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How can you then take this message lightly,

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and repay ˹Allah for˺ your provisions with denial?1 

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Why then ˹are you helpless˺ when the soul ˹of a dying person˺ reaches ˹their˺ throat,

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while you are looking on?

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And We are nearer to such a person than you, but you cannot see.

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Now, if you are not subject to Our Will ˹as you claim˺,

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bring that soul back, if what you say is true.

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So, if the deceased is one of those brought near ˹to Us˺,

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then ˹such a person will have˺ serenity, fragrance,1 and a Garden of Bliss.

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And if the deceased is one of the people of the right,

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