Verse 53:10 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
6
ذُو مِرَّةࣲ فَٱسۡتَوَىٰ ٦
Thoo mirratin faistawa
and great strength, who stoo
7
وَهُوَ بِٱلۡأُفُقِ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ ٧
wahuwa bil-ufuqi l-aʿl
on the highest horizo
8
ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ ٨
thumma danā fatadall
and then approached––coming dow
9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوۡسَیۡنِ أَوۡ أَدۡنَىٰ ٩
fakāna qāba qawsayni aw adn
until he was two bow-lengths away or even closer––
10
فَأَوۡحَىٰۤ إِلَىٰ عَبۡدِهِۦ مَاۤ أَوۡحَىٰ ١٠
fa-awḥā ilā ʿabdihi mā awḥ
and revealed to God’s servant what He revealed
11
مَا كَذَبَ ٱلۡفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَىٰۤ ١١
mā kadhaba l-fuādu mā ra
[The Prophet’s] own heart did not distort what he saw
12
أَفَتُمَـٰرُونَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَا یَرَىٰ ١٢
afatumārūnahu ʿalā mā yar
Are you going to dispute with him what he saw with his own eyes
13
وَلَقَدۡ رَءَاهُ نَزۡلَةً أُخۡرَىٰ ١٣
walaqad raāhu nazlatan ukh'r
A second time he saw him
14
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
idh yaghshā l-sid'rata mā yaghsh
by the lote tree beyond which none may pas
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