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
And if you could only see when the angels took away the souls of the unbelievers, striking them on their faces and backs, saying: 'Taste the torment of burning.
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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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