At-Takwir
{{short description|81st chapter of the Qur'an}}
{{infobox surah
| number = 81
| number-3 = 081
| name = At-Takwīr
| name-ar = التكوير
| name-en = The OverThrowing
| prev_sura = Quran 80
| next_sura = Quran 82
| classification = Meccan
| othernames-ar =
| othernames = The Cessation, The Darkening, The Rolling, The turning into a sphere
| juz = 30
| rukus =
| verses = 29
| words = 104
| letters = 435
| muqattaat =
| sajdahs =
| audio = Chapter 81, At-Takwir (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
}}
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At-Takwīr ({{langx|ar| 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.
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 {{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}
Hadith
- 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)
English reference : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333
Arabic reference : Book 47, Hadith 3653
- 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) and ‘When the heaven is split asunder.(Al-Inshiqaq)’”Jami` at-Tirmidhi Grade : Hasan (Darussalam)
English reference : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333
Arabic reference : Book 47, Hadith 3653This 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)
- 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
In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 76
English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 952
- Sahabah reportedSunan Abu-Dawud, Book 6, Number 1391: 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.Sunan Abu-Dawud, Book 6: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Ramadan' Book 6, Number 1391.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/abudawud/006-sat.php |title=Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement |access-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604103310/http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/hadith/abudawud/006-sat.php |archive-date=2013-06-04 |url-status=dead }}
References
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