081- AL-TAKWIR
THE ENFOLDING
An early Makkan sūrah, al-Takwīr is most likely the seventh in the chronological order of revelation. It takes its name from the first verse, which refers to the enfolding of the sun as one of the signs of the Hour, and is also known by the title “When the Sun Is Enfolded”. Ibn ʿAjībah suggests that this sūrah is related to the previous one because it begins by describing the events that are related to the Last Day, the subject with which the previous sūrah ends. The sūrah can be viewed as having two sections, the first of which tells of the signs of the Hour and the Resurrection (vv. 1–14). These apocalyptic events are described in a manner that suggests an inversion of the apparent order of the created world. In this vein, a ḥadīth states, “Whosoever wishes to look at the Day of Judgment as if he is seeing it with his own eyes, let him read, When the sun is enfolded, and when the stars fade away; when the mountains are set in motion, and when pregnant camels are abandoned”. The second section of the sūrah is a more elusive passage that discusses the revelation of the Quran through the Archangel Gabriel and its effect upon the human soul (vv. 15–29).
(source: “The Study Quran” a new translation and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr)
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