The Fig al-Tīn ( التين )

8 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that opens with the oath of the Divine One swearing by The Fig and the olive, and other signs, representing the Holy Land in which God revealed the Evangel, the Torah, and the Quran, and thereby guided all mankind. It is named after “the fig” (al-tīn) mentioned in

. The surah questions how man can deny the Judgement, and emphasizing the importance of faith and good deeds.«
The surah is also known as: The Figtree.

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Transliteration: bi-smi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmⁱ

Translation: In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

1

وَالتّينِ وَالزَّيتونِ

Transliteration

wa-t-tīni wa-z-zaytūnⁱ

Translation

By the fig and the olive,

2

وَطورِ سينينَ

Transliteration

wa-ṭūri sīnīn^a

Translation

by Mount Sinai,

3

وَهٰذَا البَلَدِ الأَمينِ

Transliteration

wa-hādhā l-baladi l-ʾamīnⁱ

Translation

by this secure town:¹

• That is, the holy city of Makkah.

4

لَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ في أَحسَنِ تَقويمٍ

Transliteration

la-qad khalaqnā l-ʾinsāna fī ʾaḥsani taqwīmⁱⁿ

Translation

We certainly created man in the best of forms;

5

ثُمَّ رَدَدناهُ أَسفَلَ سافِلينَ

Transliteration

thumma radadnāhu ʾasfala sāfilīn^a

Translation

then We relegated him to the lowest of the low,

6

إِلَّا الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ فَلَهُم أَجرٌ غَيرُ مَمنونٍ

Transliteration

ʾillā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-lahum ʾajrun ghayru mamnūnⁱⁿ

Translation

except those who have faith and do righteous deeds. There will be an everlasting reward for them.

7

فَما يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعدُ بِالدّينِ

Transliteration

fa-mā yukadhdhibuka baʿdu bi-d-dīnⁱ

Translation

So what makes you deny the Retribution?

8

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أَلَيسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحكَمِ الحاكِمينَ

Transliteration

ʾa-laysa llāhu bi-ʾaḥkami l-ḥākimīn^a

Translation

Is not Allah the fairest of all judges?