When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it]. (An-Najm [53] : 16)
1 Mufti Taqi Usmani
when the lote-tree was covered by that which covered it.
2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours!
3 Ruwwad Translation Center
when the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with [divine] splendors.
4 A. J. Arberry
when there covered the Lote-Tree that which covered;
5 Abdul Haleem
when the tree was covered in nameless [splendour].
6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi
When that covered the lote-tree which covered it.
7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Behold, the Lote-tree was shrouded (in mystery unspeakable!)
8 Abul Ala Maududi
(This was) when the lote-tree was covered with that which covered it.
9 Ahmed Ali
When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over;
10 Ahmed Raza Khan
When the lote-tree was being enveloped, by whatever around it.
11 Ali Quli Qarai
when there covered the Lote Tree what covered it.
12 Ali Ünal
Meanwhile that was covering the Lote-tree which was covering it.
13 Amatul Rahman Omar
(This was) when the sublime thing (- the Divine Manifestation) which was to cover Sidrah had covered it.
14 English Literal
When what covers/darkens covers/darkens the lote-tree
15 Faridul Haque
When the lote-tree was being enveloped, by whatever around it.
16 Hamid S. Aziz
When that which shrouds (in mystery) covered the Lote-tree
17 Hilali & Khan
When that covered the lote-tree which did cover it!
18 Maulana Mohammad Ali
Near it is the Garden of Abode.
19 Mohammad Habib Shakir
When that which covers covered the lote-tree;
20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
When that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote-tree,
21 Muhammad Sarwar
When the tree was covered with a covering,
22 Qaribullah & Darwish
When there comes to the Lote Tree, that which comes
23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
When that covered the lote tree which did cover it!
24 Wahiduddin Khan
when the lote tree was covered in mystic splendour.
25 Talal Itani
As there covered the Lotus Tree what covered it.
26 Tafsir jalalayn
when there shrouded the Lote-tree that which shrouded [it], of flying creatures and other [beings] (idh, `when', is operated by ra'hu, `he saw him'),
27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir
When that covered the lote tree which did cover it!
We mentioned before, in the Hadiths about Al-Isra' that the angels, Allah's Light, and spectacular colors covered the Sidrah.
Imam Ahmad recorded that Abdullah bin Mas`ud said,
"When the Messenger of Allah was taken on the Isra' journey, he ascended to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, which is in the seventh heaven. There everything terminates that ascends from the earth and is held there, and terminates everything that descends from above it is held there, إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى (When that covered the lote tree which did cover it!) He said, "Golden butterflies.
The Messenger of Allah was given three things;
He was given the five prayers,
he was given the concluding verses of Surah Al-Baqarah (2;284-286), and
remission of serious sins for those among his Ummah who do not associate anything with Allah."
Muslim collected this Hadith.
Allah's statement,
مَا زَاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَمَا طَغَى
28 Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
The site which no one can conceive what embellishment overlays it, a Sidra ornamented by what no eye has seen nor ear heard