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Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War)

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وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۙ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ﴿٥٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَوْwalawAnd if
تَرَىٰٓtarāyou (could) see
إِذْidhwhen
يَتَوَفَّىyatawaffātake away souls
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟ ۙkafarūdisbelieve
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatuthe Angels
يَضْرِبُونَyaḍribūnastriking
وُجُوهَهُمْwujūhahumtheir faces
وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْwa-adbārahumand their backs
وَذُوقُوا۟wadhūqūTaste
عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi(of) the Blazing Fire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Angels smite the Disbelievers upon capturing Their SoulsAllah says, if you witnessed the angels capturing the souls of the disbelievers, you would witness a tremendous, terrible, momentous and awful matter,يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَـرَهُمْ(they smite their faces and their backs), saying to them,وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ("Taste the punishment of the blazing Fire.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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