![]() So it is al-Muntahā (the Extremity, Boundary) with respect to modes of knowledge (عُلُوم - ʻulūm) or other things besides. ![]() Alternatively, it is the Uttermost Extremity or the very end of something (اِنْتِهاء - intihā' which is one of the many Arabic words for the word end) for the knowledge of the creatures approaching it, relative, that is, to its Existent Being above the heavens and the earth. It is named the Sidrat al-Muntahā because there terminates at it whatever ascends from the earth and whatever descends including what comes down from God, including waḥy (divine inspiration) and other things besides. It is a very large Tree (شَجَرَة - shajarah) beyond the 7th heaven. Mustafa Khattab) Meaning Ī Qur'an commentary entitled Tafsīr al-karīm al-raḥman fī tafsīr kalām al-manān by Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di, while commenting on Quran 53:14, the Sidrat al-Muntahā, (Lote-Tree of the Extremity) explained:
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