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Surah 081 · Makkah

At-Takwīr

التكوير

"The Overthrowing"

Number
81 of 114
Verses
29
Revealed
Makkah

The sun wound up, the stars scattered — the opening of the end.

In the classical library

2 passages reference this surah

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  1. "of Accounting, and the Day of Questioning. It is also known as the Day of Competition, the Day of Debate, the Day of Rivalry, the Day of Convulsion, and the Day of Overthrowing. Other names include the Day of the Thunderbolt, the Day of the Event, the Day of the Overwhelming,"

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
  1. "informing him of his intentions and requesting support with troops and funds, promising to share the realm should they succeed in overthrowing Buzan. Thus, Sultan Hussein sent a formidable army with Khalil."

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