At-Takwīr (, literally “The Turning Into a Sphere”) is the eighty-first chapter ( sura) of the Qur'an, with 29 verses ( ayat). It discusses signs of the coming of the day of judgement.
Summary
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1-14 The terrible signs of the judgment-day, which will make every soul understand what he has brought (i.e, put forth)
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15-18 Oaths to amplify the points of the following verses
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19-21 The Quran is a word conveyed by Gabriel, a noble and authorized messenger
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22-24 Muhammad is not mad, neither does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and has seen Gabriel
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25-29 The Quran an admonition to all men, and not the words of a Iblis
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Signs
Some of these signs include the following:
- (a) When the sun is covered in darkness (solar eclipse),
- (b) When the stars fall,
- (c) And when the mountains vanish (blown away),
- (d) When the camels big with young are abandoned.
- (e) And when the wild beasts are herded together
- (f) And when the seas rise,
- (g) And when the souls are sorted,
- (h) And when the girl who buried alive is asked,
- (i) For what crime she was killed?
- (j) And when the books records are open,
- (k) And when the sky is torn away,
- (l) And when Hell is set ablaze,
- (m) And when Paradise draws near,
Hadith
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Whoever wants to see the Qiyamah with his/her eyes should read the verses of at-Takwir, al-Infitar and al-Inshiqaq.”
[(Tirmidhi, Tafsir: 81- Ahmad: 2/27, 36,100-5/452)][Jami` at-Tirmidhi Grade : Hasan (Darussalam)
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English reference : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333
Arabic reference : Book 47, Hadith 3653
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Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah 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)’”
[Jami` at-Tirmidhi Grade : Hasan (Darussalam)
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English reference : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333
Arabic reference : Book 47, Hadith 3653
[This is mentioned in Tafsir ibn kathir, Likewise, At-Tirmidhi has also recorded this Hadith.][(Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Tafsir: 81- Ahmad: 2/27, 36,100-5/452)]
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It was narrated that Umar ibn Horayth said: "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting: 'When the sun is wound round.' in fajr. (at-Takwir (81:1)) "
[Sunan an-Nasa'i 951
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In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 76
English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 952
External links
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, 1930 translation by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
