Al Tin

Yusuf Ali

1 By the Fig and the Olive,

Transliteration

1 Waaltteeni waalzzaytooni

Shakir

1 I swear by the fig and the olive,

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the fig and the olive,

Yusuf Ali

2 And the Mount of Sinai,

Transliteration

2 Watoori seeneena

Shakir

2 And mount Sinai,

Pickthall

2 By Mount Sinai,

Yusuf Ali

3 And this City of security, -

Transliteration

3 Wahatha albaladi alameeni

Shakir

3 And this city made secure,

Pickthall

3 And by this land made safe;

Yusuf Ali

4 We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,

Transliteration

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee ahsani taqweemin

Shakir

4 Certainly We created man in the best make.

Pickthall

4 Surely We created man of the best stature

Yusuf Ali

5 Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low, -

Transliteration

5 Thumma radadnahu asfala safileena

Shakir

5 Then We render him the lowest of the low.

Pickthall

5 Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low,

Yusuf Ali

6 Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a reward unfailing.

Transliteration

6 Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati falahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin

Shakir

6 Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be cut off.

Pickthall

6 Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing.

Yusuf Ali

7 Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the judgment (to come)?

Transliteration

7 Fama yukaththibuka baAAdu bialddeeni

Shakir

7 Then who can give you the lie after (this) about the judgment?

Pickthall

7 So who henceforth will give the lie to thee about the judgment ?

Yusuf Ali

8 Is not Allah the wisest of judges?

Transliteration

8 Alaysa Allahu biahkami alhakimeena

Shakir

8 Is not Allah the best of the Judges?

Pickthall

8 Is not Allah the most conclusive of all judges ?