When the Lote-tree was covered over with what it was covered over;
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (when that which shroudeth did enshroud the lote tree) when the angels enshroud the lote tree; and it is said this means: when the light enshrouds the lote tree; and it is also said that this means: when a canopy of gold enshrouds the lote tree,
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : when there shrouded the lote-tree that which shrouded [it], of flying creatures and other [beings] (idh, ‘when’, is operated by ra’āhu, ‘he saw him’),
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : when there shrouded the lote tree that which shrouded [it].this means: ⸢that which shrouded⸣ the lote tree (ay mā yaghshā al-shajara) was from the light of muḥammad as he worshipped. it could be likened to golden moths, which god sets in motion towards him from the wonders of his secrets. all this is in order to increase him [muḥammad] in firmness (thabāt) for the influx [of graces] (mawārid) which he received [from above].
