Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: At-Tin, Ayah 5
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَٰهُ أَسْفَلَ سَٰفِلِينَ
Then We return him to the lowest of the low,
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(Then We reduced him) in the Hereafter (to the lowest of the low) i.e. the Fire; it is also said that the above means: We have created the children of Adam in the best of forms when they are in the pick of their youth, then We reduce them to abject old age whereby no good deed is recorded in their favour except that which they used to do in their youth and prime,
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
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