At-Tin

سُورَةُ التِّينِ

The Fig

**In The Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful** The theme in this Surah, indeed, pivots on the subject of the creation of Man; the finest mould, and the processes of his development and his lowliness. The subject begins with some comprehensive oaths at the beginning of the Surah, and then, after enumerating some of the sources of Man's victory and salvation, it concludes with the emphasis on Resurrection and the absolute Sovereignty of Allah. The Holy Prophet (S) is narrated to have said: _"Allah will endow, in this world, the two qualities of safety and certainty to the person who recites it (Surah Tin). and when he dies, He will give him rewards equal to the reward of fasting one day (multiplied) by the number of all those who have recited this Surah.”_[1] This Surah has been revealed in Mecca. The evidence is the verse, itself: **"And this city of security (Mecca)”,** containing the demonstrative adjective **'this'** which refers to something near.

بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ
Wat teeni waz zaitoon
I CALL TO witness the Fig and the Olive,
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
Wa toori sineen
The Mount Sinai,
وَهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ
Wa haazal balad-il ameen
And this Soil Secure,
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍۢ
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee ahsani taqweem
That We created man of finest possibilities,
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ
Thumma ra dad naahu asfala saafileen
Then brought him down to the lowest of the low,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۢ
Ill-lal lazeena aamanoo wa 'amilus saalihaati; falahum ajrun ghairu mamnoon
Except those who believe and do the right, for whom there is reward undiminished.
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ
Fama yu kaz zibuka b'adu bid deen
Who should then make you deny the Judgement after this?
أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ
Alai sal laahu bi-ahkamil haakimeen
Is not God the most equitable of all judges?