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Surah 052 · Makkah

Aṭ-Ṭūr

الطور

"The Mount"

Number
52 of 114
Verses
49
Revealed
Makkah

The oath of the mountain where revelation came to Mūsā.

In the classical library

24 passages reference this surah

From 16 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.

Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
  1. "saw a distant fire blazing on the side of Mount Tur, which is the western mountain to his right. He said to his family, Stay here, for I have perceived a fire. It seems, and God knows best, that he saw it without them because this fire was truly light, which not"

  2. "The honest and trustworthy one said, I do not know if he fainted and recovered before me, meaning to say his swoon was light because he had experienced it due to Mount Sinai in the worldly life, or he was blessed by the swoon of Mount Sinai, meaning he did not fully"

  3. "Allah mentioned Mount Judi specifically in his book, which is a great mountain to the east. The island of Ibn Umar is situated alongside the Tigris, near Mosul. Its extension from south to north takes about three days' journey, and its width is approximately"

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
  1. "I then traveled to the Mount Acre, the highest mountain in Syria, the first visible from the sea, inhabited by Turkmens with springs and rivers. From there I journeyed to Mount Lebanon, one of the world's most fertile mountains, abundant"

  2. "They have mountains and valleys and a strong force, and most of them are bandits. Their great mountain is called Qo Suleyman, and it is said that the prophet Suleyman Solomon – peace be upon him – ascended this mountain, looked upon the land of India, which appeared"

  3. "faithful, Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, purchased for 20,000 dirhams. Among the noble sites is Uhud, the blessed mountain about which the messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, Uhud is a mountain that loves us and we love it."

Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
  1. "The infidels fled to the mountain's summit, abandoning their lands, wealth, and the treasures of their king. The mountain had only one road, below it was a valley and above it the mountain, with passage"

  2. "guidance from the side of Mount Tur Sinai, you would take whatever knowledge and light you wished. In it, he describes this blessed mountain with a unique eloquence that had not been matched,"

The Story of Musa
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "mountain, the mountain could not endure and crumbled from its base. Moses witnessed what happened to the mountain and fell down unconscious. It is recounted in the interpretation what Imam"

  2. "and his Lord spoke to him, he said, My Lord, show yourself to me that I may look at you. He said, You cannot see me, but look at the mountain. If it remains in its place, then you will see me. When his Lord manifested to the mountain, he made it crumble, and Moses"

Volume One
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
  1. "Disliked actions include frivolity and games that are not forbidden, and writing things with no benefit in this world or the hereafter. Recommended actions include writing anything beneficial for religion or useful to a مُسْلِم, helping with one's hand by assisting a craftsman, making something for someone unskilled, pouring water from one's bucket into another's, carrying someone on one's mount, holding it for them to mount, or assisting them with what they need."

Futūḥ al-Ghayb — Revelations of the Unseen
Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics
  1. "There is no way to leave this world before partaking of and engaging with it, and fulfilling it. Thus, he travels on the mount of what is permissible and lawful according to the Sharia in all his conditions until this mount brings him to the threshold of sainthood and entry among the realized, the elite, the people of determination,"

Book 8: The Mysteries of Qur'an Recitation
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "This implies the understanding of the Qadariyyah, a sect that believed in free will, and includes the inverted concept such as His words, "and Mount Sinai," meaning "the Mount." The hadith "Partake in suhoor for there is blessing in suhoor" was previously mentioned in the third chapter on knowledge."

Volume 1
Imam al-Dhahabī · Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalā
  1. "for you are safe in my land." The term 'safe' here means 'secure'. "Whoever insults you will be fined, and again, whoever insults you will be fined. I would not wish to have a mountain of gold and to have harmed any one of you." The word 'mountain' in their language means 'a large hill'."

The Wholesome Rain of Good Words
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
  1. "the Mighty and Majestic? If it says, Yes, it rejoices. The lands call upon one another, O neighbor, did anyone pass by you today remembering Allah? Some say, Yes, and some say, No. The mountain calls to its fellow mountain, O so and so, did anyone pass by you today"

  2. "the angels say, O Allah, forgive your servant. Indeed, the mountains in barren lands take pride and rejoice in those who remember Allah, the Mighty and Majestic upon them. The mountain calls to its fellow mountain, Did anyone pass by you today remembering Allah,"

  1. "it was behind Mount Hira, and they saw the mountain between the two halves. Ibn Masud reported that he witnessed this event. In the narration of Anas in Musnad Ahmad, it is mentioned that the moon split in Mecca twice, which indicates that he meant two halves,"

  2. "Al-Bukhari. Jubair ibn Mutim narrated that the moon split during the time of the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him and it became two halves one on this mountain and one on that mountain. They said Muhammad has bewitched us. They said"

  1. "be pleased with him, The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, performed hajj on a worn-out mount and a cloak that we thought was worth four dirhams. When his mount stood still, he said, Here I am, O Allah, with a hajj that has no reputation or ostentation."

  1. "everlasting. There is no deity but Him, and no Lord but Him. As they ascended the mountain, the boy prayed, O Allah, protect me from them in whatever way you wish. The mountain trembled, and they all fell to their deaths. The boy then made his way"

The Story of Adam
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "The well-known view is that he was buried near the mountain where he descended in India. It is also said that he was buried on Mount Abu Qubais in Mecca. Another narration states that when the flood occurred, Noah, peace be upon him, carried"

Book 21: The Book of the Wonders of the Heart
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  1. "consider this narration by Al-Bukhari and Muslim. During a sermon, Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, O Saria, the mountain, the mountain. When it became apparent to him that the enemy had appeared before him, he warned him due to"

Volume Two
Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn
  1. "and اللّٰه spoke to him directly. اللّٰه manifested Himself to the mountain while مُوسَى was watching, and the mountain was crushed into dust. Indeed, we can attain a form of the truth of certainty through experiencing what the Messenger,"

Al-Kabā'ir — The Major Sins
Imam al-Dhahabī · Timeless Classics
  1. "one oppresses another and no one boasts over another. In the narration, it is said that if a mountain were to oppress another mountain, Allah would make the oppressor of the two crumble to dust. The Prophet, peace be upon him, also said,"

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