43 Preface إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ الزَّقّومِYusuf AliVerily the tree1 of Zaqqūm2Now follows a word-picture of the horrors to which Evil must lead us. What human language and what figures of speech can adequately describe them?The opposite of “delicious Fruits” is the terrible tree of Zaqqūm, which is further described in 37:62-68, where see n. 4073. Also see 17:60, n. 2250.