanoobilhusna

Those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, only [committing] slight ones. Indeed, your Lord is vast in forgiveness. He was most knowing of you when He produced you from the earth and when you were fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not claim yourselves to be pure; He is most knowing of who fears Him.

Allatheena yajtaniboona kaba-iraal-ithmi walfawahisha illa allamama innarabbaka wasiAAu almaghfirati huwa aAAlamu bikum ithanshaakum mina al-ardi wa-ith antum ajinnatun feebutooni ommahatikum fala tuzakkoo anfusakumhuwa aAAlamu bimani ittaqa

Have you seen the one who turned away

Afaraayta allathee tawalla

And gave a little and [then] refrained?

WaaAAta qaleelan waakda

Does he have knowledge of the unseen, so he sees?

aAAindahu AAilmu alghaybi fahuwa yara

Or has he not been informed of what was in the scriptures of Moses

Am lam yunabba/ bima fee suhufimoosa

And [of] Abraham, who fulfilled [his obligations] -

Wa-ibraheema allathee waffa

That no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another

Alla taziru waziratun wizraokhra

And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives

Waan laysa lil-insani illa masaAAa

And that his effort is going to be seen -

Waanna saAAyahu sawfa yura

Then he will be recompensed for it with the fullest recompense -

Thumma yujzahu aljazaa al-awfa

And that to your Lord is the finality

Waanna ila rabbika almuntaha

And that it is He who makes [one] laugh and weep

Waannahu huwa adhaka waabka

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

Waannahu huwa amata waahya

And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

Waannahu khalaqa azzawjayni aththakarawal-ontha

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

Min nutfatin itha tumna

And that [incumbent] upon Him is the other [i.e., next] creation.

Waanna AAalayhi annash-ata al-okhra

And that it is He who enriches and suffices

Waannahu huwa aghna waaqna

And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.

Waannahu huwa rabbu ashshiAAra

And that He destroyed the first [people of] ʿAad.

Waannahu ahlaka AAadan al-oola

And Thamūd - and He did not spare [them] -

Wathamooda fama abqa

And the people of Noah before. Indeed, it was they who were [even] more unjust and oppressing.

Waqawma noohin min qablu innahum kanoohum athlama waatgha

And the overturned towns He hurled down.

Walmu/tafikata ahwa

And covered them by that which He covered.

Faghashshaha ma ghashsha

Then which of the favors of your Lord do you doubt?

Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbika tatamara

This [Prophet (ﷺ)] is a warner from [i.e., like] the former warners.

Hatha natheerun mina annuthurial-oola

The Approaching Day has approached.

Azifati al-azifat

Of it, [from those] besides Allāh, there is no remover.

Laysa laha min dooni Allahi kashifat

Then at this statement do you wonder?

Afamin hatha alhadeethitaAAjaboon

And you laugh and do not weep

Watadhakoona wala tabkoon

While you are proudly sporting?

Waantum samidoon

So prostrate to Allāh and worship [Him].

Fasjudoo lillahi waAAbudoo