At-Tin

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

1. Allah takes an oath on the fig and the place it grows, and the olive and the place it grows: the land of Palestine where Jesus (peace be upon him) was sent as a Messenger.

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

2. And He takes an oath on Mount Sinai, near where Allah conversed intimately with Moses (peace be upon him).

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

3. And He takes an oath on Makkah, the sacred city which gives sanctuary to whoever enters it, and in which Muhammad (peace be upon him) was sent as a Messenger.

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

4. Verily, I have created the human in the most balanced of ways and the best appearance.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

. Mecca, as people were secure in it in the time of pagandom and [are Still secure in it] in Islam. [95:4] Verily We created man ( al-insan : the generic) in the bed of forms, [in the beSt] proportioning of his shape. [95:5] Then, in the case of certain individuals of his [Species], We reduced him to the lowest of the low — a metaphor for old age and weakness, at which point a believer’s deeds are fewer than when he was young; but he will Still have his reward, as God, exalted be He, says:

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

5. Then I return him to old age and childishness in the world, so he cannot benefit fully from his body, when he ruins his nature and goes towards the hellfire.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

: the generic) in the bed of forms, [in the beSt] proportioning of his shape. [95:5] Then, in the case of certain individuals of his [Species], We reduced him to the lowest of the low — a metaphor for old age and weakness, at which point a believer’s deeds are fewer than when he was young; but he will Still have his reward, as God, exalted be He, says: [95:6] except those who believe and perform righteous deeds, for they shall have an unfailing reward, one unending — in a hadith [it is Stated], ‘When a believer reaches that Stage of old age which prevents him from performing [good] deeds,…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

6. Except for those who have faith in Allah and do good deeds, because they, despite growing old, will get an everlasting reward i.e. Paradise, because they kept their nature pure.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

s are fewer than when he was young; but he will Still have his reward, as God, exalted be He, says: [95:6] except those who believe and perform righteous deeds, for they shall have an unfailing reward, one unending — in a hadith [it is Stated], ‘When a believer reaches that Stage of old age which prevents him from performing [good] deeds, then what he used to do is recorded in his favour [instead]’. [95:7] So what makes you deny, O disbeliever, thereafter — after the mention of man being created in the beSt of forms and his being reduced to the vileSt of age, all of which indicates the po…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

7. So O human! What causes you to reject the Day of Requital, after you have seen the many signs of His power?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

performing [good] deeds, then what he used to do is recorded in his favour [instead]’. [95:7] So what makes you deny, O disbeliever, thereafter — after the mention of man being created in the beSt of forms and his being reduced to the vileSt of age, all of which indicates the power [of God] to resurred — the Judgement?, the Requital that will be preceded by the Resurrection and the Reckoning. In other words, what makes you disbelieve in all this? Nothing does! [95:8] Is not God the faireft ofall judges?, the moSt juSt of all judges.…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

8. Is Allah not the most just and fair of judges by having appointed the Day of Judgement for requital? Is it comprehendible that Allah leaves His servants in vain, without judging between them, by not requiting the doer of good for his good, and the evil-doer for his evil?

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

esurrection and the Reckoning. In other words, what makes you disbelieve in all this? Nothing does! [95:8] Is not God the faireft ofall judges?, the moSt juSt of all judges. His passing judgement by means of [the process of] requital is one such example. In a hadith [it is Stated], ‘Whoever recites [surat] wa’l-tini, ‘By the fig’, to the end of it, let him then say, “Yes Indeed! And I am of those who bear witness to this!” ’ Meccan, consisting of 19 verses; from the beginning of it up to [the verse] what he did not know, was the firSt of the Qur’an to be revealed, in the cave at Hira’, as…