Surat Atteen

Surah 95 Atteen

Bismillahi-rraHhmani-rraHheem

Watteeni wazzaytoun.
Wa Ttouri seeneen.
Wa hatha-lbalad-ilameen.
Laqad khalqna-linsana fee aHhsani taqweem.
Thumma radanahu asfala safileen.
Illa-llatheena aamanou wa 3amilou-SsaliHhati falahum ajrun ghayru mamnoun.
Fa ma yukathibuka ba3du bidden.
Alaysa-allahu bi aHhkami-lHhakimeen.

Words:
*The substansive proposition is in verses 4-8,and it is clinched by an appeal to four sacred symbols:the fig,the olive,mount Sinai,and the sacred city of Makkah.

Wa=waw alqassam,the waw of swearing

Atteen=the fig
*literary the fig is the fruit of a tree,it can stand as a symbol of mans destiny in many ways.Under cultivation it is one of the finest most wholesome fruits,while in its wild state it is nothing but tiny seeds,and is insipid and sometimes full of worms and maggots.

Azzaytoun=the olive
*it is possible that the olive here refers to the Mount of olives just outside the walls of the city of Jerusalem,where the scene of the Gospel story of Christs description of the Judgement to come
Ttour=mountain

Seeneen=Sinai
*this is the mountain on which he law was given to Moses,and the Glory of Allah was made visible,but did Israel faithfully obey this law faithfully??

Hatha=this

Albalad=the city(balad also means country)

Al-ameen=the secure(of security)
*The city of Makkah has always been respected even in pagan times and no fighting was allowed in its territory,yet the same city with all its sacred associations,persecuted the greatest prophet and gave itself up for a time to idolatory and sin,thus presenting the contrast of the best and worst.

Laqad= have indeed

Khalqna=we created

Al-insan=Man

Fee=in

AHhssan=best

Taqweem=moulds,form.nature

Thumma=then

Radana(hu)=returned(him)

Assfal=lowest

Safileen=of the low

Illa=except

Allatheena=those(who)

Aamanou=believed

3amilou=did,(comes from the word 3amal=labour,work)

aSsalihat=good deeds(righteous deeds)

(fa)lahum=they shall have

ajrun=reward,(ajr from work=earning)

ghayru=un(not)

Mamnoun=unfailing

Fa ma=and so what

Yukathibuka=make you deny

Ba3du=after(all this)

Biddeen=(in this religion),in the day of Judgement

Alaysa=isnt

AHhkam=The Wisest

AlHhakimeen=Judges