The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And he certainly saw Him in another descent. At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary... He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord."

The Shaykh :

⁽¹³⁾ And he certainly saw him in another descent ⁽¹⁴⁾ At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary -

ولقد رآه نزلة أخرى عند سدرة المنتهى

[An-Najm 53:13-14]

Who is the doer in "he saw Him"? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and the object of "he saw Him" is Jibril,

in another descent

نزلة أخرى

meaning descending once again

⁽¹⁴⁾ At the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary - ⁽¹⁵⁾ Near it is the Garden of Refuge - ⁽¹⁶⁾ When there covered the Lote Tree that which covered [it].

عند سدرة المنتهى* عندها جنة المأوى* إذ يغشى السدرة ما يغشى

[An-Najm 53:14-16]

meaning in terms of beauty and loveliness

The sight [of the Prophet] did not swerve, nor did it transgress [its limit].

ما زاغ البصر وما طغى

[An-Najm 53:17]

the sight did not deviate

ما زاغ

meaning it did not deviate to the right or left

and did not transgress

وما طغى

so he looked at what he was not commanded to look at

He certainly saw of the greatest signs of his Lord.

لقد رأى من آيات ربّه الكبرى

[An-Najm 53:18]

all these verses are in the story of the Night Journey.

Source alathar.net

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