أَذَٰلِكَ خَيۡرٞ نُّزُلًا أَمۡ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ ٦٢
Is that [i.e., Paradise] a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqūm?
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- أَذَٰلِكَIs thatadhālika
- خَيۡرٞbetterkhayrun
- نُّزُلًا(as) hospitalitynuzulan
- أَمۡoram
- شَجَرَةُ(the) treeshajaratu
- ٱلزَّقُّومِ(of) Zaqquml-zaqūmi
Tafsir
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran