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Meccan · 8 Verses · Page 597 · Juz 30
بِّسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1
وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١
By the fig and the olive[1],
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[1] Of Jerusalem.
2
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢
and by Mount Sinai[2],
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[2] Of Egypt.
3
وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ ٣
and by this secure city [of Makkah][3],
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[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.
4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمࣲ ٤
Surely We have created man in the best form[4],
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[4] i.e., in upright and balanced form and nature.
5
ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥
then We will reduce him to the lowest of the low[5],
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[5] i.e., to the depths of Hell due to deviation from uprightness; or to decrepit old age.
6
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونࣲ ٦
except those who believe and do righteous deeds; they will have a never-ending reward.
7
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧
Then, what makes you deny the Judgment Day?
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أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ ٨
Is not Allah the Most Just of all judges?