Surah Tur Transliteration and Translation

Surah Tur is one of those chapters people read quickly but rarely study deeply, and that’s a real problem for many Muslims today. They recite it in prayer, feel its rhythm, yet miss the powerful warnings and promises hidden inside its verses. The Quran itself is a mercy, and understanding Surah Tur properly changes how you see the Day of Judgment and Allah’s promise to the believers.

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What Is Surah Al Tur?

Surah al Tur is the 52nd chapter of the Quran, revealed in Makkah during a period of intense pressure on early Muslims. It takes its name from “Mount Tur,” the mountain where Allah spoke to Prophet Musa. The chapter has 49 verses total.

Why This Surah Matters So Much

Many scholars point out that Surah Tur shaped the hearts of early Makkans in a unique way. There’s a famous account of a non-Muslim leader hearing it recited near the Kaaba and feeling shaken to his core, even before accepting faith. That’s the kind of impact these verses carry.

The surah moves between three big themes:

• The certainty of the Day of Judgment
• The rewards waiting for the righteous in Paradise
• The mocking arguments of disbelievers, and their answers

Reading it with reflection, not just recitation, is where the real benefit shows up.

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Surah At-Tur (الطور) — “The Mount”

Chapter 52 of the Qur’an • Meccan • 49 verses

#	Arabic	Transliteration	English Translation
1	وَٱلطُّورِ	Waalttoori	By the mount
2	وَكِتَٰبٖ مَّسۡطُورٖ	Wakitabin mastoorin	And [by] a Book inscribed
3	فِي رَقّٖ مَّنشُورٖ	Fee raqqin manshoorin	In parchment spread open
4	وَٱلۡبَيۡتِ ٱلۡمَعۡمُورِ	Waalbayti almaAAmoori	And [by] the frequented House
5	وَٱلسَّقۡفِ ٱلۡمَرۡفُوعِ	Waalssaqfi almarfooAAi	And [by] the heaven raised high
6	وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ ٱلۡمَسۡجُورِ	Waalbahri almasjoori	And [by] the sea filled [with fire]
7	إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ لَوَٰقِعٞ	Inna AAathaba rabbika lawaqiAAun	Indeed, the punishment of your Lord will occur
8	مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٖ	Ma lahu min dafiAAin	Of it there is no preventer
9	يَوۡمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوۡرٗا	Yawma tamooru alssamao mawran	On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion
10	وَتَسِيرُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ سَيۡرٗا	Wataseeru aljibalu sayran	And the mountains will pass on, departing
11	فَوَيۡلٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ لِّلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ	Fawaylun yawmaithin lilmukaththibeena	Then woe, that Day, to the deniers
12	ٱلَّذِينَ هُمۡ فِي خَوۡضٖ يَلۡعَبُونَ	Allatheena hum fee khawdin yalAAaboona	Who are in [empty] discourse amusing themselves
13	يَوۡمَ يُدَعُّونَ إِلَىٰ نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ دَعًّا	Yawma yudaAAAAoona ila nari jahannama daAAAAan	The Day they are thrust toward the fire of Hell with a [violent] thrust, [its angels will say]
14	هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ	Hathihi alnnaru allatee kuntum biha tukaththiboona	This is the Fire which you used to deny
15	أَفَسِحۡرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمۡ أَنتُمۡ لَا تُبۡصِرُونَ	Afasihrun hatha am antum la tubsiroona	Then is this magic, or do you not see
16	ٱصۡلَوۡهَا فَٱصۡبِرُوٓاْ أَوۡ لَا تَصۡبِرُواْ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ إِنَّمَا تُجۡزَوۡنَ مَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ	Islawha faisbiroo aw la tasbiroo sawaon AAalaykum innama tujzawna ma kuntum taAAmaloona	[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 جَنَّـٰتٖ وَنَعِيمٖ	Inna almuttaqeena fee jannatin wanaAAeemin	Indeed, the righteous will be in gardens and pleasure
18	فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ وَوَقَىٰهُمۡ رَبُّهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡجَحِيمِ	Fakiheena bima atahum rabbuhum wawaqahum rabbuhum AAathaba aljaheemi	Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire
19	كُلُواْ وَٱشۡرَبُواْ هَنِيٓـَٔۢا بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ	Kuloo waishraboo haneean bima kuntum taAAmaloona	[They will be told], “Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you used to do”
20	مُتَّكِـِٔينَ عَلَىٰ سُرُرٖ مَّصۡفُوفَةٖۖ وَزَوَّجۡنَٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٖ	Muttakieena AAala sururin masfoofatin wazawwajnahum bihoorin AAeenin	They 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 شَيۡءٖۚ كُلُّ ٱمۡرِيِٕۭ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٞ	Waallatheena amanoo waittabaAAathum thurriyyatuhum bieemanin alhaqna bihim thurriyyatahum wama alatnahum min AAamalihim min shayin kullu imriin bima kasaba raheenun	And 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 بِفَٰكِهَةٖ وَلَحۡمٖ مِّمَّا يَشۡتَهُونَ	Waamdadnahum bifakihatin walahmin mimma yashtahoona	And We will provide them with fruit and meat from whatever they desire
23	يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأۡسٗا لَّا لَغۡوٞ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأۡثِيمٞ	YatanazaAAoona feeha kasan la laghwun feeha wala tatheemun	They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin
24	وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غِلۡمَانٞ لَّهُمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ	Wayatoofu AAalayhim ghilmanun lahum kaannahum luluon maknoonun	There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected
25	وَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ	Waaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatasaaloona	And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other
26	قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا كُنَّا قَبۡلُ فِيٓ أَهۡلِنَا مُشۡفِقِينَ	Qaloo inna kunna qablu fee ahlina mushfiqeena	They will say, “Indeed, we were previously among our people fearful [of displeasing Allah]”
27	فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡنَا وَوَقَىٰنَا عَذَابَ ٱلسَّمُومِ	Famanna Allahu AAalayna wawaqana AAathaba alssamoomi	So 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	Inna kunna min qablu nadAAoohu innahu huwa albarru alrraheemu	Indeed, we used to supplicate Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful
29	فَذَكِّرۡ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٖ وَلَا مَجۡنُونٍ	Fathakkir fama anta biniAAmati rabbika bikahin wala majnoonin	So remind, [O Muhammad], for you are not, by the favor of your Lord, a soothsayer or a madman
30	أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ شَاعِرٞ نَّتَرَبَّصُ بِهِۦ رَيۡبَ ٱلۡمَنُونِ	Am yaqooloona shaAAirun natarabbasu bihi rayba almanooni	Or do they say, “A poet for whom we await a misfortune of time”
31	قُلۡ تَرَبَّصُواْ فَإِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡمُتَرَبِّصِينَ	Qul tarabbasoo fainnee maAAakum mina almutarabbiseena	Say, “Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the waiters”
32	أَمۡ تَأۡمُرُهُمۡ أَحۡلَٰمُهُم بِهَٰذَآۚ أَمۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٞ طَاغُونَ	Am tamuruhum ahlamuhum bihatha am hum qawmun taghoona	Or do their minds command them to [say] this, or are they a transgressing people
33	أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ تَقَوَّلَهُۥۚ بَل لَّا يُؤۡمِنُونَ	Am yaqooloona taqawwalahu bal la yuminoona	Or do they say, “He has made it up”? Rather, they do not believe
34	فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِحَدِيثٖ مِّثۡلِهِۦٓ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ	Falyatoo bihadeethin mithlihi in kanoo sadiqeena	Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful
35	أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ	Am khuliqoo min ghayri shayin am humu alkhaliqoona	Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]
36	أَمۡ خَلَقُواْ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۚ بَل لَّا يُوقِنُونَ	Am khalaqoo alssamawati waalarda bal la yooqinoona	Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain
37	أَمۡ عِندَهُمۡ خَزَآئِنُ رَبِّكَ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡمُصَۜيۡطِرُونَ	Am AAindahum khazainu rabbika am humu almusaytiroona	Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]
38	أَمۡ لَهُمۡ سُلَّمٞ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ فِيهِۖ فَلۡيَأۡتِ مُسۡتَمِعُهُم بِسُلۡطَٰنٖ مُّبِينٍ	Am lahum sullamun yastamiAAoona feehi falyati mustamiAAuhum bisultanin mubeenin	Or 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	Am lahu albanatu walakumu albanoona	Or has He daughters while you have sons
40	أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ	Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona	Or do you, [O Muhammad], ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down
41	أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ	Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona	Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down
42	أَمۡ يُرِيدُونَ كَيۡدٗاۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ هُمُ ٱلۡمَكِيدُونَ	Am yureedoona kaydan faallatheena kafaroo humu almakeedoona	Or 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	Am lahum ilahun ghayru Allahi subhana Allahi AAamma yushrikoona	Or have they a deity other than Allah? Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him
44	وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ كِسۡفٗا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ سَاقِطٗا يَقُولُواْ سَحَابٞ مَّرۡكُومٞ	Wain yaraw kisfan mina alssamai saqitan yaqooloo sahabun markoomun	And 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	Fatharhum hatta yulaqoo yawmahumu allathee feehi yusAAaqoona	So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible
46	يَوۡمَ لَا يُغۡنِي عَنۡهُمۡ كَيۡدُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا هُمۡ يُنصَرُونَ	Yawma la yughnee AAanhum kayduhum shayan wala hum yunsaroona	The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped
47	وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ عَذَابٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ	Wainna lillatheena thalamoo AAathaban doona thalika walakinna aktharahum la yaAAlamoona	And 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	Waisbir lihukmi rabbika fainnaka biaAAyunina wasabbih bihamdi rabbika heena taqoomu	And 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	Wamina allayli fasabbihhu waidbara alnnujoomi	And in a part of the night exalt Him and after [the setting of] the stars

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Benefits of Reading Surah Tur Regularly

People often ask what makes this chapter worth memorizing. Here are a few practical benefits drawn from its content and structure:

• It strengthens belief in the afterlife through vivid, sensory descriptions of Paradise.
• It builds patience by reminding readers that mockery and hardship are temporary.
• It sharpens logical thinking — the surah uses rational arguments against disbelief, not just emotional appeals.
• It’s short enough to memorize in a few sittings, making it accessible for beginners.

Many teachers recommend it as an early surah for new memorizers because of its rhythmic, oath-based verses.

Surah Tur Ayat 35 With Urdu Translation

One of the most quoted verses from this chapter is Surah Tur Ayat 35, and it’s a favorite in dawah conversations because of its simple logic.

Arabic meaning (English): “Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?”

Urdu translation: “کیا وہ بغیر کسی (پیدا کرنے والے) کے پیدا ہو گئے، یا وہ خود اپنے خالق ہیں؟”

This single ayah challenges the idea that existence can happen without a Creator. It’s short, direct, and has convinced many thinkers over the centuries to reconsider their worldview.

Qur’an References With Meaning

Here are two verses from this chapter worth reflecting on, both linked from Quran.com for easy access.

1. Surah At-Tur, Ayah 21 Meaning: Believers and their righteous children will be joined together in Paradise, with no loss to their good deeds. Read Surah At-Tur 52:21 on Quran.com

2. Surah At-Tur, Ayah 48 Meaning: The Prophet is told to be patient, for he is under Allah’s watchful care, and to glorify Allah when he rises. Read Surah At-Tur 52:48 on Quran.com

Hadith References Worth Knowing

Hadith literature also connects to this chapter, especially regarding its recitation in prayer and its emotional weight.

1. Sahih al-Bukhari The Prophet ﷺ recited Surah At-Tur in Maghrib prayer, and a companion later said this was the moment his heart truly embraced faith. See this narration on Sunnah.com

2. Sahih Muslim Another narration describes the Prophet ﷺ reciting from this surah during Maghrib, showing its regular place in his worship. Read related hadith on Sunnah.com

Hanafi Fiqh Resources for Deeper Study

If you want to connect Quranic study with classical Hanafi scholarship, these two titles are commonly found in Islamic libraries and archive collections:

• Al-Hidayah by Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
• Fatawa Alamgiri (compiled under Aurangzeb’s patronage)

Both texts help readers understand how classical scholars applied Quranic principles, including themes found in Surah Tur, to daily religious practice.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Surah Tur about?

It focuses on the Day of Judgment, the reward of Paradise for believers, and rational arguments against those who deny Allah’s existence and power.

How many verses does Surah al Tur have?

This Makkan chapter contains 49 verses total, placed as the 52nd surah in the Quran’s standard ordering.

Why is Surah Tur Ayat 35 famous?

It’s a short, logical verse asking whether people created themselves from nothing, a powerful argument used often in discussions about faith.

Is it good to memorize Surah Tur?

Yes, many teachers recommend it early on because its oath-based verses have a natural rhythm that makes memorization smoother for beginners.

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Final Thoughts

Surah Tur isn’t just another chapter to rush through during prayer. It’s a call to reflect, a reminder that every action carries weight, and a promise that patience during hardship leads somewhere beautiful. Take a few minutes today, read it slowly, and let its message settle in your heart.

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