At-Tin

The Fig

Surah 95 · Meccan · 8 ayahs

التين

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١

    Wat-tīni waz-zaytūn.

    By the fig and the olive1

    Footnotes (1)
    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.
  2. وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢

    Wa ṭūri sīnīn.

    And [by] Mount Sinai

  3. وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣

    Wa hādhal-baladil-amīn.

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

  4. 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)
    1. i.e., upright, symmetrical, and balanced in form and nature.
  5. ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥

    Thumma radadnāhu asfala sāfilīn.

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

    Footnotes (1)
    1. This can refer to the depths of Hell, to decrepit old age or to immorality.
  6. 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.

  7. فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧

    Famā yukadhdhibuka baʿdu bid-dīn.

    So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. More literally, "What makes you lie concerning it?"
  8. أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨

    Alaysallāhu biʾaḥkamil-ḥākimīn.

    Is not Allāh the most just of judges?