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Surat al Tin starts off with Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ

الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ Watteeni wazzaytoon وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ

(I swear) by the fig and the olive According to the scholars there are so many

opinions as to what the fig and the olive could mean.

Some have said it means exactly what is said – tin and zaytoon.

Some have said it is figuratively and refers to the 2 mountains where these foods are planted,

one in Syria and the other Jerusalem.

It also refers to great prophets who were raised in these places.

Some have said fig refers to the time of Adam and Eve as they had clothes made from fig

tree leaves and Zaytoon – the olive refers to the time of Prophet Noah when he sent out

a pigeon searching for land after the flood and it came back with a small branch from

an olive tree.

Some have also said there is an inner interpretation where tin and zaytoon refers to Imam Hasan

and Imam Hussein (as).

The next verse says Watoori seeneen وَطُورِ سِينِينَ

And by Mount Sinai Mount Sinai is a mountain full of bounties,

or full of trees and is the same mountain Prophet Musa used to visit.

Some have said this mountain is near Kufa while others believe it is in Egypt.

Some have also said the inner interpretation of this verse means Imam Ali bin Abi Talib

(as) The next verse says

Wahaadhal baladil ameen وَهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ

And by this secure city Al baladil ameen, this secure city refers

to Mecca.

This city is especially important in Islam that the people, the animals, trees and birds

should be left alone in complete security.

Some have said al baladil ameen refers to the Prophet Muhammad (s) himself.

Why has Allah swt made an oath by 4 things, the tin, the zaytoon, toori seeneen and al

baladil ameen.?

The next verse explains Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee ahsani taqweem

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

Indeed, We have created the human being in the best form

Taqweem indicates that Allah created the human in the most excellent form physically, spiritually

and rationally.

The human has been blessed with the best faculties of thought, knowledge and intellect which

no other creature has been blessed with.

It could be said that the 4 oaths are places associated with the Prophets as proof to the

human having been created in the best form.

So the verse could indicate we created mankind in such an excellent form that it produced

humans who attained to the rank of Prophethood and Imamah.

The next verse says Thumma radadnaahu asfala saafileen ثُمَّ

رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ Then We returned him to the lowest of the

low Allah has given the human being the potential

to reach the best of perfection.

But this same human can use the same faculties and deviate from the path of truth and become

greedy, selfish, lustful, envious and fall so deep to the lowest possible position even

lower than the animals.

Some have said asfala saafileen is the lowest level of all levels in Hell.

The next verse says Illal-ladhina aamanu wa ‘amilus salihaati

falahum ajrun ghayru mamnoon إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا

وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ

مَمْنُونٍ Except for those who have believed and do

righteous deeds, for them is a never ending reward.

This verse indicates that those who believed in Allah and shaped their lives in righteous

deeds and piety and remained consistent with the best form that Allah had created them,

then they are the ones worthy of a never ending reward.

Some have said those who have believed and do righteous deeds are Imam Ali and his followers

and for them is a never ending reward.

The next verse says Famaa yukadhibuka ba’du biddeen فَمَا

يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ After (knowing) this, what makes you still

disbelieve in the Day of Judgement.

So Allah is saying after you know the human has been created in the best form but you

chose to be morally corrupt or you chose to believe and do good deeds, do you actually

believe you won’t be judged on the Day of Judgement?

Do you actually believe they are both equal?

Even in this world they will be judged for their crimes.

Some have said the word din has an inner meaning and it means the wilayah of Imam Ali (as).

Meaning that Imam Ali is the immediate successor and guardian over the people after the passing

of the Prophet (s) The next verse says

Alaysal lahu bi ahkamil haakimeen أَلَيْسَ اللَّـهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ

Isn’t Allah the Wisest of all judges When someone wrongs you in this world you

expect a judge or someone to give you justice.

What about Allah?

Isn’t Allah the best or all Judges?

This Surah is so beautiful that we can be interpreted in so many different ways.

One way of looking at it is by Allah taking an oath by 4 special places were certain special

Prophets were.

And these prophets are witnesses and proofs that the human has being created in the best

form.

And the human is capable of reaching a high station even higher than the angels by following

the examples of the Prophets.

If the human decides to disbelieve and be morally corrupt, then he would have reduced

himself to the lowest state even lower than the animals.

So how can you expect the morally corrupt and the believer who does good deeds to be

the same without any judgement?

Isn’t Allah the Wisest of all Judges.

Another way of looking at it through its inner meaning, and that maybe it could mean that

Allah swears by the fig and the olive, Imam Hasan and Imam Hussein and Turi sineen Imam

Ali and swears by the secure city who is the Prophet (s) and the people that were obedient

to them were secure.

And Allah created humans in the best form and the proof for that is these figures mentioned.

Those that followed them will have a never ending reward, but those that rejected them

will be the lowest of the low.

So what made you reject the din ie the wilyah of Imam Ali while you knew this, to Allah

you will be judged.