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Surah Al-Munafiqun — 63:11

وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا ۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

Wa lany yu 'akhkhiral laahu nafsan izaa jaaa'a ajaluhaa; wallaahu khabeerum bimaa ta'maloon

اور جب کسی کی موت آجاتی ہے تو خدا اس کو ہرگز مہلت نہیں دیتا اور جو کچھ تم کرتے ہو خدا اس سے خبردار ہے

God will never delay a soul when its appointed time has come, and God is fully aware of what you do.

Reflection

The verb here is the one the dying man used a line earlier when he asked to be held back a little longer, so the request is refused in its own vocabulary. That request is quoted rather than described, which lets the surah end on someone's actual voice: a man who meant to give, at the moment giving is no longer available to him. It closes a chapter about people whose conduct never caught up with their words.

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