Note 128

128. the &Sadratu'l-Muntaha # 100

Literally "the furthermost Lote-Tree", translated by Shoghi Effendi as "the Tree beyond which there is no passing". This is used as a symbol in &Islam, for example in the accounts of &Muhammad's Night Journey, to mark the point in the heavens beyond which neither men nor angels can pass in their approach to God, and thus to delimit the bounds of divine knowledge as revealed to mankind. Hence it is often used in the &Baha'i Writings to designate the Manifestation of God Himself. (See also note 164.)