Which We have reserved as punishment for evil-doers?
We have indeed made that a punishment for the unjust.
We have appointed it as a trial for the evildoers.
Verily, We have caused it to be a trial for evildoers:
Verily We! We have made it a temptation for the wrong- doers.
Truly We have made it (as) a trail for the Zalimun (polytheists, disbelievers, wrong-doers, etc.).
We made it an ordeal for the unjust.
We have made this tree a trial for the wrong-doers.
Truly, We have made it (as) a trial for the wrongdoers.
Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
Indeed We have made it a punishment for the wrongdoers.
We have made this (tree) a trial for the evildoers.
Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
which We have made as a torment for the unjust?
Surely We have made it to be a trial to the unjust.
Inn<u>a</u> jaAAaln<u>a</u>h<u>a</u> fitnatan li<b>l</b><i><u>thth</u></i><u>a</u>limeen<b>a</b>
which We have made as a test for the wrongdoers.
For We have truly made it (as) a trial for the wrong-doers.
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّٰلِمِينَ
I have made this tree a trial, with which those who do wrong through disbelief and sins are tested, when they say: “Indeed, fire consumes trees, so it is impossible that it grows in the hellfire.”
I have made this tree a trial, with which those who do wrong through disbelief and sins are tested, when they say: “Indeed, fire consumes trees, so it is impossible that it grows in the hellfire.”
<p>In verse 63, it was said: إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّالِمِينَ (We have made it [ the tree of zaqqum ] a test ['fitnah'] for the unjust). Here, according to some commentators, فِتْنَةً (fitnah) means punishment, that is, 'have turned this tree into a source of punishment.' But, most commentators say that it is more appropriate to translate 'fitnah' at this place as 'trial' or 'test'. The purpose here is to say that Allah wishes to test as to who believes in it, and who ridicules it. Consequently, what happened was that the disbelievers of Arabia failed this test. Rather than fear this punishment and believe, they opted for the method of confrontation and ridicule. According to Hadith narrations, when the verses of the Qur'an in which it has been mentioned that the disbelievers will be made to eat the fruit of zaqqum, Abu Jahl said to his accomplices: "Your friend (Sayyidna Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ) says that there is a tree in the Fire - although, fire eats the tree - while we, by God, do know this much that zaqqum is the name of butter-topped dates. So, come and eat this date and butter" (ad-Durr-ul-Manthur, p. 277, v. 5). In fact, in the language of the Berbers, dates topped with butter or cream were known as zaqqum, therefore, Abu Jahl made use of this opportunity to ridicule the prophet of Islam. To the two things he said,</p>
In verse 63, it was said: إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّالِمِينَ (We have made it [ the tree of zaqqum ] a test ['fitnah'] for the unjust). Here, according to some commentators, فِتْنَةً (fitnah) means punishment, that is, 'have turned this tree into a source of punishment.' But, most commentators say that it is more appropriate to translate 'fitnah' at this place as 'trial' or 'test'. The purpose here is to say that Allah wishes to test as to who believes in it, and who ridicules it. Consequently, what happened was that the disbelievers of Arabia failed this test. Rather than fear this punishment and believe, they opted for the method of confrontation and ridicule. According to Hadith narrations, when the verses of the Qur'an in which it has been mentioned that the disbelievers will be made to eat the fruit of zaqqum, Abu Jahl said to his accomplices: "Your friend (Sayyidna Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ) says that there is a tree in the Fire - although, fire eats the tree - while we, by God, do know this much that zaqqum is the name of butter-topped dates. So, come and eat this date and butter" (ad-Durr-ul-Manthur, p. 277, v. 5). In fact, in the language of the Berbers, dates topped with butter or cream were known as zaqqum, therefore, Abu Jahl made use of this opportunity to ridicule the prophet of Islam. To the two things he said,