The Fig and the Olive

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The Fig and the Olive is an English rendering of the title of Surah At-Tin, a short Meccan chapter of the Qur’an that opens with oaths by the fig and the olive and reflects on the dignity and moral responsibility of humankind.

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Label Occurrences
The Fig and the Olive canonical 2
By the fig and the olive 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Qur'anic surah ⓘ
religious text passage ⓘ
addresses deniers of the Day of Judgment ⓘ
associatedConcept corruption of human nature through disbelief ⓘ
human accountability before God ⓘ
moral excellence ⓘ
oath formulas in the Qur'an ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the standard Qur'anic canon ⓘ
classification Meccan surah ⓘ
focus creation of humans in the best stature ⓘ
fall of humans to the lowest state except the faithful ⓘ
genre short Meccan chapter ⓘ
hasVerse Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds ⓘ
Is not Allah the most just of judges ⓘ
Then We return him to the lowest of the low ⓘ
We have certainly created man in the best of stature ⓘ
languageOfOriginal Arabic ⓘ
lengthCategory short surah ⓘ
mentions Mount Sinai ⓘ
fig ⓘ
human being ⓘ
olive ⓘ
secure city ⓘ
numberOfVerses 8 ⓘ
openingWords By the fig and the olive ⓘ
originalTitle Surah At-Tin ⓘ
سورة التين ⓘ
linked to: Surah At-Tin
partOf Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
placeOfRevelation Mecca ⓘ
positionInQuran after Surah Ash-Sharh ⓘ
before Surah Al-Alaq ⓘ
recitedIn Muslim prayer ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
scripture Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
surahNumber 95 ⓘ
theme dignity of humankind ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
moral responsibility of humans ⓘ
oaths by natural symbols ⓘ
reward and punishment ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ
usedFor memorization in Islamic education ⓘ
verseStructure rhymed prose ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah At-Tin → alternateEnglishName → The Fig and the Olive ⓘ
The Fig → hasEnglishName → The Fig and the Olive ⓘ
The Fig and the Olive → openingWords → By the fig and the olive ⓘ
linked to: The Fig and the Olive