Tafseer of The Inevitable · Al-Waaqia · 56:83
Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat
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And His word: فَلَوْلا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ ("Why then not, when it reaches the throat"). The Exalted, whose praise is exalted, says: why then not, when the souls, upon their departure from your bodies, O people, reach your throats.
