Al-Qur'an Surah At-Tin Verse 3

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and by this peaceful city,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

and this secure city ˹of Mecca˺![[ This passage refers to the land of figs and olives where Jesus (ﷺ) lived, Mount Sinai where Moses (ﷺ) communicated with Allah, and the city of Mecca where the Prophet (ﷺ) started his mission. A similar reference can be found in Deuteronomy {33:1}, ˹Moses proclaimed:˺ “The Lord came from Sinai. Rising from Seir upon us, he [sic] shone forth from Mount Paran.” Seir is a mountain near Jerusalem, and Paran is a mountain near Mecca.]]

Ruwwad Translation Center

and by this secure city [of Makkah],

A. J. Arberry

and this land secure!

Abdul Haleem

by this safe town,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

By the yonder secure city,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And this City of security,-

Abul Ala Maududi

and by this city (of Makkah), a haven of peace:

Ahmed Ali

And this Soil Secure,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And by oath of this secure land,

Ali Quli Qarai

and by this secure town:

Ali Ünal

And this City secure:

Amatul Rahman Omar

And this Town of security (of Makkah where with the advent of the Prophet Muhammad, the divine law was perfected and finalized),

English Literal

And/by this the country/land/city , the faithful/secure .

Faridul Haque

And by oath of this secure land,

Hamid S. Aziz

And by this Safe City!

Hilali & Khan

And by this city of security (Makkah).

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Certainly We created man in the best make.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And this city made secure,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And by this land made safe;

Muhammad Sarwar

and by this inviolable city, Mecca.

Qaribullah & Darwish

and this safe country (Mecca)!

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

By this city of security.

Wahiduddin Khan

and by this secure land,

Talal Itani

And this safe land.

Tafsir jalalayn

and [by] this secure land; Mecca, as people were secure in it in the time of pagandom and [are still secure in it] in Islam.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

By this city of security. meaning Makkah.

This was said by Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Ibn Zayd and Ka`b Al-Ahbar.

There is no difference of opinion about this.

Some of the Imams have said that these are three different places, and that Allah sent a Messenger to each of them from the Leading Messengers, who delivered the Great Codes of Law.

- The first place is that of the fig and the olive, which was Jerusalem, where Allah sent `Isa bin Maryam.

- The second place is Mount Sinin, which is Mount Sinai where Allah spoke to Musa bin `Imran.

- The third place is Makkah, and it is the city of security where whoever enters is safe. It is also the city in which Muhammad was sent.

They have said that these three places are mentioned at the end of the Tawrah. The verse says,

- "Allah has come from Mount Sinai - meaning the one upon which Allah spoke to Musa bin `Imran;

- and shined fromSa`ir - meaning the mountain of Jerusalem from which Allah sent `Isa;

- and appeared from the mountains of Faran - meaning the mountains of Makkah from which Allah sent Muhammad ."

Thus, He mentioned them in order to inform about them based upon their order of existence in time. This is why He swore by a noble place, then by a nobler place, and then by a place that is the nobler than both of them.
Man becoming Lowly even though He was created in the Best Form

and the Result of that Allah says,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الاِْنسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ