سُورَةُ التَّكْوِير

At-Takwir, The Wrapping Up

The eighty-first surah of the Qur'an, 29 ayahs, revealed in Makkah. The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever wishes to see the Day of Resurrection as if with his own eyes should recite it.

The sun wound in folds of cloud, and the stars falling (81:1–2)

إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ

When the sun is wrapped up. (81:1)

The surah, ayah by ayah

Ayah 29Ayah 1

One stroke for each ayah, from right to left, coloured by theme. The gold stroke is ayah 14: “a soul will know what it has brought”. Tap a colour to open its theme.

Two themes

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