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36:80 - "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree when behold! Ye kindle<br />

therewith (your own fires)! 4026<br />

4026 Even older and more primitive than the method of striking fire against steel and flint is the method of using twigs of<br />

trees for the purpose. In the E.B., 14th edition. ix. 262, will be found a picture of British Guiana boys making a fire by<br />

rotating a stick in a round hole in a piece of wood lying on the ground. The Arab method was to use a wooden<br />

instrument called the Zinad. It consisted of two pieces to be rubbed together. The upper one was called the 'Afar or<br />

Zand, and the lower the Markh. The markh is a twig from a kind of spreading tree, the Cynanchuin viminale, of which<br />

the branches are bare, without leaves or thorns. When they are tangled together, and a wind blows, they get ignited<br />

and strike fire (Lane's Arabic Lexicon). In modern Arabic Zand is by analogy applied to the flint pierce used for striking<br />

fire with steel. (36.80)<br />

37:62 - Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum? 4072<br />

4072 Cf. xvii. 60, n. 2250. This bitter tree of Hell is in contrast with the beautiful Garden of heaven with its delicious fruits.<br />

(37.62)<br />

44:43 - Verily the tree of Zaqqum 47214722<br />

4721 Now follows a word-picture of the horrors to which Evil must lead us. What human language and what figures of<br />

speech can adequately describe them? (44.43)<br />

4722 The opposite of "delicious Fruits" is the terrible tree of Zaqqam, which is further described in xxxvii. 62-68, where see<br />

n. 4073. Also see xvii. 60, n. 2250. (44.43)<br />

44:44 - Will be the food of the Sinful<br />

50:10 - And tall (and stately) palm-trees with shoots of fruit-stalks piled one over another 4949<br />

4949 A beautiful nature passage. How graphic and unforgettable to any one who has seen a spring and summer in an<br />

Arabian oasis! (50.10)<br />

53:14 - Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass: 5093<br />

5093 For the Lote-tree in its literal meaning, see n. 3814 to xxxiv. 16. The wild Lote is thorny; under cultivation it yields good<br />

fruit and shade, and is symbolic of heavenly bliss, as here and in lvi. 28. (53.14)<br />

53:15 - Near it is the Garden of Abode. 5094<br />

5094 The "Garden of Abode" (Jannat al-Mawa) lies close to the Lote-Tree and, in the opinion of some authorities, is so<br />

called because the souls of believers will find their abode therein. (53.15)<br />

53:16 - Behold the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)<br />

54:20- Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).<br />

55:48 - Containing all kinds (of trees and delights)<br />

56:52 - "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum. 5247<br />

5247 This is the Cursed Tree mentioned in xvii, 60, where see n. 2250. Cf. also xxxvii. 62, n. 4072; and xliv. 43-46 and n.<br />

4722. (56.52)<br />

Fiqh-us-Sunnah<br />

Fiqh 5.61b<br />

See: Killing a Game Within the Sacred Precincts and Cutting Trees<br />

Sahih Muslim Hadith<br />

Hadith 361 Narrated by<br />

Ibn Mas'ud<br />

Verily the Messenger of Allah said: The last to enter Paradise would be a man who would walk once, stumble once and be<br />

burnt by the Fire once. Then when he passes beyond it, he will turn to it and say: Blessed is He Who has saved me from<br />

thee. Allah has given me something He has not given to any one of those in earlier or later times. Then a tree would be<br />

raised for him and he will say: O my Lord! Bring me near this tree so that I may take shelter in its shade and drink of its water.<br />

Allah, the Exalted and Great, would say: O son of Adam, if I grant you this, you will ask Me for something else. He would<br />

say: No, my Lord. And he would promise Him that he would not ask for anything else. His Lord would excuse him because<br />

He sees what he cannot help desiring; so He would bring him bear it, and he would take shelter in its shade and drink of its<br />

water. Afterwards a tree more beautiful than the first would be raised before him and he would say: O my Lord! Bring me<br />

near this tree in order that I may drink of its water and take shelter in its shade and I shall not ask Thee for anything else. He<br />

(Allah) would say: O son of Adam, if I bring you near it you may ask me for something else. He would promise Him that he<br />

would not ask for anything else. His Lord will excuse him because He sees something he cannot help desiring. So He would<br />

bring him near it and he would enjoy its shade and drink its water. Then a tree would be raised for him at the gate of<br />

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