سُورَةُ التِّينِ
Surah 95 - At-Tin
The Fig
- 8 verses
- Juz 30
- Page 597 of the Mushaf
At-Tin opens on three oaths: by two trees, the fig and the olive; by Mount Sinin; by a city the text calls secure. What they bear on follows: man was made in the finest of forms, then brought down to the lowest point. An exception is set at once: those who believe and do good, to whom a reward without end belongs. The last two verses are two questions put to a hearer: what, after that, still makes him call the reckoning a lie, and whether Allah is not the best of judges. Eight verses, with no account and no rule.
The main parts
The text of the surah
بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ
By the fig and the olive
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
And [by] Mount Sinai
وَهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ
And [by] this secure city [Makkah],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍۢ
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ
Then We return him to the lowest of the low,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۢ
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ
So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?
أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ
Is not Allah the most just of judges?
Key verses of the surah
The first of the three oaths: it names two trees in one sentence, before a mount and a city.
بِّسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ
By the fig and the olive
The verse saying in what form man was created; it opens what the oaths bear on.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍۢ
We have certainly created man in the best of stature;
The exception to the verse before: those who believe and do good, with a reward that does not stop.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۢ
Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
What is surah At-Tin about?
Of man: the form he was made in, his fall to the lowest, and what excepts him from it. Three oaths open the text, two questions close it.
What does surah At-Tin swear by?
On three things, in verses 1 to 3: two trees, a mount the text calls Sinin, and a city it calls secure without giving it another name. The oaths take three very short verses.
How does surah At-Tin end?
With two questions, in verses 7 and 8. The first asks what still makes the reckoning be denied after what has just been said. The second bears on Allah himself and stays a question: the text adds no comment.
How is surah At-Tin built?
In three moves across eight verses: three oaths, a statement about man over three verses, then two questions. The text tells no episode and names no person.
Why is surah At-Tin called that?
“At-Tin” means “the Fig”. The name comes from the first verse (95:1), which opens the surah with an oath naming two trees, the fig and the olive; the surah keeps the first. The two oaths that follow bear on a mount and on a city.
How many verses does surah At-Tin have?
Surah At-Tin has 8 verses. It stands at number 95 in the order of the Mushaf, which holds 114.
The Arabic text is that of the Mushaf. The summary, the outline and the answers on this page describe the text and how it is built: they are not religious commentary.