The Quran

سورة الطُّور

Surah Al-Tûr 52:4

The Mount · Verse 4 of 49

وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And the ever so much-frequented House (- Ka`abah),

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

By the much-frequented Fane;

Ahmed Ali

The house ever-peopled,

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Ali Unal

And by Bayt al-Ma‘mur (the House continuously frequented),

Daryabadi

By the House Frequented.

Faridul Haque

And by oath of the Inhabited House.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And the frequented House,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And by the ever Frequented House;

Muhammad Asad

Consider the long-enduring house [of worship]!

Muhammad Musin Khan

And by the Bait-ul-Ma'mur (the house over the heavens parable to the Ka'bah at Makkah, continuously visited by the angels);

Muhammad Pickthall

And the House frequented,

Muhammad Sarwar

by the established House (Mecca),

Muhammed ali Shakir

And the House (Kaaba) that is visited,

Rashad Khalifa

The frequented Shrine.

Shabbir Ahmed

And the Blessed House that is frequently visited (the Ka’bah) stands witness.

Commentary 52:1-4Wa al-Tûrوَالطُّورِ is an expression to express “Mount al-Tûr, where We talked to one (i.e. Moses)”. The chapter opens with an emphatic reference to the…

On 52:1–4

وَالطُّورِ ﴿١﴾ وَكِتَابٍ مَسْطُورٍ ﴿٢﴾ فِي رَقٍّ مَنْشُورٍ ﴿٣﴾ وَالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ

52:1-4Wa al-Tûrوَالطُّورِ is an expression to express “Mount al-Tûr, where We talked to one (i.e. Moses)”. The chapter opens with an emphatic reference to the Qur’ân and the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and the Revelations of Moses, the elevated city of Makkah and states that all these bear witness to the truth of the Holy Prophet (pbuh).