Sidrat al-Muntaha

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Sidrat al-Muntaha is, in Islamic tradition, the cosmic Lote Tree marking the utmost boundary of the heavens where the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension is believed to have culminated.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious concept
cosmic tree
eschatological place
associatedWith Divine Presence (according to Islamic tradition)
Paradise
Jibril
surface form: angel Jibril
associatedWithEvent Night Journey of Muhammad
surface form: Isra and Mi'raj
associatedWithPerson Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
category Islamic cosmology
Islamic eschatology
Quranic places
cosmologicalFunction boundary between lower heavens and higher realities
marker of the furthest point of ascent
cosmologicalLevel seventh heaven (in many traditional accounts)
describedAs Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary
epithet Tree at the Furthest Limit
etymologyComponent al-muntahā (the utmost limit)
sidrah (lote tree)
hasArabicScript Sidrat al-Muntaha self-linksurface differs
surface form: سِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى
hasImagery covered with indescribable signs
surrounded by what covers it (as in Qur'anic description)
hasTreeType lote tree (sidr)
languageOfName Arabic
locatedAt utmost boundary of the heavens
locatedIn heavens
mentionedIn Quran
surface form: Qur'an
mentionedInSurah Surah An-Najm
narrativeDetail point beyond which angel Jibril did not pass in Mi'raj accounts
QuranVerses Qur'an 53:14
Qur'an 53:15
Qur'an 53:16
Qur'an 53:17
Qur'an 53:18
relatedConcept Arsh (Divine Throne)
Isra
Jannah (Paradise)
Night Journey of Muhammad
surface form: Mi'raj
religiousTradition Islam
roleInNarrative culmination point of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension
symbolizes limit of angelic knowledge
transition between created world and the unseen
ultimate boundary of created realms
veneratedIn Shia Islam
Sufism
Sunni Islam
viewInClassicalTafsir a specific lote tree in the seventh heaven
viewInSufiTradition symbol of spiritual culmination
viewInSunniTheology real created locus known only to God

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Night Journey of Muhammad visitedLocation Sidrat al-Muntaha
Surah An-Najm mentions Sidrat al-Muntaha
this entity surface form: Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha)
Sidrat al-Muntaha hasArabicScript Sidrat al-Muntaha self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: سِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى
An-Najm mentions Sidrat al-Muntaha
this entity surface form: Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha)
Taqi al-Din notableWork Sidrat al-Muntaha
this entity surface form: Sidrat Muntaha al-Afkar fi Malakut al-Falak al-Dawwar
Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary hasArabicName Sidrat al-Muntaha
this entity surface form: Sidrat al-Muntahā
Tree at the Furthest Limit refersTo Sidrat al-Muntaha
Tree at the Furthest Limit epithetFor Sidrat al-Muntaha