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Surah 52

Surah At-Tur (The Mount)

الطور

Also written: Tur, Toor

Surah At-Tur (الطور) is surah 52 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 49 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The Mount”.

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Number
52
Ayahs
49
Revelation
Meccan
Meaning
The Mount

Names, meaning and Meccan/Medinan classification as listed in the quran-json dataset.

About Surah At-Tur

At-Tur, “The Mount”, is a Meccan surah that opens with oaths by the mountain where Moses received revelation, a written Book, the much-visited House, the raised canopy of the sky and the swelling sea. They lead to a stark statement: the punishment of your Lord will surely come. The surah then sets the joy of the righteous against a rapid series of questions put to those who reject the message.

Main themes

  • The oaths (52:1–8): the Mount is commonly identified with Sinai, and the “frequented House” (al-bayt al-ma’mur) is described in hadith of the Night Journey in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim as a house in heaven visited daily by seventy thousand angels.
  • That Day (52:9–16): the sky heaves, the mountains move, and the deniers are asked whether the Fire is also “magic”.
  • The righteous (52:17–28): they eat and drink in contentment and recall that they used to live in awe of God among their families.
  • Families joined (52:21): believers whose children followed them in faith will have those children joined with them, without any loss to their own deeds.

The questions

52:29–43 answer the charges that the Prophet is a soothsayer, a madman or a poet, then press a chain of questions, each opening with “or”: were they created from nothing, or are they their own creators? Did they create the heavens and the earth (52:35–36)? Do they hold the treasures of God, or have a stairway to listen to heaven? Sahih al-Bukhari reports that Jubayr ibn Mut’im, before accepting Islam, heard the Prophet recite At-Tur in the sunset prayer, and when he reached these verses, his heart almost flew.

Patience and praise

The surah closes by telling the Prophet he is under God’s watchful eyes, and to glorify his Lord when he rises, during the night and as the stars fade (52:48–49).

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah At-Tur?
49.
What is 'the Mount' in Surah At-Tur?
It is commonly identified as Mount Sinai (Tur Sina), where God spoke to Moses.
Who was moved by hearing Surah At-Tur?
Jubayr ibn Mut'im, who heard the Prophet recite it in the Maghrib prayer before he became Muslim, as reported in Sahih al-Bukhari.
How many ayahs are in Surah At-Tur?
Surah At-Tur has 49 ayahs. It is surah number 52 in the Quran and is Meccan.
Can I read Surah At-Tur in English or save it as a PDF?
Yes. This page shows the Arabic text of every ayah with the Saheeh International English meaning under it. Use “Print / Save as PDF” for a clean printable copy that you can save as a PDF file from your browser.
Is Surah At-Tur the same as Surah Tur?
Yes. Tur, Toor and At-Tur are different English spellings of the same surah name, الطور.

Summaries describe the surah’s content and commonly cited reports for general readers; they are not a tafsir or a religious ruling.

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Surah At-Tur in Arabic with English meaning

Arabic: Uthmani script from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia (quranenc.com), Uthmani script, via quran-json (CC-BY-SA 4.0), shown as in the verified dataset; open-tanween marks use the equivalent codepoints this font draws, as in the editor. English meaning: Saheeh International (tanzil.net). A translation conveys the meaning; it is not the Quran itself.

  1. وَٱلطُّورِ ۝١

    52:1By the mount

  2. وَكِتَٰبࣲ مَّسۡطُورࣲ ۝٢

    52:2And [by] a Book inscribed

  3. فِي رَقࣲّ مَّنشُورࣲ ۝٣

    52:3In parchment spread open

  4. وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ ۝٤

    52:4And [by] the frequented House

  5. وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ ۝٥

    52:5And [by] the heaven raised high

  6. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ ۝٦

    52:6And [by] the sea filled [with fire]

  7. إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعࣱ ۝٧

    52:7Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur

  8. مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعࣲ ۝٨

    52:8Of it there is no preventer

  9. يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرࣰا ۝٩

    52:9On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

  10. وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرࣰا ۝١٠

    52:10And the mountains will pass on, departing

  11. فَوَيۡلࣱ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝١١

    52:11Then woe, that Day, to the deniers

  12. ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضࣲ يَلۡعَبُونَ ۝١٢

    52:12Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves

  13. يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا ۝١٣

    52:13The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say]

  14. هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ ۝١٤

    52:14This is the Fire which you used to deny

  15. أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ۝١٥

    52:15Then is this magic, or do you not see

  16. ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٦

    52:16[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do

  17. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَعِيمࣲ ۝١٧

    52:17Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure

  18. فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ ۝١٨

    52:18Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

  19. كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ۝١٩

    52:19[They will be told], "Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do

  20. مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرࣲ مَّصۡفُوفَةࣲۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينࣲ ۝٢٠

    52:20They will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes

  21. وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّبَعَتۡهُمۡ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَٰنٍ أَلۡحَقۡنَا بِهِمۡ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمۡ وَمَآ أَلَتۡنَٰهُم مِّنۡ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَيۡءࣲۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينࣱ ۝٢١

    52:21And those who believed and whose descendants followed them in faith - We will join with them their descendants, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he earned, is retained

  22. وَأَمۡدَدۡنَٰهُم بِفَٰكِهَةࣲ وَلَحۡمࣲ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ ۝٢٢

    52:22And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire

  23. يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسࣰا لَّا لَغۡوࣱ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمࣱ ۝٢٣

    52:23They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin

  24. ۞وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانࣱ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ۝٢٤

    52:24There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected

  25. وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ ۝٢٥

    52:25And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other

  26. قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ ۝٢٦

    52:26They will say, "Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah]

  27. فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ ۝٢٧

    52:27So Allah conferred favor upon us and protected us from the punishment of the Scorching Fire

  28. إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ۝٢٨

    52:28Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful

  29. فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنࣲ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ ۝٢٩

    52:29So remind [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman

  30. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرࣱ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ ۝٣٠

    52:30Or do they say [of you], "A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time

  31. قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ ۝٣١

    52:31Say, "Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters

  32. أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمࣱ طَاغُونَ ۝٣٢

    52:32Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people

  33. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ ۝٣٣

    52:33Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe

  34. فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثࣲ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٣٤

    52:34Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful

  35. أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ ۝٣٥

    52:35Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]

  36. أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ ۝٣٦

    52:36Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain

  37. أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ ۝٣٧

    52:37Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]

  38. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمࣱ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنࣲ مُّبِينٍ ۝٣٨

    52:38Or have they a stairway [into the heaven] upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority

  39. أَمۡ لَهُ ٱلۡبَنَٰتُ وَلَكُمُ ٱلۡبَنُونَ ۝٣٩

    52:39Or has He daughters while you have sons

  40. أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ۝٤٠

    52:40Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

  41. أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٤١

    52:41Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

  42. أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدࣰاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ ۝٤٢

    52:42Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan

  43. أَمۡ لَهُمۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِۚ سُبۡحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ۝٤٣

    52:43Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him

  44. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطࣰا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابࣱ مَّرۡكُومࣱ ۝٤٤

    52:44And if they were to see a fragment from the sky falling, they would say, "[It is merely] clouds heaped up

  45. فَذَرۡهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُواْ يَوۡمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ يُصۡعَقُونَ ۝٤٥

    52:45So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible

  46. يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـࣰٔا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ ۝٤٦

    52:46The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped

  47. وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابࣰا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٤٧

    52:47And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know

  48. وَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَاۖ وَسَبِّحۡ بِحَمۡدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ ۝٤٨

    52:48And be patient, [O Muhammad], for the decision of your Lord, for indeed, you are in Our eyes. And exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord when you arise

  49. وَمِنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ فَسَبِّحۡهُ وَإِدۡبَٰرَ ٱلنُّجُومِ ۝٤٩

    52:49And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars