Imam Ar Razi mentions that the fig is one of those fruits which has benefit in its interior as well as its exterior. Some scholars of Tafsir state that the words in the Surah refer to two mountains or places of worship that were connected to the Noble Prophets. “By oath of the fig and of the olive”[Surah At Teen 95:1]
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The Prophet (PBUH) said, “Eat figs! If I would say a certain type of fruit was sent down to us from the heavens I would say it’s a fig because it has no seeds. It ends (cures) the piles and is useful for rheumatism.”
Surah Tin: 1-3 mentions figs specifically, along with olives: “By the Fig and the Olive,/And (Mount) Tur of Sinin,/And this city of security (Mecca).”
Figs can undoubtably, for some, be an acquired taste. For one, they are less sweet than other fruits, and they also have a bit of a different textured skin. Figs are one of the oldest crops cultivated by humans, going back perhaps 11,000 years. Figs are mentioned in the scriptural traditions of the Abrahamic faiths, and figs are one of the few fruits mentioned by name in the Quran, which includes an entire Surah named after them, At-Tin. Figs are also mentioned in the scholar Ibn al-Qayyim’s excellent work “The Prophetic Medicine.”
Imam Ar Razi mentions that the fig is one of those fruits which has benefit in its interior as well as its exterior. Some scholars of Tafsir state that the words in the Surah refer to two mountains or places of worship that were connected to the Noble Prophets.
“By oath of the fig and of the olive”
[Surah At Teen 95:1]
