سورة التين
Here is Surah At-Tin (“The Fig”) in transliteration: each of its 8 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيْتُونِ ١
wal-tīni wal-zaytūni
1. By the fig and the olive1947
[1947] Referring to the places known for their production, i.e., Damascus and Jerusalem, respectively. It could also refer to the fig and olive trees or to the fruits themselves.
وَطُورِ سِينِينَ ٢
waṭūri sīnīna
2. And [by] Mount Sinai
وَهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٱلْأَمِينِ ٣
wahādhā l-baladi l-amīni
3. And [by] this secure city [i.e., Makkah],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِىٓ أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ ٤
laqad khalaqnā l-insāna fī aḥsani taqwīmin
4. We have certainly created man in the best of stature;1948
[1948] i.e., upright, symmetrical, and balanced in form and nature.
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ ٥
thumma radadnāhu asfala sāfilīna
5. Then We return him to the lowest of the low,1949
[1949] This can refer to the depths of Hell, to decrepit old age or to immorality.
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ ٦
illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti falahum ajrun ghayru mamnūnin
6. Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.
فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِٱلدِّينِ ٧
famā yukadhibuka baʿdu bil-dīni
7. So what yet causes you to deny the Recompense?1950
[1950] More literally, "What makes you lie concerning it?"
أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ ٨
alaysa l-lahu bi-aḥkami l-ḥākimīna
8. Is not Allāh the most just of judges?
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