1. By the Fig and the Olive,
2. And the Mount of Sinai,
3. And this City of security,-
4. Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee ahsani taqweemin
4. We have indeed created man in the best of moulds,
5. Thumma radadnahu asfala safileena
5. Then do We abase him (to be) the lowest of the low,-
6. Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati falahum ajrun ghayru mamnoonin
6. Except such as believe and do righteous deeds: For they shall have a reward unfailing.
7. Fama yukaththibuka baAAdu bialddeeni
7. Then what can, after this, contradict thee, as to the judgment (to come)?
8. Alaysa Allahu bi-ahkami alhakimeena
8. Is not Allah the wisest of judges?