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Surah Al-Sâffât 37:62

Those Ranging in Ranks · Verse 62 of 182

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Does all this (state of bliss) make a better welcome than the tree of Zaqqûm (which will serve as food for the people of Gehenna)?

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Is that the better entertainment or the Tree of Zaqqum?

Ahmed Ali

Is this better or the tree of Zaqqum

12 more translations

Ali Unal

Is this what is good as a welcome or the tree of Zaqqum?

Daryabadi

Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?

Faridul Haque

So is this welcome better, or the tree of Zaqqum?

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Is this the better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?

Maulvi Sher Ali

Is that better as an entertainment, of the tree of Zaqq

Muhammad Asad

Is such [a paradise] the better welcome - or the [hellish] tree of deadly fruit?

Muhammad Musin Khan

Is that (Paradise) better entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum (a horrible tree in Hell)?

Muhammad Pickthall

Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?

Muhammad Sarwar

Is this not a better reward than the tree of Zaqqum

Muhammed ali Shakir

Is this better as an entertainment or the tree of Zaqqum?

Rashad Khalifa

Is this a better destiny, or the tree of bitterness?

Shabbir Ahmed

Is this better as a welcome, or the inedible cactus (the bitterness they gave to others)?

Commentary 37:62 Here, there is a mention of the tree of Zaqqûmالزَّقُّومِ which will serve as food for those in hell. Thal‘ab explains Zaqqûm is a food that kills.…

أَذَ‌ٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ

37:62 Here, there is a mention of the tree of Zaqqûmالزَّقُّومِ which will serve as food for those in hell. Thal‘ab explains Zaqqûm is a food that kills. Accordingly, such will be the deadly food that is in store for those who go to Hell and it will cut at the root of the evils they committed in this life by following in the footsteps of satan.