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Regarding the Verse: 'Those whom they call upon (worship) (like Jesus the Son of Mary or angels
etc.) desire (for themselves) means of access, to their Lord....' (17.57) (It was revealed regarding)
some Jinns who used to be worshipped (by human beings). They later embraced Islam (while those
people kept on worshipping them).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 237
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Regarding the explanation of the Verse: 'Those whom they call upon (worship) (like Jesus the Son of
Mary, angels etc.) desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord (Allah) as to which of them
should be the nearer and they hope for His Mercy and fear His torment.' (17.57) They themselves (e.g.
Angels, saints, Apostles, Jesus, etc.,) worshipped Allah, Those Jinns who were worshipped by some
Arabs became Muslims (embraced Islam), but those human beings stuck to their (old) religion. Al-
A`mash said extra: 'Say, (O Muhammad): Call unto those besides Him whom you assume (to be
gods).' (17.56)
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Regarding: 'And We granted the vision (Ascension to the Heaven "Miraj") which We showed you (O
Muhammad as an actual eye witness) but as a trial for mankind.' (17.60) It was an actual eyewitness
which was shown to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) during the night he was taken on a journey (through the
heavens). And the cursed tree is the tree of Az-Zaqqum (a bitter pungent tree which grows at the
bottom of Hell).