The Troops
39. Az-Zumar
الزمر
Page #463
39:42
اللَّهُ
يَتَوَفَّى
الْأَنفُسَ
حِينَ
مَوْتِهَا
وَالَّتِي
لَمْ
تَمُتْ
فِي
مَنَامِهَا
فَيُمْسِكُ
الَّتِي
قَضَى
عَلَيْهَا
الْمَوْتَ
وَيُرْسِلُ
الْأُخْرَى
إِلَى
أَجَلٍ
مُّسَمًّى
إِنَّ
فِي
ذَلِكَ
لَآيَاتٍ
لِّقَوْمٍ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
allāhu yatawaffā l-ʾanfusa ḥīna mawtihā wa-llatī lam tamut fī manāmihā fa-yumsiku llatī qaḍā ʿalayhā l-mawta wa-yursilu l-ʾukhrā ʾilā ʾajalin musamman ʾinna fī dhālika la-ʾāyātin li-qawmin yatafakkarūna
Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those who have not died, in their sleep. Then He retains those for whom He has ordained death and releases the others until a specified time. There are indeed signs in that for a people who reflect.
— Ali Quli Qarai
It is Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that die not (He takes) during their sleep: those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life), but the rest He sends (to their bodies) for a term appointed verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.
