Sure 16 An-Nahl — Aya 28
ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ فَأَلْقَوُا۟ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ مِن سُوٓءٍۭ ۚ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Diejenigen, die von den Engeln abberufen werden - da sie gegen sich selber gefrevelt haben und nun unterwürfig geworden sind (sagen): "Wir pflegten ja, nichts Böses zu tun." Nein, wahrlich, Allah weiß wohl, was ihr zu tun pflegtet.
alladhīna tatawaffāhumu l-malāikatu ẓālimī anfusihim fa-alqawū l-salama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sūin balā inna l-laha ʿalīmun bimā kuntum taʿmalūna
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- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those whom
- تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ tatawaffāhumu take them in death
- ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ l-malāikatu the Angels
- ظَالِمِىٓ ẓālimī (while) wronging
- أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ anfusihim themselves
- فَأَلْقَوُا۟ fa-alqawū then they would offer
- ٱلسَّلَمَ l-salama the submission
- مَا mā Not
- كُنَّا kunnā we were
- نَعْمَلُ naʿmalu doing
- مِن min any
- سُوٓءٍۭ ۚ sūin evil
- بَلَىٰٓ balā Nay
- إِنَّ inna indeed
- ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
- عَلِيمٌۢ ʿalīmun (is) All-Knower
- بِمَا bimā of what
- كُنتُمْ kuntum you used (to)
- تَعْمَلُونَ taʿmalūna do
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Condition of the Disbeliever during and after Death
Allah informs us of the state of the idolators who are doing wrong to themselves when death approaches and the angels come to seize their evil souls.
(Then, they will (falsely) submit) meaning, they will make it appear as if they used to listen and obey by saying,
(We did not do any evil.) Similarly, on the Day of Resurrection, they will say,
(By Allah, our Lord, we were not idolators.) 6:23
(On the Day when Allah will resurrect them all together; then they will swear to Him as they swear to you.) 58:18 Allah says, rejecting what they say,
("Yes! Truly, Allah is Most Knowing of what you did. So enter the gates of Hell, to abide therein, and indeed, what an evil abode there is for the arrogant.") (16:28-29), meaning, a miserable position in the abode of humiliation for those who were too arrogant to pay atten- tion to the signs of Allah and follow His Messengers. They will enter Hell from the day they die with their souls, and their bodies will feel the heat and hot winds of their graves. When the Day of Resurrec- tion comes, their souls will be reunited with their bodies, to abide forever in the fire of Hell, and
(It will not be complete enough to kill them nor shall its torment be lightened for them.) (35:36) As Allah says,
(The Fire, they are exposed to it morning and afternoon. And on the Day when the Hour will be established (it will be said to the angels): "Cause Fir'awn's people to enter the severest torment!") (40:46).