Surah 095 of 114

سورة التين

At-Tin

8 verses

Ayat 1

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ.(1)

By the fig and the olive(1) [At-Tin: 1]

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By the fig and the olive, that is, the two [edible] foods — or [these denote the names of] two mountains in
Syria on which these two foods grow —

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

Ayat 2

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ.(2)

And [by] Mount Sinai(2) [At-Tin: 2]

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and [by] the Mount Sinai, the mountain on which God, exalted be He, spoke to Moses (sīnīn means ‘the one
blessed’ or ‘the fair one with fruitful trees’),

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 1 entries

Ayat 3

وَهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ.(3)

And [by] this secure city [Makkah],(3) [At-Tin: 3]

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and [by] this secure land: Mecca, as people were secure in it in the time of pagandom and [are still secure
in it] in Islam.

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 2 entries

Ayat 4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍۢ.(4)

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;(4) [At-Tin: 4]

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Verily We created man (al-insān: the generic) in the best of forms, [in the best] proportioning of his shape.

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 11 entries

Ayat 5

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ.(5)

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,(5) [At-Tin: 5]

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Then, in the case of certain individuals of his [species], We reduced him to the lowest of the low — a
metaphor for old age and weakness, at which point a believer’s deeds are fewer than when he was young;
but he will still have his reward, as God, exalted be He, says:

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 8 entries

Ayat 6

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۢ.(6)

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.(6) [At-Tin: 6]

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except those who believe and perform righteous deeds, for they shall have an unfailing reward, one unending — in a hadīth [it is stated], ‘When a believer reaches that stage of old age which prevents him from performing [good] deeds, then what he used to do is recorded in his favour [instead]’.

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 8 entries

Ayat 7

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ.(7)

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?(7) [At-Tin: 7]

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So what makes you deny, O disbeliever, thereafter — after the mention of man being created in the best of forms and his being reduced to the vilest of age, all of which indicates the power [of God] to resurrect — the Judgement?, the Requital that will be preceded by the Resurrection and the Reckoning. In other words, what makes you disbelieve in all this? Nothing does!

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 11 entries

Ayat 8

أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ.(8)

Is not Allah the most just of judges?(8) [At-Tin: 8]

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Is not God the fairest of all judges?, the most just of all judges. His passing judgement by means of [the process of] requital is one such example. In a hadīth [it is stated], ‘Whoever recites [sūrat] wa’l-tīni, ‘By the fig’, to the end of it, let him then say, “Yes Indeed! And I am of those who bear witness to this!” ’ Meccan, consisting of 19 verses; from the beginning of it up to [the verse] what he did not know, was the first of the Qur’ān to be revealed, in the cave at Hirā’, as reported by al-Bukhārī.

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  1. Tafseer — Jalalain
  2. Translation — Sahih International
  3. Hadith collections — 4 entries

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