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→The Lote Tree of the utmost Boundary (Sid'rati al-Muntahā)
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Qur'anic Research LL's Classical Arabic Dictionary Root [https://lexicon.quranic-research.net/data/25_n/071_nHw.html#niHoe nūn hā yā (ن ه ي)] | Qur'anic Research LL's Classical Arabic Dictionary Root [https://lexicon.quranic-research.net/data/25_n/071_nHw.html#niHoe nūn hā yā (ن ه ي)] | ||
</ref>[3] | </ref>[3] (Lote tree's are a real type of tree (Ziziphus spina-christi) native to Arabia and the Middle East<ref>[https://www.suewickison.com/products/lote-tree?srsltid=AfmBOorj_RU2x1OPxgfRe689M2TWw1g4uZTQLkpSolPGYnIatiIe7h6K Lote Tree | Sidr | Ziziphus spina-christi |] Plants of the Qur'an | Sue Wickison </ref>[1]), near (but not in) the 'garden of abode', said to be 'covered' yaghshā by something unspecified in (Q53:16), typically taken by exegetes to mean by angels, light and/or golden animals.<ref>E.g. see [https://quranx.com/Tafsirs/53.16 Tafsirs on Q53:16]</ref> [2] | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|53|13-17}}|And certainly he saw him (in) descent another, | {{Quote|{{Quran|53|13-17}}|And certainly he saw him (in) descent another, | ||
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Not swerved the sight and not it transgressed.}} | Not swerved the sight and not it transgressed.}} | ||
This furthest boundary/limit is said in the hadith to place the cosmic tree in the sixth heaven, where even celestial creatures cannot go beyond as the limit of creation; said to be seen by Muhammad in his Night Journey (mi’rāj) on the [[:en:Buraq|Buraq]] ( | This furthest boundary/limit is said in the hadith to place the cosmic tree in the sixth heaven, where even celestial creatures cannot go beyond as the limit of creation; said to be seen by Muhammad in his Night Journey (mi’rāj) on the [[:en:Buraq|Buraq]] ({{Muslim|1|329}}, {{Al Tirmidhi|2=5|3=44|4=3276}} & {{Al Nasai|2=1|3=5|4=452}}) (See also: <nowiki>https://sunnah.com/mishkat:5865</nowiki> & https://sunnah.com/mishkat:5640, {{Bukhari|5|58|227}}) Supporting the idea that paradise is on the top of or in the seventh heaven,<ref>[https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/107126/the-location-of-paradise-now#:~:text=Paradise%20that%20Allaah%20promised%20for,are%20many%20texts%20proving%20this. The location of Paradise now] | Paradise and Hell | Belief in the Hereafter | Islamic Creed | Fatwa | islamweb.net </ref> with others suggesting ''the garden of the abode (jannatu l-mawā)'' is a separate garden/paradise where martyrs (those killed in war or for their religion) go before judgement day where righteous believers (and the martyrs) go, read; https://quranx.com/tafsirs/53.14 - exegetes also confirm this is where boundary is the boundary of the skies/heavens where things other than God cannot pass (at least until judgement day where paradise and hell can be entered). | ||
( | Either way there is no evidence of a celestial tree, (which must be magic to survive outside of an Earthly plant ecosystem), but is rather an example of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trees_in_mythology tree mythology]. | ||
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" Jannat al-ma'va' literally means "the Jannat (Garden) that is to be an abode. " Hadrat Hasan Basri says that this is the same Jannat which the believers and righteous will be given in the Hereafter, and from this same verse he has argued that that Jannat is in the heavens. Qatadah says that this is the Jannat in which the souls of the martyrs are kept; it does not imply the Jannat that is to be given in the Hereafter. Ibn 'Abbas also says the same but adds that the Jannat to be granted to the believers in the Hereafter is not in the heavens but here on the earth. | " Jannat al-ma'va' literally means "the Jannat (Garden) that is to be an abode. " Hadrat Hasan Basri says that this is the same Jannat which the believers and righteous will be given in the Hereafter, and from this same verse he has argued that that Jannat is in the heavens. Qatadah says that this is the Jannat in which the souls of the martyrs are kept; it does not imply the Jannat that is to be given in the Hereafter. Ibn 'Abbas also says the same but adds that the Jannat to be granted to the believers in the Hereafter is not in the heavens but here on the earth. | ||
== Parallels Between the Qur'an and Late Antique Judeo-Christian Literature - Part 2 == | == Parallels Between the Qur'an and Late Antique Judeo-Christian Literature - Part 2 == | ||