Surah At-Tin - English Translation by Shabbir Ahmed
وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ
Witness is the Fig and the Olive. (The Call of Allah's Messengers, the history, the places and the reaction of their people)
Surah At-Tin, Verse 1
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
And Mount Sinai. ((19:52), (20:9-36), (52:1). Exodus 3:1-18 and
Surah At-Tin, Verse 2
وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ
And now, (O Messenger!) This land of security and peace. (Makkah where the Final Revelation has begun)
Surah At-Tin, Verse 3
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ
We have created the human being in the best design. (With the potential to grow his 'Self)
Surah At-Tin, Verse 4
ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ
Then We turn him to the lowest of low. (Whoever rejects Divine Values, reduces himself to a subhuman existence)
Surah At-Tin, Verse 5
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ
Except those who have chosen to be graced with belief, and work to augment the human potential. And theirs is a reward unending
Surah At-Tin, Verse 6
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ
What, then, can make you deny the Divine System of life
Surah At-Tin, Verse 7
أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ
Is not Allah the Sovereign of the sovereigns, the Wisest of the wise, the Best of all judges? ('Hukm' carries all three meanings)
Surah At-Tin, Verse 8