Surah Al-Waqi'ah

Quran 56:28

Read Quran 56:28 from Surah Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 56:28

فِي سِدْرٍ مَخْضُودٍ٢٨

Among thornless lote-trees

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)
Ayah
28 of 96
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
56:28

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 56:28

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

{ فِي سِدْرٍ مَخْضُودٍ } أي: مقطوع ما فيه من الشوك والأغصان [الرديئة] المضرة، مجعول مكان ذلك الثمر الطيب، وللسدر من الخواص، الظل الظليل، وراحة الجسم فيه.