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This surah invokes the fig and olive as divine witnesses to human accountability, contrasting their growth with the moral decline of those who reject faith while claiming piety.
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King James Version (1611)
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By the fig and the olive 2And [by] Mount SinaiTwo Mountains, Two G… 3And [by] this secure city [Makkah] 4We have certainly created man in the best of stature 5Then We return him to the lowest of the low 6Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted 7So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense 8Is not Allah the most just of judgesThe Divine Judge
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1وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ 2وَطُورِ سِينِينَ 3وَهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٱلۡأَمِينِ 4لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِيٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٖ 5ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنَٰهُ أَسۡفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ 6إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ أَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُونٖ 7فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِٱلدِّينِ 8أَلَيۡسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحۡكَمِ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ
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