Al-Anfal 8:50 ولو ترى اذ يتوفى الذين كفروا الملايكة يضربون وجوههم وادبارهم وذوقوا عذاب الحريق ٥٠
وَلَوۡ
تَرَىٰٓ
إِذۡ
يَتَوَفَّى
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَفَرُواْ
ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ
يَضۡرِبُونَ
وُجُوهَهُمۡ
وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ
وَذُوقُواْ
عَذَابَ
ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
٥٠
Ntumwa y’Imana! Iyo uba wobona ukuntu abagarariji bahanwa, ico gihe wobonye igitangaza giteye ubwoba, igihe abamalayika bariko bakura inkomoko y’ubuzima "roho" mu mishaha y’abagarariji bagasezera isi, babakubita mu maso no mu mugongo; bakazonabashinyaguriza bari mu muriro bati: “Nimuhonje rero ibihano vyo guturirwa mu muriro”1.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Angels smite the Disbelievers upon capturing Their Souls
Allah 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
…The Angels smite the Disbelievers upon capturing Their Souls
Allah says, if you witnessed the angels capturing the souls of the disbelievers, you would
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