وَطورِ سينينَ

By Mount Sinai.

EXEGESIS

Ṭūr is another term for jabal, which means mountain.^{‎[1]Raghib, p. 528.} So, ṭūr sīnīn means Mount Sinai,^{‎[2]Kashif, 7/584; Mizan, 20/319.} the place where God spoke to Prophet Moses (a) from the burning bush. Some^{‎[3]Alusi, 30/173.} maintain that sīnīn is the plural of sīn which means tree, and given that ṭūr means mountain, ṭūr sīnīn refers to a mountain which is full of trees.

EXPOSITION

In this verse, God makes an oath by a place that is holy and blessed. As discussed, ṭūr sīnīn refers to the mountain on which Prophet Moses (a) spoke to God, highlighting that even the location in which a prophet of God speaks to his Lord and receives revelation becomes holy to the extent that it becomes the subject of an oath by God.^{‎[4]Qaraati, p. 530.}  

In addition to what has been discussed in the Exegesis section about ṭūr sīnīn, some^{‎[5]Nemuneh, 27/138.} maintain that it refers to the Mount of Olives which is located in the desert of Sinai, covered by olive trees. Sīnīn may also be a word originating from Ethiopian, referring to mountains which are blessed, beautiful, and full of trees.^{‎[6]Alusi, 30/173.}

INSIGHTS FROM OTHER TRADITIONS

1. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.^{‎[7]Exodus 31:18.}
2. But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.^{‎[8]Numbers 26:64.}
3. Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments.^{‎[9]Nehemiah 9:13.}

[1] Raghib, p. 528.
[2] Kashif, 7/584; Mizan, 20/319.
[3] Alusi, 30/173.
[4] Qaraati, p. 530.
[5] Nemuneh, 27/138.
[6] Alusi, 30/173.
[7] Exodus 31:18.
[8] Numbers 26:64.
[9] Nehemiah 9:13.