سورة التين

At-Tin

The Fig

8 ayahs · Meccan · page 597

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

95:1

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١

By the fig and the olive¹

1 translator’s note

Referring to the places known for their production, i.e., Damascus and Jerusalem, respectively. It could also refer to the fig and olive trees or to the fruits themselves. ↩

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢

And [by] Mount Sinai

وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ ٤

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;¹

1 translator’s note

ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,¹

1 translator’s note

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٦

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?¹

1 translator’s note

أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?