Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ رُفِعَتْ لِي سِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ نَبْقُهَا مِثْلُ قِلَالِ هَجَرَ وَوَرَقُهَا مِثْلُ آذَانِ الْفِيَلَةِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ سَاقِهَا نَهْرَانِ ظَاهِرَانِ وَنَهْرَانِ بَاطِنَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ مَا هَذَانِ قَالَ أَمَّا الْبَاطِنَانِ فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَمَّا الظَّاهِرَانِ فَالنِّيلُ وَالْفُرَاتُ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us, Ma'mar told us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary was raised up for me in the seventh heaven; its fruit is like the water jars of Hajar, and its leaves are like the ears of elephants. Two visible rivers and two hidden rivers flow from its trunk." I said, "O Gabriel, what are these two?" He said, "As for the hidden ones, they are in Paradise; and as for the visible ones, they are the Nile and the Euphrates."