Ziziphus spina-christi
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Ziziphus spina-christi, known as the Christ's thorn jujube, is a thorny and evergreen tree or plant.
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Wild tree in Iran
Thorns, Jardin des plantes, France
Blossom, Behbahan, Iran
Sidrat al-Muntaha
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The Sidrat al-Muntaha in Islamic tradition is a large Cedrus or lote tree that marks the utmost boundary in the seventh heaven, where the knowledge of the angels ends. During the Isra' and Mi'raj, whe
Ziziphus spina-christi
…compounds such as epigallocatechin and gallocatechin that inhibit inflammatory pathways like NF-κB. In the Levant and wider Middle East, it is called sidr (associated with the lote tree of the Quran), and is common in the Jordan Valley and around Jerusalem, as well as in the Hajar Mountains of the United…
A cedar in Lebanon (Lebanon's sacred tree); Translations made through modern Arabic, unaware of the cultural background and etymological development of the words and symbols that make up the language of the Quran, can turn "Sidrat al-Muntaha" into the lote tree.
Wild Ziziphus spina-christi (lote tree) in Iran
A page of Bustan by the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi telling the story of the lote tree