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At-Teen

Ayah: 1

وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ

By the fig and the olive^[1],

[1] Of Jerusalem.

Ayah: 2

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ

and by Mount Sinai^[2],

[2] Of Egypt.

Ayah: 3

وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ

and by this secure city [of Makkah]^[3],

[3] 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.

Ayah: 4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ

Surely We have created man in the best form^[4],

[4] i.e., in upright and balanced form and nature.

Ayah: 5

ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ

then We will reduce him to the lowest of the low^[5],

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

Ayah: 6

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ

except those who believe and do righteous deeds; they will have a never-ending reward.

Ayah: 7

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ

Then, what makes you deny the Judgment Day?

Ayah: 8

أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ

Is not Allah the Most Just of all judges?