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The Olive (and the Fig)
الزيتون (والتين)
In the Quran
وَٱلتِّينِ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونِ ١ “By the fig and the olive”
Translation of the meaning · Saheeh International
The word for “olive & olive oil” occurs 7 times in 6 verses · Quranic Arabic Corpus lemma count
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وَشَجَرَةٗ تَخۡرُجُ مِن طُورِ سَيۡنَآءَ تَنۢبُتُ بِٱلدُّهۡنِ وَصِبۡغٖ لِّلۡأٓكِلِينَ ٢٠ “And [We brought forth] a tree issuing from Mount Sinai which produces oil and food for those who eat”
Translation of the meaning · Saheeh International
يُنۢبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ ٱلزَّرۡعَ وَٱلزَّيۡتُونَ وَٱلنَّخِيلَ وَٱلۡأَعۡنَٰبَ وَمِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ١١ “He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, olives, palm trees, grapevines, and from all the fruits. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought”
Translation of the meaning · Saheeh International
Commentary · al-Tabari (d. 310 AH)
Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil Ay al-Quran · جامع البيان عن تأويل آي القرآن95:1
التين: هو التين الذي يُؤكل، والزيتون: هو الزيتون الذي يُعصر منه الزيت، لأن ذلك هو المعروف عند العربReviewer's summary (not a translation)
The fig is the fig that is eaten, and the olive is the olive pressed for its oil, because that is what the Arabs know by these words. (Researcher's paraphrase of al-Tabari, who also reports other early views.)
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Commentary · al-Tabari (d. 310 AH)
Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil Ay al-Quran · جامع البيان عن تأويل آي القرآن23:20
ويعني بها: شجرة الزيتون.Reviewer's summary (not a translation)
By it He means the olive tree. (Researcher's paraphrase of al-Tabari.)
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Explanation (not Quran text)
A chapter of the Quran opens with an oath by the fig and the olive (95:1). Early commentators discussed what is meant; al-Tabari took the words in their familiar sense, the fig that is eaten and the olive pressed for oil, while recording other views. The Quran also mentions a tree growing from Mount Sinai that yields oil and food (23:20), which al-Tabari identifies as the olive, and it lists olives with crops, palms and grapes among the gifts that grow with rain, a sign for people who reflect (16:11).
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