According to the Quran, Zaqqoum or Zaqqum (Arabic: زقوم) is a tree that "springs out of the bottom of Hell". It is mentioned in verses 17:60 (as the "cursed tree"), 37:62-68, 44:43, and 56:52, of the Quran.
In Jewish tradition, the Tree of Knowledge and the eating of its fruit represents the beginning of the mixture of good and evil together. Before that time, the two were separate, and evil had only a nebulous existence in potential.
The only tree in the Middle East that can be regarded as close to "holy tree" is Ziziphus spina christi, which is mentioned in the Quran. Individual trees of this species are highly respected, by Muslims, but are worshipped only in connection with a saintly person, and not per se.
“There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but is regarded as a charitable gift for him.” (Bukhari)
The trees of Paradise are abundant and good and of many kinds. Allaah has told us that there are grapevines, date-palms and pomegranate trees in Paradise, as well as lotus trees and acacia trees: "Verily, for the muttaqoon, there will be a success [Paradise], gardens and grape yards" [78:31-32]
Unique to the Koran are the talh (scholars are undecided as to whether this is the banana plant, which is not a tree, or a species of the widespread genus Acacia), the sidr (a thorn bush, probably Zizyphus spina-christi) and the mysterious and foul “tree of Hell”, or zaqqm (As-Saffat 37:65, Ad-Dukhn 44:49, Al-Waqi'a 56 ...
Some Islamic scholars believe in a literal meaning of this tree grown in fire, showing the inverted flora of hell. The inhabitants of hell are forced to eat the tree's fruits, which tears their bodies apart and releases bodily fluids as a punishment.
The Sidrat al-Muntaha (Arabic: سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَىٰ, romanized: Sidratul-Muntahā, lit. 'Lote Tree of the Farthest Boundary') is a large lote tree or Sidr tree that marks the utmost boundary in the seventh heaven, which no one can pass.
So it is not permissible to put up this tree in a Muslim house even if you do not celebrate Christmas, because putting up this tree comes under the heading of imitating others that is haraam, or venerating and showing respect to a religious symbol of the kuffaar.
Ṭūbā (Arabic: طُوبَى, lit. 'blessedness') is a tree which grows in Jannah (Arabic: الْجَنَّة, Paradise, Garden) according to Islam.
Sahabi Tree, Tree of Al Buqayawiyya (The Blessed Tree) (Arabic شجرالمبارکہ) is a 1500 year old tree located in Safawi, Jordan. 156 km from Amman, the capital of Jordan. The tree is a Atlantic Pistachio tree.
The date palm, mentioned more than any other fruit-bearing plant in the Qur'an, is a symbol often associated with Islam and Muslims.
Al Buqayawiyya tree gave shelter to Prophet Muhammad S.A.W 1400 years ago and therefore, people call it the only living Sahabi tree. The blessed tree is located in the northern desert of Jordan. Al Buqayawiyya tree means blessed tree.
The Old Testament tells of Adam and Eve, our progenitors. They lived in paradise in total innocence until the serpent (the devil) enticed them to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. As punishment for their disobedience, God banished them from Paradise.
Fruit of the poisonous trees is a doctrine that extends the exclusionary rule to make evidence inadmissible in court if it was derived from evidence that was illegally obtained.
Jesus curses a fig tree to point us toward the judgment God will bring on fruitless Jerusalem. In the place of this false Eden, Jesus himself will pave the way for a new Eden. Jesus faces his final test in a garden on a high place.
The mum of two, said: “We don't go to the church or take part in any prayers, but we do give gifts to families, and we'll have the turkey too. “We will decorate the house, and spend the day with family, eating a Christmas meal and playing games.”
Quoting from Muslim scholars, Munajjid argued that to build a snowman was to create an image of a human being, an action considered sinful under the kingdom's strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.
But what is it that Muslims do at Christmas, if they have no religious link? The fact is that Muslims do the same as everyone else who is not a practising Christian at Christmas. They spend time with loved ones, enjoying the holiday period. There is no requirement that one be a Christian to enjoy the season after all.
"The Prophet Zakariya escaped his pursuers by hiding in a tree that miraculously opened up to admit him, but the hem of his cloak was left protruding, and Iblis (the kneeling figure labeled "accursed Devil") betrayed him.
Islam. References to the number seven in Islamic knowledge and practice include: Seven ayat in surat al-Fatiha, the first book of the holy Qur'an. Seven circumambulations of Muslim pilgrims around the Kaaba in Mecca during the Hajj and the Umrah.
God placed Adam in a paradisical Garden. After Adam sinned by eating from the forbidden tree (Tree of Immortality), paradise was declined to him, but he may return if Adam repents from his sin. This story is seen as both a literal as well as an allegory for human relationship towards God.
As Ibrahim (as) said so long ago, Jannah is a fertile plain, and its seeds are dhikr and tasbeeh. Declarations that seem so simple to us—subhanAllah, alhamdulillah, Allahu akbar—are greater than the kingdoms of this world, and each utterance of them sprouts mighty trees in Paradise.
On the Ashura day tens of thousands of mourners gather near this fir tree and mourn the martyrdom of Imam Husain(A.S.). Many critically ill patients are every year Miraculously Healed by the blood which trickles from this tree.
In the Quran, a Cedar of Lebanon serves as a giant guardian at the entrance to the 7th heaven. Thanks to the nearby stream, the atmosphere at the base of this tree is very special.