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سُورَةُ الإِسۡرَاءِ · 17:60
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وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِ ۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ ۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَٰنًۭا كَبِيرًۭا

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And [remember, O Muhammad], 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'an. And We threaten them, but it increases them not except in great transgression.

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Introduction

This is āyah 60 of Sūrat Al-Israa (The Night Journey), the 50th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 15. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
50 of 114
Surah
Al-Israa (17)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(�and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur�an�) [17:60]. Isma�il ibn �Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad al-Wa�iz informed us> Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Faqih> Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Qattan> Ishaq ibn �Abd Allah ibn Zurayr> Hafs ibn �Abd al-Rahman> Muhammad ibn Ishaq> Hakim ibn �Abbad ibn Hunayf> �Ikrimah> Ibn �Abbas that he said: �When the tree of al-Zaqqum was mentioned in the Qur�an [37:62; 44:43 and 56:52], the Quraysh were threatened with it. Abu Jahl said: �Do you know what this Zaqqum, with which Muhammad threatens you, is?� They said: �No!� He said: �Meat and broth with cream. By Allah, if he let us put our hands on it we will devour it!� Allah, glorious and exalted is He, revealed (�and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur�an�) saying: this tree is repulsive (We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety)�.

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

And (remember) when We told you: "Verily, your Lord has encompassed mankind." And We made not the vision which We showed you but a trial for mankind, and (likewise) the accursed tree in the Qur'an. We warn and make them afraid but it only increases them in naught save great disbelief, oppression and disobedience to Allah (60) Allah has encompassed Mankind and made the Vision of His Prophet a Trial for Them Allah says to His Messenger ﷺ, encouraging him to convey the Message and informing him that He is protecting him from the people, that He is able to deal with them and that they are in His grasp and under His domination and control. وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِالنَّاسِ (And (remember) when We told you: "Verily, your Lord has encompassed mankind..") Mujahid, 'Urwah bin Az-Az-Zubayr, Al-Hasan, Qatadah and others said, "This means, He protected you from them." وَمَا ج…
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Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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