At-Takwir
At-Takwīr is the eighty-first chapter of the Qur'an, with 29 verses. 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
- 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
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’ and ‘When the heaven is cleft sunder and ‘When the heaven is split asunder.’”
- It was narrated that Umar ibn Horayth said: "I heard the Prophet reciting: 'When the sun is wound round.' in fajr. "
- Sahabah reported that Muhammad used to recite surahs An-Naba and Al-Mursalat in one rak'ah, and surahs Ad-Dukhan and At-Takwir in one rak'ah.