At-Tur 52:1
The Mount · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 523
The Mount
وَٱلطُّورِ ١
By the Mount.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
By the Mount.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, this is Mount Sinai, where Moses heard Allah’s speech; according to al-Baydawi, “tur” means mountain in Syriac.
Reflect
Read the Qur’an today, where Allah speaks to you.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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