The Spoils of War
8. Al-Anfāl
الأنفال
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وَلَوْ
تَرَى
إِذْ
يَتَوَفَّى
الَّذِينَ
كَفَرُوا
الْمَلَائِكَةُ
يَضْرِبُونَ
وُجُوهَهُمْ
وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ
وَذُوقُوا
عَذَابَ
الْحَرِيقِ
wa-law tarā ʾidh yatawaffā lladhīna kafarū l-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa-ʾadbārahum wa-dhūqū ʿadhāba l-ḥarīqi
Were you to see when the angels take away the faithless, striking their faces and their backs, [saying], ‘Taste the punishment of the burning.
— Ali Quli Qarai
If thou couldst see, when the angels take the souls of the Unbelievers (at death), (How) they smite their faces and their backs, (saying): "Taste the penalty of the blazing Fire-
