095- AL-TIN
THE FIG
A Makkan sūrah, al-Tīn was most likely revealed in the early part of the middle Makkan period, shortly after Sūrah 85, al-Burūj, although some maintain that it is Madinan. It takes its name from the mention of the fig in the first verse. The main theme is found in vv. 4–6, which are among the most famous verses in the Quran. They speak to the human condition, which originated as the most exalted of creation, but can fall to the lowest of the low (v. 5) when human beings fail to live in accord with their true nature, a message similar to that of 103:2–3: Truly mankind is in loss, save those who believe, perform righteous deeds, exhort one another to truth, and exhort one another to patience. According to an oft cited hadith, the Prophet said, “Whosoever among you recites By the fig and the olive through to is not God the most just of judges and says, ‘Indeed’ (balā), I am among the witnesses unto that”.
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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