At-Takwīr (, literally "The Turning Into a Sphere") is the eighty-first chapter (''

sura A ''surah'' (; ; ) is an Arabic word meaning 'chapter' in the Quran. There are 114 ''suwar'' in the Quran, each divided into verses (). The ''suwar'' are of unequal length; the shortest ''surah'' ( al-Kawthar) has only three verses, while the ...

'') of the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

, with 29 verses ('' ayat''). It tells about the signs of the coming of the day of judgement in

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

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 A devil is the mythical personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conce ...

*26-29 The Quran an admonition to all men

Hadith

* Whoever wants to see the

Qiyamah In Islam, "the promise and threat" () of Judgement Day ( or ), is when "all bodies will be resurrected" from the dead, and "all people" are "called to account" for their deeds and their faith during their life on Earth. It has been called "the do ...

with his/her eyes should read the verses of at-Takwir,

al-Infitar The Cleaving in Sunder (, al-infiṭār, also known as "The Cleaving" and "Bursting Apart") is the 82nd sura of the Quran, with 19 ayat. The chapter is named 'Al-Infitar' because of the occurrence of the word 'unfatarat' in the first verse of t ...

and

al-Inshiqaq Al-Inshiqāq (, "The Sundering", "Splitting Open") is the eighty-fourth chapter (''surah'') of the Qur'an, with 25 verses ('' āyāt''). It mentions details of the Day of Judgment when, according to this chapter, everyone will receive reckoning o ...

.” * Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn Umar that Muhammad(ﷺ)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 The Cleaving in Sunder (, al-infiṭār, also known as "The Cleaving" and "Bursting Apart") is the 82nd sura of the Quran, with 19 ayat. The chapter is named 'Al-Infitar' because of the occurrence of the word 'unfatarat' in the first verse of t ...

) and ‘When the heaven is split asunder.(

Al-Inshiqaq Al-Inshiqāq (, "The Sundering", "Splitting Open") is the eighty-fourth chapter (''surah'') of the Qur'an, with 25 verses ('' āyāt''). It mentions details of the Day of Judgment when, according to this chapter, everyone will receive reckoning o ...

)’” *

Umar ibn Horayth Amr ibn Hurayth ibn Amr ibn Uthman al-Makhzumi (; died 705) was a prominent member of the Quraysh in Kufa and the deputy governor of the city under the Umayyad governors of Iraq Ziyad ibn Abihi (670–673), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (675–683) and Bis ...

said: "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting: 'When the sun is wound round.' in fajr. (at-Takwir (81:1)) " *

Sahabah The Companions of the Prophet () were the Muslim disciples and followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who saw or met him during his lifetime. The companions played a major role in Muslim battles, society, hadith narration, and governance ...

reported that Muhammad used to recite surahs

An-Naba An-Naba or The News (, ''an-nabaʼ'', also known as "The Tidings", "The Announcement") is the seventy-eighth chapter (surah) of the Quran, with forty '' ayat'' or verses. Summary The first twenty verses discuss the wonders of the worldly creat ...

(78) and

Al-Mursalat Al-Mursalāt (, "The Emissaries", "Winds Sent Forth") is the 77th chapter (sura) of the Quran, with 50 verses. The chapter takes its name from the word Al-Mursalāt in the first verse. The subject is seen to provide evidence that it was reveale ...

(77) in one rak'ah, and surahs

Ad-Dukhan Ad-Dukhan (, ; Smoke) is the 44th chapter (''surah'') of the Quran with 59 verses ('' ayat''). The word ''dukhan'', meaning 'smoke', is mentioned in verse 10. :حم ۝ The first verse is one of Quran's Muqatta'at, the letter combinations t ...

(44) and At-Takwir (81) in one rak'ah.

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