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التِّين

8 Ayahs Surah No. 95
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ

By the fig and the olive,

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  1. Of Jerusalem.

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ

and by Mount Sinai,

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  1. Of Egypt.

وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ

and by this secure city [of Makkah],

Explanation & meanings · 1
  1. This passage refers to the land of the three great prophets of Allah: Jesus (ﷺ) lived in the land of figs and olives, Moses (ﷺ) communicated with Allah on Mount Sinai, and Muhammad's (ﷺ) birthplace was Makkah. There is a similar reference in Deuteronomy 33:1, [Moses said:] “The Lord came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, and he shone forth from Mount Paran.” Seir is a mountain near Jerusalem, and Paran is a mountain near Makkah.

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ

Surely We have created man in the best form,

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  1. i.e., in upright and balanced form and nature.

ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ

then We will reduce him to the lowest of the low,

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  1. i.e., to the depths of Hell due to deviation from uprightness; or to decrepit old age.