Muhammad, saw Gabriel

And he revealed to His Servant¹ what he revealed [i.e., conveyed].

The heart¹ did not lie [about] what it saw.

So will you dispute with him over what he saw?

And he certainly saw him in another descent¹

At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

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

When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].¹

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

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

It is not but a revelation revealed,

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

One of soundness.¹ And he rose to [his] true form²

While he was in the higher [part of the] horizon.¹

Then he approached and descended

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

And your companion [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) ] is not [at all] mad.¹

And he has already seen him [i.e., Gabriel] in the clear horizon.¹

And he [i.e., Muḥammad (ﷺ)] is not a withholder of [knowledge of] the unseen.¹

And it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is not the word of a devil, expelled [from the heavens].