And We did not make the vision which We showed you but a trial for men and the cursed tree in Quran as well? (Surah Bani Israel (17): 60) Tabari, explaining the revelation of this verse, has documented a dream that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) had wherein the children of Hakam b. Abi Aas (from the family of Umayya) were jumping up and down upon his pulpit like monkeys. This dream upset the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) so much that he never laughed again. Tafsir-e-Tabari, vol 15, pg 177; Al-Durr al-Mansur, vol 4, pg 191 Aaesha told Marwaan b. Hakam that Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) told her: The âcursed tree in the Quran implies you (i.e. Marwan b. Hakam and his family). Al-Durr al-Mansur, vol 4, pg 191 It is a different story altogether that Aaesha still chose to align herself with Marwaan b. Hakam, fully aware of his antecedents, in the battle of Jamal. Marwaan b. Hakam is the father of âBani Marwanâ (the progeny of Marwan). His acronym (Kuniyyat) was Abu Ab