الزقومConceptThe Zaqqum Tree in the QuranالزقومEschatology7Verses4Surahs7Connections#511of 828

Key Verses

1. 17:60Al-IsraWarning
   وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا ٱلرُّءۡيَا ٱلَّتِيٓ أَرَيۡنَٰكَ إِلَّا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلۡمَلۡعُونَةَ فِي ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمۡ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمۡ إِلَّا طُغۡيَٰنٗا كَبِيرٗا
   And (it was a warning) when we told thee: Lo! thy Lord encompasseth mankind, and We appointed the sight which We showed thee as an ordeal for mankind, and (likewise) the Accursed Tree in the Qur'an. We warn them, but it increaseth them in naught save gross impiety.
   In context

   And remember, O Messenger, when I said to you: Your Lord has encompassed the people in His power and they are in His control. Allah will protect you from them, so convey what you have been ordered to convey. And I did not make what I clearly showed you on the Night Journey except as a test for the people; do they believe it or reject it?

2. 37:63As-SaffatWarning
   إِنَّا جَعَلۡنَٰهَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
   Lo! We have appointed it a torment for wrong-doers.
   In context

   I have made this tree a trial, with which those who do wrong through disbelief and sins are tested, when they say: “Indeed, fire consumes trees, so it is impossible that it grows in the hellfire.”

3. 37:65As-SaffatNarrative
   طَلۡعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ
   Its crop is as it were the heads of devils
   In context

   The fruits that come out of it are ugly in appearance, like the heads of satans. The ugliness in appearance is a sign of ugliness in nature, which means they revolting in taste.

4. 44:44Ad-DukhanPraise
   طَعَامُ ٱلۡأَثِيمِ
   The food of the sinner!
   In context

   Is the food of the extremely sinful who will eat of its horrible fruit!

5. 37:62As-SaffatCommand
   أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
   Is this better as a welcome, or the tree of Zaqqum?
   In context

   Is that aforementioned bounty which Allah has prepared for His servants whom He chose to obey Him, better and more virtuous in rank and honour, than the tree of Zaqqūm which has been cursed in the Qur’ān? It is the food of the disbelievers, which neither nourishes nor satisfies hunger.

6. 44:43Ad-Dukhan
   إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ
   Lo! the tree of Zaqqum,
   In context

   The tree of zaqqum which Allah has grown at the bottom of the fire

7. 56:52Al-Waqiah
   لَأٓكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٖ مِّن زَقُّومٖ
   Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum
   In context

   You shall, on the Day of Judgement, eat from the fruits of the tree of Al-Zaqqūm, which are the worst and most disgusting of fruits.