The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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95. THE FIG
A Meccan sura questioning how man can deny the Judgement, and emphasizing
the importance of faith and good deeds.
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
1 By the fig, by the olive, 2 by Mount Sinai, 3 by this safe town, a
4 We create man in the finest state 5 then reduce him to the lowest of
the low, 6 except those who believe and do good deeds––7 they will
have an unfailing reward. After this, what makes you [man] deny the
Judgement? b 8 Is God not the most decisive of judges? c
a Mecca.
b Or ‘who could say that you [Prophet] are lying about the Judgement?’ (Razi)
c God would not create you and leave you without Judgement (cf. 23: 115–6).