95:1
وَالتِّیْنِ وَالزَّیْتُوْنِ
By the fig and the olive
Surah 95 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah At-Tin
The Fig
التين8 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah At-Tin
Three oaths open it, and the first gives the surah its name: by the fig and the olive, by Mount Sinai, and by this secure city (95:1, 95:2, 95:3), the city being Makkah. Commentators have long read the three as pointing to lands connected with prophethood, while the fig and the olive are also taken plainly as the two fruits. Makkan, eight ayahs, and one of the shortest arguments about human worth anywhere in the Quran.
The statement it is built around is that man was created in the best of stature and is then returned to the lowest of the low, with an exception made for those who believe and do righteous deeds, whose reward is uninterrupted (95:4, 95:5, 95:6). It closes with two questions rather than a conclusion: what then makes you deny the Recompense, and is God not the most just of judges (95:7, 95:8). Bukhari records Bara ibn Azib saying he heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, recite this surah in the Isha prayer, and that he never heard anyone with a more beautiful voice.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
95:2
وَطُوْرِ سِیْنِیْنَ
And [by] Mount Sinai
95:3
وَهٰذَا الْبَلَدِ الْاَمِیْنِ
And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],
95:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ فِیْۤ اَحْسَنِ تَقْوِیْمٍ ۟ؗ
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
95:5
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنٰهُ اَسْفَلَ سٰفِلِیْنَ
Then We return him to the lowest of the low,
95:6
اِلَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَلَهُمْ اَجْرٌ غَیْرُ مَمْنُوْنٍ ۟ؕ
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
95:7
فَمَا یُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّیْنِ ۟ؕ
So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?
95:8
اَلَیْسَ اللّٰهُ بِاَحْكَمِ الْحٰكِمِیْنَ
Is not Allāh the most just of judges?
Surah At-Tin in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 8 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.