95. At-Tin

By the fig and the olive1

By the Fig and the Olive

Witness is the Fig and the Olive. (The Call of Allah's Messengers, the history, the places and the reaction of their people)

And [by] Mount Sinai

and by Mount Sinai

And Mount Sinai. ((19:52), (20:9-36), (52:1). Exodus 3:1-18 and

And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],

and by this secure land

And now, (O Messenger!) This land of security and peace. (Makkah where the Final Revelation has begun)

We have certainly created man in the best of stature;1

We have indeed created man in the best of mould

We have created the human being in the best design. (With the potential to grow his 'Self)

Then We return him to the lowest of the low,1

then We cast him down as the lowest of the low

Then We turn him to the lowest of low. (Whoever rejects Divine Values, reduces himself to a subhuman existence)

Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

except for those who believe and do good deeds -- theirs shall be an unending reward

Except those who have chosen to be graced with belief, and work to augment the human potential. And theirs is a reward unending

So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?1

What then after this, can make you deny the Last Judgement

What, then, can make you deny the Divine System of life

Is not Allāh the most just of judges?

Is not God the greatest of the judges

Is not Allah the Sovereign of the sovereigns, the Wisest of the wise, the Best of all judges? ('Hukm' carries all three meanings)