THE FIG AL-TĪN ( التين )

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
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وَالتّينِ وَالزَّيتونِ
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wa-t-tīni wa-z-zaytūni
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By the fig and the olive,
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وَطورِ سينينَ
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wa-ṭūri sīnīna
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by Mount Sinai,
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وَهٰذَا البَلَدِ الأَمينِ
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wa-hādhā l-baladi l-ʾamīni
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by this secure town:1
That is, the holy city of Makkah.
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لَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ في أَحسَنِ تَقويمٍ
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la-qad khalaqnā l-ʾinsāna fī ʾaḥsani taqwīmin
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We certainly created man
in the best of forms;
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ثُمَّ رَدَدناهُ أَسفَلَ سافِلينَ
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thumma radadnāhu ʾasfala sāfilīna
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then We relegated him to the lowest of the low,
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إِلَّا الَّذينَ آمَنوا وَعَمِلُوا الصّالِحاتِ فَلَهُم أَجرٌ غَيرُ مَمنونٍ
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ʾillā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti fa-lahum ʾajrun ghayru mamnūnin
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except those who have faith and do righteous deeds.
There will be an everlasting reward for them.
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فَما يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعدُ بِالدّينِ
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fa-mā yukadhdhibuka baʿdu bi-d-dīni
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So what makes you deny the Retribution?
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أَلَيسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحكَمِ الحاكِمينَ
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ʾa-laysa llāhu bi-ʾaḥkami l-ḥākimīna
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Is not Allah the fairest of all judges?