If only you could see when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers, beating their faces and backs, ˹saying,˺ “Taste the torment of burning!
Tafsirs
Layers
Lessons
Reflections
Answers
Qiraat
Hadith
Juncture:
ىتوفى
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Ibn ʿĀmir
Nāfiʿ
Ḥamzah
Ibn Kathīr
Khalaf
Abū ʿAmr
al-Kisāʾī
Yaʿqūb
ʿĀṣim
Readings:
يَتَوَفَّي
yatawaffā lladhīna
تَتَوَفَّي
tatawaffā lladhīna
“when the angels take...”
Explanation:
These readings represent two options for gender agreement with the broken plural al-malā’ikah. The first reading (masculine form) may be more indicative of the main Angel of Death [see Makki under 3:39].
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
Explanation:
These readings represent two options for gender agreement with the broken plural al-malā’ikah. The first reading (masculine form) may be more indicative of the main Angel of Death [see Makki under 3:39].