ٱلتِّين : ٥

  • ثُمَّ Then
  • رَدَدۡنَٰهُ We return him
  • أَسۡفَلَ (to the) lowest
  • سَٰفِلِينَ (of the) low
Then We return him to the lowest of the low,1
Footnotes
1 This can refer to the depths of Hell, to decrepit old age or to immorality.
Then, in the case of certain individuals of his [species], We reduced him to the lowest of the low - a metaphor for old age and weakness, at which point a believer's deeds are fewer than when he was young; but he will still have his reward, as God, exalted be He, says: