About Surah At-Toor
The Arabic name of Surah At-Toor is الطور, also written At-Tur. At-Tur means “The Mount”. The surah opens with an oath by the Mount, and the name comes from that first word. It was revealed in Makkah, so it is counted among the Makki surahs. In the revelation-order list used by quran.com, it is number 76 of 114. In the order of the Mushaf it comes after Surah Adh-Dhariyat and before Surah An-Najm.
Main Themes of Surah At-Toor
Revealed in the middle Makkan period, it pairs a powerful description of the Hereafter with a response to the Quraysh leaders’ campaign against the Prophet.
- The first section (verses 1–28) states with solemn oaths that the Hereafter will certainly come and that nothing can prevent it.
- It contrasts the fate of those who deny that Day with the blessings Allah grants to those who believe and live with piety.
- The second section (verses 29–49) answers the Quraysh chiefs, who called the Prophet a sorcerer, a madman or a poet and accused him of inventing the Quran.
- It exposes the tactics they used to turn ordinary people away from listening to his message.
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