Surah 37 · verse 62
As-Saffat 37:62
Sign in to listenأَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ
a-dhalika khayrun nuzulan am shajaratu az-zaqqum
Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِلَّا مَوْتَتَنَا الْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ
Except for our first death, and we will not be punished?"
Verse 60إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَهُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ
Indeed, this is the great attainment.
Verse 61لِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا فَلْيَعْمَلِ الْعَامِلُونَ
For the like of this let the workers [on earth] work.
أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ الزَّقُّومِ
Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum?
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّالِمِينَ
Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.
Verse 64إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِي أَصْلِ الْجَحِيمِ
Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,
Verse 65طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ
Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.
