Tanwir al-Miqbas min Tafsir Ibn Abbas at-Tin التِّين (The Fig, The Figtree) 8 verses · Meccan

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ
Abdel Haleem
By the fig, by the olive
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying (By the fig and the olive): '(By the fig and the olive) He says: Allah swears by the fig, this fig of yours, and the olive, this olive of yours; it is also said the fig and the olive refer to two mountains in Historic Syria; it is also said that the fig refers to the hill upon which Jerusalem is built while the olive refers to the mountain upon which Damascus is built,

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وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
Abdel Haleem
by Mount Sinai
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(By Mount Sinai) and He swears by the mountain of Thubayr which is the mountain of Midian where Allah spoke to Moses (pbuh),

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وَهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ
Abdel Haleem
by this safe town
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(And by this land made safe) and He swears by Mecca which is made safe in that whoever enters it is safe;

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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
Abdel Haleem
We create man in the finest stat
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Surely We created man) the disbelieving man, referring here to al-Walid Ibn al-Mughirah, and it is also said it refers to Kildah Ibn Usayd (of the best stature) in the best of forms; and this is the reason why the oath was made.

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ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ
Abdel Haleem
then reduce him to the lowest of the low
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Then We reduced him) in the Hereafter (to the lowest of the low) i.e. the Fire; it is also said that the above means: We have created the children of Adam in the best of forms when they are in the pick of their youth, then We reduce them to abject old age whereby no good deed is recorded in their favour except that which they used to do in their youth and prime,

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إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ
Abdel Haleem
except those who believe and do good deeds––
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Save those who believe) in Muhammad (pbuh) and the Qur'an (and do good works) and do acts of obedience in private between themselves and their Lord, (and theirs is a reward unfailing) their reward is undiminished and unspoilt, good deeds will still be written for them even in old age and after they die.

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فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ
Abdel Haleem
they will have an unfailing reward. After this, what makes you [man] deny the Judgement
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(So who henceforth) i.e. after what I have mentioned to you of the transformation of youth and old age, life and death (will give the lie to thee) O Muhammad (about the judgement) about the Day of Reckoning? It is also said this means: what has driven you, O Kildah Ibn Usayd and Walid Ibn al-Mughirah, to deny the Day of Judgement?

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أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ
Abdel Haleem
Is God not the most decisive of judges
Attributed to Ibn Abbas

(Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges?) Is not Allah the most just of those who are just and the best of those who are best and is, therefore, able to bring you back to life, O Walid!'

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