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fī sidrin makhḍūdin
Amid thornless lote trees
— Ali Quli Qarai
56Al-WāqiʿahالواقعةVerse 28 of 96
The Inevitable56. Al-Wāqiʿahالواقعة
al-Wāqi‘ah
The Event
MeccanVerse 28 of 96
56Al-WāqiʿahالواقعةVerse 28 of 96
The Event
Amid thornless lote trees
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Waqi‘a - Verses 27-29
27. And those on the Right Hand, how [fortunate] shall be those on the Right Hand!
28. [They shall be] among thornless lote trees,
29. And among fragrant talh trees beautiful of color and abundant in leaves.
Following depictions of material and immaterial Blessings bestowed upon those nearest to Divine Threshold, the blessed Verses in question treat of the people of the Right Hand. They shall be the happy group whose brilliant record of deeds shall be given to their right hands. The blessed Verse 27 makes mention of their exalted state saying that the people of the Right Hand are so fortunate. This is the best expression of their state connoting indescribable attributes. The blessed Verse 28 is saying that they shall rest beneath thornless lote trees.
It is actually the best depiction possible for human perception regarding trees in Paradise. It is narrated that a Bedouin asked the Noble Prophet (S) regarding the exegesis of the blessed Verse. The Noble Prophet of Islam (S) replied:
"God Almighty has cut off the thorns of this tree and has made fruits instead of thorns, such that the different fruits are unlike each other." 10
The third blessed Verse is saying that they rest in the shade green, fragrant trees which are beautiful of color. Some Qur’anic exegetes say that banana trees are being intended which have quite broad, green, and beautiful leaves and sweet and delicious fruit. The Arabic word mandhud denotes "dense."
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