Meccan·Surah 37

الصافات

Surah As-Saffat — Ayah 64

Those Ranged in Ranks

182 Ayahs·Verse 37:64
37:64

إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةٌ تَخْرُجُ فِىٓ أَصْلِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Indeed, it is a tree issuing from the bottom of the Hellfire,

Context in Surah As-Saffat

Nearby ayahs help place verse 37:64 in sequence and meaning.

أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ نُّزُلًا أَمْ شَجَرَةُ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Is Paradise a better accommodation or the tree of zaqqum?

إِنَّا جَعَلْنَـٰهَا فِتْنَةً لِّلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Indeed, We have made it a torment for the wrongdoers.

طَلْعُهَا كَأَنَّهُۥ رُءُوسُ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِ

Its emerging fruit as if it was heads of the devils.

فَإِنَّهُمْ لَـَٔاكِلُونَ مِنْهَا فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

And indeed, they will eat from it and fill with it their bellies.