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The Qur"ān has been revealed for the guidance of mankind and it will be till the day of resurrection. Man is striving its best to reach the meanings of the holy Qur"ān. Some people use lexicons to interpret, others take the assistance of scientific knowledge. While, there are still others who also co-relate its teachings with Biblical knowledge. Sometimes such people go beyond the established knowledge in their effort. In the holy Qur"ān many animals and plants have been mentioned. To reach the exact meanings of the word used people have used scientific as well as Biblical accounts. Similar is the case with the word sidr used in the holy Qur"ān. Dr. Iqtedar Farooqi while accounting the word sidr has called it as Cedrus that is against the lexical as well as exegical meaning of the word. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]