# Ta-Vav-Ra — طور (Twr)

> Occurs in 11 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Twr

- **Meaning:** went or hovered round about it, approach, time or one time, repeated times, quantity/measure/extent/limit, aspect/form/disposition, way of action, manner, kind/class, stage/state, Mount Sinai, Mount of Olives, applied to several other mountains, mountain which produces trees, mountain, wild or to estrange oneself from mankind, stranger, utmost point, encounter two extremes
- **Derived forms:** أَطْوَار (1) · طُور (10)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورَ — l-ṭūra · "the mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاذْكُرُوا مَا ف۪يهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wathkurooma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoon

And when We took your agreement and raised the mount above you: “Hold fast what We have given you, and remember what is therein, that you might be in prudent fear.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-63.md_

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 93

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورَ — l-ṭūra · "the mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَاِذْ اَخَذْنَا م۪يثَاقَكُمْ وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَكُمُ الطُّورَۜ خُذُوا مَٓا اٰتَيْنَاكُمْ بِقُوَّةٍ وَاسْمَعُواۜ قَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَاُشْرِبُوا ف۪ي قُلُوبِهِمُ الْعِجْلَ بِكُفْرِهِمْۜ  قُلْ بِئْسَمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِه۪ٓ ا۪يمَانُكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

Wa-ith akhathna meethaqakumwarafaAAna fawqakumu attoora khuthooma ataynakum biquwwatin wasmaAAoo qaloosamiAAna waAAasayna waoshriboo feequloobihimu alAAijla bikufrihim qul bi/sama ya/murukumbihi eemanukum in kuntum mu/mineen

And when We took your agreement and raised the mount above you: “Hold fast what We give you, and listen,” they said: “We hear and we oppose”; and they were filled with drinking the calf in their hearts for their denial. Say thou: “Evil is what your faith enjoins upon you, if you be believers.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-93.md_

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 154

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورَ — l-ṭūra · "the mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَرَفَعْنَا فَوْقَهُمُ الطُّورَ بِم۪يثَاقِهِمْ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمُ ادْخُلُوا الْبَابَ سُجَّداً وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ لَا تَعْدُوا فِي السَّبْتِ وَاَخَذْنَا مِنْهُمْ م۪يثَاقاً غَل۪يظاً

WarafaAAna fawqahumu attoorabimeethaqihim waqulna lahumu odkhuloo albabasujjadan waqulna lahum la taAAdoo fee assabtiwaakhathna minhum meethaqan ghaleetha

And We raised above them the mount for their agreement; and We said to them: “Enter the gate in submission”; and We said to them: “Transgress not the Sabbath”; and We took from them a stern agreement.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-154.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 52

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورِ — l-ṭūri · "(of) the Mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَنَادَيْنَاهُ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ الْاَيْمَنِ وَقَرَّبْنَاهُ نَجِياًّ

Wanadaynahu min janibiattoori al-aymani waqarrabnahu najiyya

And We called to him from the right side of the mount, and brought him near in private conference.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-52.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 80

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورِ — l-ṭūri · "(of) the Mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

يَا بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ قَدْ اَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوٰعَدْنَاكُمْ جَانِبَ الطُّورِ الْاَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَنَّ وَالسَّلْوٰى

Ya banee isra-eela qad anjaynakummin AAaduwwikum wawaAAadnakum janiba attoorial-aymana wanazzalna AAalaykumu almanna wassalwa

O children of Israel: We delivered you from your enemy; and We made an appointment with you on the right side of the mount; and We sent down upon you manna and quails:

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-80.md_

### 23. Surah Al-Mu'minun, Verse 20

- **Form in this verse:** طُورِ — ṭūri · "Mount Sinai"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَشَجَرَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طُورِ سَيْنَٓاءَ تَنْبُتُ بِالدُّهْنِ وَصِبْغٍ لِلْاٰكِل۪ينَ

Washajaratan takhruju min toori saynaatanbutu bidduhni wasibghin lilakileen

And a tree that comes forth from Mount Saynā’ yielding oil and a seasoning for the eaters.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-muminun/verse-20.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 29

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورِ — l-ṭūri · "(of) Mount Tur"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَلَمَّا قَضٰى مُوسَى الْاَجَلَ وَسَارَ بِاَهْلِه۪ٓ اٰنَسَ مِنْ جَانِبِ الطُّورِ نَاراًۚ قَالَ لِاَهْلِهِ امْكُثُٓوا اِنّ۪ٓي اٰنَسْتُ نَاراً لَعَلّ۪ٓي اٰت۪يكُمْ مِنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ اَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

Falamma qada moosaal-ajala wasara bi-ahlihi anasa min janibi attoorinaran qala li-ahlihi omkuthoo innee anastu naranlaAAallee ateekum minha bikhabarin aw jathwatinmina annari laAAallakum tastaloon

Then when Moses had completed the term and was travelling with his family, he perceived from the side of the mount a fire. He said to his family: “Wait here; I have perceived a fire. I might bring you news from it, or a firebrand from the fire, that you might warm yourselves.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-29.md_

### 28. Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلطُّورِ — l-ṭūri · "(of) the Tur"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَمَا كُنْتَ بِجَانِبِ الطُّورِ اِذْ نَادَيْنَا وَلٰكِنْ رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْماً مَٓا اَتٰيهُمْ مِنْ نَذ۪يرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Wama kunta bijanibi attooriith nadayna walakin rahmatanmin rabbika litunthira qawman ma atahum minnatheerin min qablika laAAallahum yatathakkaroon

And thou wast not on the side of the mount when We called; but as mercy from thy Lord[...], that thou warn a people to whom no warner came before thee, that they might take heed.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qasas/verse-46.md_

### 52. Surah At-Tur, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** وَٱلطُّورِ — wal-ṭūri · "By the Mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَالطُّورِۙ

Wattoor

By the mount!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tur/verse-1.md_

### 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 14

- **Form in this verse:** أَطْوَارًا — aṭwāran · "(in) stages"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ اَطْوَاراً

Waqad khalaqakum atwara

When He has created you in stages?

_https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-14.md_

### 95. Surah At-Tin, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** وَطُورِ — waṭūri · "And (the) Mount"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَطُورِ س۪ين۪ينَۙ

Watoori seeneen

By Mount Sīnīn!

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tin/verse-2.md_

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