At-Takwir

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.” 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 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) English reference : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3333 Arabic reference : Book 47, Hadith 3653
• 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 In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 76 English translation : Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 952
• 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.

References

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2. (Tirmidhi, Tafsir: 81- Ahmad: 2/27, 36,100-5/452)
3. This is mentioned in [[Tafsir ibn kathir]], Likewise, [[At-Tirmidhi]] has also recorded this [[Hadith]].
4. ([[Jami` at-Tirmidhi]], Tafsir: 81- Ahmad: 2/27, 36,100-5/452)
5. [[Sunan Abu-Dawud]], Book 6, Number 1391:
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