إِذۡ يَغۡشَى ٱلسِّدۡرَةَ مَا يَغۡشَىٰ ١٦
When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Then and there he (ﷺ) saw Gabriel in angelic form.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِذۡWhenidh
- يَغۡشَىcoveredyaghshā
- ٱلسِّدۡرَةَthe Lote Treel-sid'rata
- مَاwhatmā
- يَغۡشَىٰcoversyaghshā
Tafsir
When the lote tree was covered through the command of Allah by something great whose true nature only Allah knows.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran