عَلَّمَهُۥ Has taught him ʿallamahu the (one) mighty shadīdu (in) power l-quwā
Taught to him by one intense in strength [i.e., Gabriel] -
ذُو Possessor of soundness dhū Possessor of soundness mirratin And he rose fa-is'tawā
One of soundness. And he rose to [his] true form
وَهُوَ While he wahuwa (was) in the horizon bil-ufuqi the highest l-aʿlā
While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.
ثُمَّ Then thumma he approached danā and came down fatadallā
Then he approached and descended
فَكَانَ And was fakāna (at) a distance qāba (of) two bow-(lengths) qawsayni or aw nearer adnā
And was at a distance of two bow lengths or nearer.
فَأَوْحَىٰٓ So he revealed fa-awḥā to ilā His slave ʿabdihi what mā he revealed awḥā
And he revealed to His Servant what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].
مَا Not mā lied kadhaba the heart l-fuādu what mā it saw raā
The heart did not lie [about] what it saw.
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ Then will you dispute with him afatumārūnahu about ʿalā what mā he saw yarā
So will you dispute with him over what he saw?
وَلَقَدْ And certainly walaqad he saw him raāhu (in) descent nazlatan another ukh'rā
And he certainly saw him in another descent
عِندَ Near ʿinda (the) Lote Tree sid'rati (of) the utmost boundary l-muntahā
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -
عِندَهَا Near it ʿindahā (is the) Garden jannatu (of) Abode l-mawā
Near it is the Garden of Refuge [i.e., Paradise] -
إِذْ When idh covered yaghshā the Lote Tree l-sid'rata what mā covers yaghshā
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].
مَا Not mā swerved zāgha the sight l-baṣaru and not wamā it transgressed ṭaghā
The sight [of the Prophet (ﷺ)] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].
لَقَدْ Certainly laqad he saw raā of min (the) Signs āyāti (of) his Lord rabbihi the Greatest l-kub'rā
He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.