Quran for All Seasons podcast

Sūrat al-Tīn, Episode 1.8

17/6/2020

Quran for All Seasons

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Sūrat al-Tīn provides one of the most famous descriptions of the human being in the Quran as one who is created "in the most beautiful balance" to then be cast to "the lowest, lowly." This episode demonstrates how this presentation of the human being is connected to the remainder of the sūrah and the overall Quranic theme of maintaining the balance in all of creation.

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