[Machine] We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while we were newly converted from the era of ignorance and the tree of the Quraysh polytheists and other Arabs, called Dhāt Anwāṭ, was a great tree. They would come to it every year, hang their weapons on it, rest under it, and engage in acts of worship on that day. We saw, while walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a great green Sidra tree, and it called out to us from the sides of the road. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah, make a Dhāt Anwāṭ for us." He said, "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest). You said just as the people of Moses said, 'Make for us a god as they have gods'." (The verse is) to test whether you will follow the traditions of those who came before you.
خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ حَدِيثُو عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ لِكُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ وَمَنْ سِوَاهُمْ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ شَجَرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ يَأْتُونَهَا كُلَّ عَامٍ فَيُعَلِّقُونَ بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ ويُرِيحُونَ تَحْتَهَا وَيَعْكُفُونَ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمًا فَرَأَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِدْرَةً خَضْرَاءَ عَظِيمَةً فَتَنَادَيْنَا مِنْ جَنَبَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى {اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ} الْآيَةَ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ