Surat At-Tīn (The Fig) - سورة التين

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

95:1

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Sahih International

By the fig and the olive

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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 —

95:2

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Sahih International

And [by] Mount Sinai

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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’),

95:3

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Sahih International

And [by] this secure city [Makkah],

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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.

95:4

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Sahih International

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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

95:5

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Sahih International

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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:

95:6

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Sahih International

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

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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]’.

95:7

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Sahih International

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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!

95:8

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Sahih International

Is not Allah the most just of judges?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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!” ’

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Surat At-Tīn (The Fig) - سورة التين