Al-Qur'an Surah As-Saffat Verse 64

Mufti Taqi Usmani

It is a tree that comes forth in the bottom of Jahannam.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, it is a tree that grows in the depths of Hell,

Ruwwad Translation Center

It is a tree that grows in the bottom of the Blazing Fire;

A. J. Arberry

It is a tree that comes forth in the root of Hell;

Abdul Haleem

This tree grows in the heart of the blazing Fire,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily it is a tree that springeth forth in the bottom of Flaming Fire.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire;

Abul Ala Maududi

It is a tree that grows in the nethermost part of Hell.

Ahmed Ali

It is a tree that grows at the bottom of Hell.

Ahmed Raza Khan

Indeed it is a tree that sprouts from the base of hell.

Ali Quli Qarai

It is a tree that rises from the depths of hell.

Ali Ünal

It is a tree growing in the heart of the Blazing Flame.

Amatul Rahman Omar

It is a tree which springs forth from the bottom of Hell.

English Literal

That it is a tree it emerges in the Hell`s source/root.

Faridul Haque

Indeed it is a tree that sprouts from the base of hell.

Hamid S. Aziz

Surely it is a tree that grows in the bottom of hell;

Hilali & Khan

Verily, it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-fire,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Surely We have made it a trial for the wrongdoers.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Surely it is a tree that-grows in the bottom of the hell;

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Lo! it is a tree that springeth in the heart of hell.

Muhammad Sarwar

(Zaqqum) is a tree which grows from the deepest part of hell,

Qaribullah & Darwish

It is a tree that grows from the bottom of Hell;

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Verily, it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-fire,

Wahiduddin Khan

For it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hellfire:

Talal Itani

It is a tree that grows from the bottom of Hell.

Tafsir jalalayn

Indeed it is a tree that comes forth from the very source of Hell, in other words, from the depths of Hell, with its branches extending up through all its [different] levels.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Verily, it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-fire.

meaning, it is nourished by the fire, for it was created from fire."

Mujahid said;
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّالِمِينَ
(Truly, We have made it (as) a trial for the wrongdoers).

Abu Jahl, may Allah curse him, said, "Zaqqum means dates and butter which I eat (Atazaqqamuhu)."

I say that the meaning of the Ayah is,

"We have told you, O Muhammad, of the tree of Zaqqum as a trial with which We test the people to see who will believe and who will disbelieve."

This is like the Ayah;

وَمَا جَعَلْنَا الرُّءْيَا الَّتِى أَرَيْنَـكَ إِلاَّ فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَالشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى القُرْءَانِ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلاَّ طُغْيَانًا كَبِيرًا

And We made not the vision which we showed you but a trial for mankind, and 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. (17;60)

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيم

Verily, it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-fire.

means, its roots grow at the bottom of Hell.

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُوُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ