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→The Lote Tree of the utmost Boundary (Sid'rati al-Muntaha)
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=== The Lote Tree of the utmost Boundary (Sid'rati al- | === The Lote Tree of the utmost Boundary (Sid'rati al-Muntahā) === | ||
Different to the tree of eternity/immortality ''(shajarati ul-khul'di)'' in paradise ''jannah,'' the Qur'an mentions The Lote Tree ( | Different to the tree of eternity/immortality ''(shajarati ul-khul'di)'' in paradise ''jannah,'' the Qur'an mentions The Lote Tree (sidr) of ''the utmost boundary (al-muntahā)''<ref>سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَىٰ - [https://lexicon.quranic-research.net/pdf/Page_3029.pdf Lane's Lexicon pp.3029] | ||
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], a real type of tree (Ziziphus spina-christi)<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] | |||
Near it (is the) Garden (of) Abode. | {{Quote|{{Quran|53|13-17}}|And certainly he saw him (in) descent another, | ||
Near (the) Lote Tree (of) the utmost boundary, | |||
Near it (is the) Garden (of) Abode. | |||
when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it. | |||
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; said to be seen by Muhammad in his Night Journey (mi’rāj) on the [[:en:Buraq|Buraq]] {{Muslim|1|329}}(see <nowiki>https://sunnah.com/muslim:173</nowiki>, :<nowiki>https://quranx.com/hadiths/53.16</nowiki> & <nowiki>https://sunnah.com/nasai:451</nowiki> | |||
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; said to be seen by Muhammad in his Night Journey (mi’rāj) on the Buraq ( | |||
<nowiki>https://sunnah.com/mishkat:5865</nowiki> | <nowiki>https://sunnah.com/mishkat:5865</nowiki> | ||
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Supporting the idea that paradise is on the top of or in the seventh heaven, cite: [https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/107126/the-location-of-paradise-now#:~:text=Paradise%20that%20Allaah%20promised%20for,are%20many%20texts%20proving%20this. https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/107126/the-location-of-paradise-now#:~:text=Paradise%20that%20Allaah%20promised%20for,are%20many%20texts%20proving%20this.] | Supporting the idea that paradise is on the top of or in the seventh heaven, cite: [https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/107126/the-location-of-paradise-now#:~:text=Paradise%20that%20Allaah%20promised%20for,are%20many%20texts%20proving%20this. https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/107126/the-location-of-paradise-now#:~:text=Paradise%20that%20Allaah%20promised%20for,are%20many%20texts%20proving%20this.] | ||
The utmost boundary at the end of t heavens confirmed by exegetes in https://quranx.com/tafsirs/53.14 | |||