Surah Takwir is the eighty-first chapter (sura) of the Qur'an with 29 verses (ayat). It tells about signs of the coming of the day of judgement. Some of these signs include the following: (a) When the sun is shrouded in darkness (turns into a sphere) (b) When the stars lose their light (c) When the mountains are made to vanish (d) When the seas boil over (e) when the she camel about to give birth is left untended.

The Virtue in Studying Surah Takwir
There are many traditions narrated about the importance of this Surah and studying it, such as a tradition from the Prophet (S) that says:

“He who studies Surah Takwir (The Folding Up) will be saved by Allah from being exposed to shame when the book of deeds will be laid open."

Another tradition from the Prophet (S) says:

"He who wishes to look at me on the Day of Judgment, should study Surah Takwir (The Folding Up)”.

The tradition has also been narrated in another form, which says:

"He whose looking at the Hereafter makes him glad (as if he sees it), studies Surah Takwir (The Folding Up), 'Infitar ' (Cleaving Asunder), and 'Inshiqaq ' (The Rending Asunder)."

(Since, in these Surahs, the signs of the Hereafter are illustrated so clearly that the reciter of them feels that the scene of the Hereafter is in front of him).

It is narrated that the Prophet (S) was asked why he had grown old so early and he answered:

“Hud, Waqiah, Mursalat and Naba' made me old”.

(The reason is that the horrible events of the Hereafter are so clearly illustrated in them that it makes every conscious person prematurely old).4

It is also narrated from Imam Sadiq who said:

"He who studies Surah 'Abasa and Takwir will be with the Mercy and Grace of Allah in the eternal Heaven and this is easy for Him when He wills.”

The items mentioned in this narration vividly show that the goal, by recitation, is to produce knowledge, faith, and action in the reciter.