Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

By the Lote Tree of the Finality

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهٰى
AAinda sidrati almuntaha
#wordmeaningroot
1ʿindaNearعند
2sid'rati(the) Lote Treeسدر
3l-muntahā(of) the utmost boundaryنهي
  • Aisha Bewley

    by the Lote-tree of the Final Limit,

  • Progressive Muslims

    At the ultimate point.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    At the Ultimate Mark ('Sidratil muntaha' = The last Lote-tree = The point where the human intellect is left with nothing but astonishment!)

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    By the Lote Tree of the Finality

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    At the ultimate point.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    At the ultimate point.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    At the ultimate point.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    By the Lote-tree beyond which none can pass,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

  • Muhammad Asad

    by the lote-tree of the farthest limit,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    By the lote-tree of the utmost boundary,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    by the lote-tree at the farthest boundary,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    At the site where he -the Spirit Jibril- took Up his station in the realm of heaven, a site designated " Sidrat Al Montaha "; (interpreted to be the boundary fenced by trees, where no one, spiritual or otherwise can ascend or descend beyond, unless ordained by Allah,)

  • Bijan Moeinian

    in the Garden (beyond which none will pass).

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    Near Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (a lote-tree of the utmost boundary over the seventh heaven beyond which none can pass).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Near the Lote-tree beyond which none may pass:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    at the Lote Tree of the most extreme limit ˹in the seventh heaven˺—

  • Taqi Usmani

    by Sidrat-ul-Muntahā (the lote-tree in the upper realm),

  • Abdul Haleem

    by the lote tree beyond which none may pass

  • Arthur John Arberry

    by the Lote-Tree of the Boundary

  • E. Henry Palmer

    by the lote tree none may pass;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    At the Lote-tree of the furthest boundary;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    At the Lote-Tree of the Utmost Boundary.

  • George Sale

    by the lote-tree beyond which there is no passing:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    Near the lote-tree (a thorny but a fruit bearing tree in Middle East beyond which none may pass: Symbolically, it is the limit of human understanding):

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    It was near the Sidrah which stands at the farthest end (of knowledge),

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    by the Lote Tree of the Ultimate Boundary,