وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ

CONSIDER the fig and the olive, (1)

وَطُورِ سِينِينَ

and Mount Sinai, (2)

وَهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ الْأَمِينِ

and this land secure! (3)

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ

Verily, We create man in the best conformation, (4)

ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَاهُ أَسْفَلَ سَافِلِينَ

and thereafter We reduce him to the lowest of low ?– (5)

إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

excepting only such as attain to faith and do good works: and theirs shall be a reward unending! (6)

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعْدُ بِالدِّينِ

What, then, [O man,] could henceforth cause thee to give the lie to this moral law? (7)