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Verse 95:1

وَالتِّيۡنِ وَالزَّيۡتُوۡنِۙ‏

Witnesses are the Valley of Fig (alluding to Noah) and the Valley of Olive (alluding to Jesus). [The call of these messengers, the places and the reaction of their people]

Verse 95:2

وَطُوۡرِ سِيۡنِيۡنَۙ‏

And Mount Sinai (alluding to Moses). [19:52, 20:9-36, 52:1. Exodus 3:1-18 and 4:1-17]

Verse 95:3

وَهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِ الۡاَمِيۡنِۙ‏

And now, (O Messenger) this land of security and peace. [Makkah where the Final revelation has begun. 2:126]

Verse 95:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡۤ اَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيۡمٍ‏

Indeed, We have created the human being in the best design (and with the potential to grow the 'self'.)

Verse 95:5

ثُمَّ رَدَدۡنٰهُ اَسۡفَلَ سَافِلِيۡنَۙ‏

Then We turn him to the lowest of low. [Whoever rejects Permanent Values, reduces himself to a subhuman existence. 91:7-10]

Verse 95:6

اِلَّا الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ فَلَهُمۡ اَجۡرٌ غَيۡرُ مَمۡنُوۡنٍؕ‏

Except those who choose to be graced with belief, and work to increase the human potential - theirs is a reward unending.

Verse 95:7

فَمَا يُكَذِّبُكَ بَعۡدُ بِالدِّيۡنِ‏

What, then, can make you deny the Divine System and the Final Judgment?

Verse 95:8

اَلَيۡسَ اللّٰهُ بِاَحۡكَمِ الۡحٰكِمِيۡنَ‏

Is not God the Sovereign of the sovereigns, the Wisest of the wise, the Best of all judges? [Hukm carries all three meanings]

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