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
- 1-14 The terrible signs of the judgment-day, which will make every soul understand what he has brought (i.e, put forth)
- 15-18 Oaths to amplify the points of the following verses
- 19-21 The Quran is a word conveyed by Angel Gabriel, a noble and authorized messenger
- 22-24 Muhammad is not mad, neither does he possess knowledge of the unseen, and has seen Gabriel
- 25-29 The Quran an admonition to all men, and not the words of a devil
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 was] buried alive is asked,
:(i) For what crime she was killed?
:(j) And when the books [records of deeds] are open,
:(k) And when the sky is torn away,
:(l) And when Hell is set ablaze,
:(m) And when Paradise draws near,
Hadith
- Whoever wants to see the Qiyamah with his/her eyes should read the verses of at-Takwir, al-Infitar and al-Inshiqaq.”
- 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)’”
- 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)) "
- Sahabah reported 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.