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Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable)

Verse 86of 96

فَلَوْلَآ إِن كُنتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ﴿٨٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَوْلَآfalawlāThen why not
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
غَيْرَghayranot
مَدِينِينَmadīnīnato be recompensed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

When the Soul reaches the Throat at the Time of Death, it cannot be brought back; this proves ReckonAllah the Exalted said,فَلَوْلاَ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ(Then why do you not (intervene) when it reaches), in reference to the soul,الْحُلْقُومَ(Al-Hulqum), i.e., the throat, at the time of death.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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