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
angel Jibril
associatedWithEvent Isra and Mi'raj
associatedWithPerson 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 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 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)
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

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sidrat al-Muntaha ("سِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى")
hasArabicScript
Surah An-Najm ("Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary (Sidrat al-Muntaha)")
mentions
Night Journey of Muhammad
visitedLocation

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