سورة الصافات، الآية ٦٢
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢
adhālika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu l-zaqūmi
Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?
Verse 62 of Surah As-Saffat (37:62), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 448 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Is that aforementioned bounty which Allah has prepared for His servants whom He chose to obey Him, better and more virtuous in rank and honour, than the tree of Zaqqūm which has been cursed in the Qur’ān? It is the food of the disbelievers, which neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger.
Is this a better accommodation or the tree of Zaqqūm16?17
[16] The tree of cactus.
[17] The disbelievers of Makkah derided the Prophet (ﷺ) when he warned them of this tree. They wondered how a tree could grow in Hellfire. So Allah revealed this verse.
Is that (Paradise) better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqûm (a horrible tree in Hell)?
Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?
Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?
Is this a more charitable (i.e., better) hospitality, or even the Tree of Az-Zaqqum?
ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ ٱلْمُكَذِّبُونَ …
Then indeed you, O those astray [who are] deniers, …
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًا كَبِيرًا
And [remember, O Muḥammad], when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people." And We did not make the sight which We showed you except as a trial for the people, as was the accursed tree [mentioned] in the Qur’ān. And We threaten [i.e., warn] them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.
لَّيْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٍ …
For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plant …
يَطُوفُونَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ ءَانٍ
They will circulate between it and scalding water, heated [to the utmost degree].
أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
