At-Takwir 81:1
The Overthrowing · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 586
When the Sun Is Wound Up
إِذَا ٱلشَّمۡسُ كُوِّرَتۡ ١
When the sun is overthrown.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
When the sun is wrapped up.
Insight
Elmalılı says this surah lists twelve events, each beginning “when”, all answered by “every soul will know what it has prepared”.
Reflect
Think today about what you are preparing for tomorrow.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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