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
If only you [Prophet] could see, when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers, how they strike their faces and backs: it will be said, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire.
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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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