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
Only if you were to see (them) when the angels take out the souls of those who disbelieve, beating their faces and their backs, and (saying) “Taste the punishment of the flaming 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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