At-Takwir 81:2

<h2>Which was revealed in Makkah</h2><h2>What has been narrated about This Surah</h2><p>Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,</p><p>«مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُ رَأْيُ عَيْنٍ فَلْيَقْرَأْ:</p><p>إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ</p><p>و</p><p>إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انفَطَرَتْ</p><p>و</p><p>إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ »</p><p>(Whoever wishes to look at the Day of Judgement as if he is seeing it with his own eyes, then let him read, (When the sun is wound round.) (81:1) (and; (When the heaven is cleft asunder.) (82:1) (and; (When the heaven is split asunder.) (84:1)) Likewise, At-Tirmidhi has also recorded this Hadith.</p><p>بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ</p><p>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.</p><h2>What will happen on the Day of Judgement, and that is the rolling up of the Sun</h2><p>`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas:</p><p>إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ</p><p>(When the sun is Kuwwirat.) "This means it will be darkened." Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas; "It will go away." Qatadah said, "Its light will go away." Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "Kuwwirat means it will sink in." Abu Salih said, "Kuwwirat means it will be thrown down." At-Takwir means to gather one part of something with another part of it (i.e., folding). From it comes the folding of the turban (`Imamah) …

And when the stars fall,

When the stars fall, losing their lustre;

And when the stars shall fall;

When the stars are dimmed.