At-Takwir

At-Takwīr (Arabic: التكوير, literally "The Turning Into a Sphere") is the eighty-first chapter (sura) of the Qur'an, with 29 verses (ayat). It tells about the signs of the coming of the day of judgement in Islam.

Surah 81 of the Quran

التكوير‎ At-Takwīr The OverThrowing
Qira'ahⓘ English text
Classification	Meccan
Other names	The Cessation, The Darkening, The Rolling, The turning into a sphere
Position	Juzʼ 30
No. of verses	29
No. of words	104
No. of letters	435
← 80: Abasa 82: Al-Infitar →

Summary

• 1-14 The terrible signs of the judgment-day
• 15-25 Oaths that the Quran is the word of Allah, and that Muhammad is neither a madman nor deluded by the devil
• 26-29 The Quran an admonition to all men ^[1]

Hadith

• Whoever wants to see the Qiyamah with his/her eyes should read the verses of at-Takwir, al-Infitar and al-Inshiqaq.” ^[2][3]
• Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn Umar that Muhammad said: "Whoever wishes to look at the Day of Resurrection, as if he is seeing it with this eye, then let him recite: ‘When the sun Kuwwirat’(At-Takwir) and ‘When the heaven is cleft sunder (Al-Infitar) and ‘When the heaven is split asunder.(Al-Inshiqaq)’”^[4][5][6]
• Umar ibn Horayth said: "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting: 'When the sun is wound round.' in fajr. (at-Takwir (81:1)) "^[7]
• Sahabah reported^[8] that Muhammad used to recite surahs An-Naba (78) and Al-Mursalat (77) in one rak'ah, and surahs Ad-Dukhan (44) and At-Takwir (81) in one rak'ah.^[9][10]

References

1. Wherry, Elwood Morris (1896). A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. (Tirmidhi, Tafsir: 81- Ahmad: 2/27, 36,100-5/452)
3. Jami` at-Tirmidhi Grade : Hasan (Darussalam) English reference  : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333 Arabic reference  : Book 47, Hadith 3653
4. Jami` at-Tirmidhi Grade : Hasan (Darussalam) English reference  : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333 Arabic reference  : Book 47, Hadith 3653
5. This is mentioned in Tafsir ibn kathir, Likewise, At-Tirmidhi has also recorded this Hadith.
6. (Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Tafsir: 81- Ahmad: 2/27, 36,100-5/452)
7. Sunan an-Nasa'i 951 In-book reference  : Book 11, Hadith 76 English translation  : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 952
8. Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 6, Number 1391:
9. Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 6: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan' Book 6, Number 1391.
10. "Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement". Archived from the original on 2013-06-04. Retrieved 2013-10-21.

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