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At-Takwir
81st chapter of the Qur'an From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 signs of the coming of the day of judgement. 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,
- (n) Then every Soul shall know what it has done.
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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 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)’”[4][5][6]
- 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)) "[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]
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