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56 · Al-Waqia سورة الواقعة

The Event, The Inevitable · 96 verses

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56:83

فَلَوْلَا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ ۝٨٣

Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-

56:84

وَأَنْتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنْظُرُونَ ۝٨٤

And ye the while (sit) looking on,-

56:85

وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْكُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ ۝٨٥

But We are nearer to him than ye, and yet see not,-

56:86

فَلَوْلَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ غَيْرَ مَدِينِينَ ۝٨٦

Then why do ye not,- If you are exempt from (future) account,-

56:87

تَرْجِعُونَهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ ۝٨٧

Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?

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