Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that what is meant by At-Tin is the Masjid
of Nuh that was built upon Mount Al-Judi. Mujahid said, "It is this fig that you
have.''
[وَالزَّيْتُونِ]
(By Az-Zaytun.) Ka`b Al-Ahbar, Qatadah, Ibn Zayd and others have said, "It is
the Masjid of Jerusalem (Bayt Al-Maqdis).'' Mujahid and `Ikrimah said, "It is
this olive which you press (to extract the oil).''
[وَطُورِ سِينِينَ
]
(By Tur Sinin.) Ka`b Al-Ahbar and several others have said, "It is the
mountain upon which Allah spoke to Musa.''
[وَهَـذَا الْبَلَدِ
الاٌّمِينِ ]
(By this city of security.) meaning Makkah. This was said by Ibn `Abbas,
Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Al-Hasan, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, Ibn Zayd and Ka`b Al-Ahbar.
There is no difference of opinion about this. Some of the Imams have said that
these are three different places, and that Allah sent a Messenger to each of
them from the Leading Messengers, who delivered the Great Codes of Law. The
first place is that of the fig and the olive, which was Jerusalem, where Allah
sent `Isa bin Maryam. The second place is Mount Sinin, which is Mount Sinai
where Allah spoke to Musa bin `Imran. The third place is Makkah, and it is the
city of security where whoever enters is safe. It is also the city in which
Muhammad was sent. They have said that these three places are mentioned at the
end of the Tawrah. The verse says, "Allah has come from Mount Sinai - meaning
the one upon which Allah spoke to Musa bin `Imran; and shined from Sa`ir -
meaning the mountain of Jerusalem from which Allah sent `Isa; and appeared from
the mountains of Faran - meaning the mountains of Makkah from which Allah sent
`Isa; and appeared from the mountains of Faran - meaning the mountains of Makkah
from which Allah sent Muhammad .'' Thus, He mentioned them in order to inform
about them based upon their order of existence in time. This is why He swore by
a noble place, then by a nobler place, and then by a place that is the nobler
than both of them.
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