The Guiding Light — Page 100
S u rah at-T i n, Chapter 95 100 Commentary The Fig, the Olive, Mount Sinai and “this City of Security” have been invoked as witnesses to support and substantiate the claim made in the S u rah that the Holy Prophet sa will succeed in his mission. Various views have been expressed as to what is meant by these things and how do they support the above- mentioned claim? Here are some of these views: 1. “The Fig” and “the Olive” are symbolic of Jesus as , “Mount Sinai” of Moses as ; and “this City of Security” of the Holy Prophet sa. These three verses together point to the well-known Biblical reference, viz. , “The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir with them; and He shined forth from Mount Paran, and He came with ten thousands of saints: from His right hand went a fiery law for them. ” (Deut 33:2). 2. “The Fig” is symbolic of the Mosaic Dispensation and “the Olive” of the Islamic Dispensation. In the Bible good people and the bad among the