Tafsir for verse: 53:16
إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦ ﴿16﴾
16when the lote-tree was covered by that which covered it.
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Commentary
When the Lote Tree is covered by that which covers it. That is, it is covered and it rides upon it, and it bears fruit. From the bedding of gold, the green canopy, the angels, and the lote fruit, and other than that. For indeed, the covering is the lote fruit. You cannot bear its description, and it is such that it is almost uncountable. To it, the reference is made by his saying, blessings and peace be upon him, in the hadith: 'And it was covered, and I do not know what it is, for none of Allah's creation can describe it,' or as he said, blessings and peace be upon him. And he affirmed the vision and established it, beginning with his saying:
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