An-Najm 53:14
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The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary
عِندَ سِدۡرَةِ ٱلۡمُنتَهَىٰ ١٤
By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “Sidrat al-Muntaha” as the lote tree of the end, where the final limit is reached: the furthest point the knowledge of created beings attains.
Reflect
Know that knowledge has a limit, and be humble.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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