95. The Figtree

THIS SHORT chapter of 8 very early Meccan verses was revealed after Constellations 85, and before Quraysh 106. Its message of moral guidance is home along on homely figures like the two useful sub-tropical fruits, the fig and the olive.

In the name of God, the Mercy-giving, the Merciful!

* By the Figtree and the Olive,
* Mount Sinai * and this safe countryside,
* We have created man with the finest stature;
** then reduced him to the dregs
on the bottom, * except for those who believe
and perform honorable deeds-thcir earnings
shall never be withheld from them.

* What would make you reject religion later on?
* Is God not the Wisest
of those who judge?

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Published with authorization from Dr.T.B.Irving .