14 Preface عِندَ سِدرَةِ المُنتَهىٰYusuf AliNear the Lote-tree1 beyond which none may pass:For the Lote-tree in its literal meaning, see n. 3814 to 34:16. The wild Lote is thorny; under cultivation it yields good fruit and shade, and is symbolic of heavenly bliss, as here and in 56:28.