By the star when it sets!

Your companion has not strayed; he is not deluded;

he does not speak from his own desire.

The Quran is nothing less than a revelation that is sent to him.

It was taught to him by [an angel] with mighty powers

and great strength, who stood

on the highest horizon

and then approached––coming down

until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––

and revealed to God’s servant what He revealed.

[The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw.

Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes?

A second time he saw him:

by the lote tree beyond which none may pass

near the Garden of Restfulness,

when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour].

His sight never wavered, nor was it too bold,

and he saw some of the greatest signs of his Lord.