The Holy Quran 17:60 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَـٰنًا كَبِيرًا

Translation

(O Rasulullaah ﷺ, remember the time) When We told you that (the knowledge of) your Rabb surrounds people (Allaah knows the past, present and future behaviour of people). We only made the sight (of Jannah, Jahannam and everything else in the heavens) that We showed you (during your journey of Mi'raaj) and the accursed tree (Zaqqoom) mentioned in the Qur'aan (in Surah 37, verses 62-66 and Surah 56, verses 52, 53) as trials for the people (to see which of them will believe you and who will not. There were therefore those who did not believe that Rasulullaah ﷺ went on Mi'raaj and those who argued that a tree cannot grow in the fire of Jahannam). We (continuously) warn them (against kufr), but it (the warnings) only increases their rebellion (insolence) tremendously (and then they even start mocking).

Tafsir (excerpt) — التفسير الميسر

واذكر -أيها الرسول- حين قلنا لك: إن ربك أحاط بالناس علمًا وقدرة. وما جعلنا الرؤيا التي أريناكها عِيانًا ليلة الإسراء والمعراج من عجائب المخلوقات إلا اختبارًا للناس؛ ليتميز كافرهم من مؤمنهم، وما جعلنا شجرة الزقوم الملعونة التي ذكرت في القرآن إلا ابتلاء للناس. ونخوِّف المشركين بأنواع العذاب والآيات، ولا يزيدهم التخويف إلا تماديًا في الكفر والضلال.

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