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And, remember, when We said to you, 'Truly your Rabb encompasses mankind', in knowledge and power [over them], such that they are within His grasp: so deliver the Message to them and do not fear anyone, because Allahu ta’ālā will protect you from them. And We did not appoint the vision that We showed you, before your very eyes, during the Night Journey, except as a test for people, [for] the people of Mecca - since they denied it and some of them [even] apostatised when he [the Prophet] informed them of it - and [likewise] the tree cursed in the Qur'ān, namely, the [tree called] Zaqqūm [Q.37:62ff] that issues from the very root of the Blazing Fire [of Hell]; We made it a test for them, because they said, 'Fire consumes trees, so how can it cause it [the Zaqqūm tree] to issue forth?. And We [seek to] deter them, with it, but it, Our deterrence, only increases them in gross insolence.