The word · Belief
سِدْرَةُ المُنْتَهَى
Sidrat al-Muntaha
The Lote Tree at the furthest limit, reached by the Prophet on the Night Journey.
Also written · Sidratul Muntaha · Sidra tul Muntaha · Sidrat ul Muntaha · Sidratul Muntahaa · Sidrah · Lote Tree · Lote tree of the utmost boundary · Furthest lote tree
The meaning
What Sidrat al-Muntaha means in Islam
The Qur'an says he saw him at a second descent, by the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary, near which is the Garden of Refuge (Qur'an 53:13-15). Scholars describe it as the boundary past which the knowledge of creation does not go, so it marks a limit rather than a location. It appears in the accounts of the Night Journey, at the stage where the five daily prayers were given.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- ArshThe Throne of Allah, the greatest created thing, above the heavens and carried by angels.العَرْش
- MalaikahAngels: beings created from light who never disobey Allah and carry out exactly what they are commanded.المَلَائِكَة
- Al-GhaybEverything real that lies beyond the reach of the senses, known only because Allah reported it.الغَيْب
- Isra and Mi'rajThe night the Prophet was taken to Jerusalem and then raised through the heavens.الإِسْرَاءُ وَالمِعْرَاج
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- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- BarzakhThe state between death and the resurrection, where the soul waits after the body is buried.البَرْزَخ
- IstidrajBeing drawn in slowly by blessings while sinning, so that ease becomes a punishment rather than approval.الاِسْتِدْرَاج
- Lawh MahfuzThe Preserved Tablet, in which everything decreed was written down before it happened.اللَّوْحُ المَحْفُوظ
- QadrAllah's decree: that He knows, wrote, willed and created all that happens, without forcing anyone to sin.القَدَر
- SiratThe bridge laid over Hell that everyone must cross, at speeds matching their deeds.الصِّرَاط