At-Tin
The Fig
Surah 95 · Meccan · 8 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١
Wat-tīni waz-zaytūn.
By the fig and the olive1
Footnotes (1)
- 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
Wa ṭūri sīnīn.
And [by] Mount Sinai
وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣
Wa hādhal-baladil-amīn.
And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ ٤
Laqad khalaqnal-insāna fī aḥsani taqwīm.
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;1
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., upright, symmetrical, and balanced in form and nature.
ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥
Thumma radadnāhu asfala sāfilīn.
Then We return him to the lowest of the low,1
Footnotes (1)
- This can refer to the depths of Hell, to decrepit old age or to immorality.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ ٦
Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti falahum ajrun ghayru mamnūn.
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧
Famā yukadhdhibuka baʿdu bid-dīn.
So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?1
Footnotes (1)
- More literally, "What makes you lie concerning it?"
أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨
Alaysallāhu biʾaḥkamil-ḥākimīn.
Is not Allāh the most just of judges?