The Meaning of "Repentance is Accepted Until the Death Rattle"
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Question:
What is the meaning of "repentance is accepted until the death rattle"?
Answer:
It means until the soul reaches the throat at the moment of its exit, when the Angel of Death witnesses it.
Q: The statement of Pharaoh[Yunus 10:90]?
A: This is what benefited his faith; because the calamity had descended. Allah the Exalted said:[Ghafir 40:84] So when they saw Our punishment, their faith did not benefit them [Ghafir: 85]. When the punishment descends, it no longer benefits. When the punishment befell Thamud, their repentance did not benefit them, or when it befell 'Ad, their repentance did not benefit them. Repentance is only before that.
Q: Like Pharaoh?
A: Allah only brought out his body for them to see that he had died, so that Satan would not suggest to them that he was alive in such-and-such a place, until they saw his body; because he was great in their minds, he was their god.
What is the meaning of "repentance is accepted until the death rattle"?
Answer:
It means until the soul reaches the throat at the moment of its exit, when the Angel of Death witnesses it.
Q: The statement of Pharaoh
I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe
آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَA: This is what benefited his faith; because the calamity had descended. Allah the Exalted said:
And when they saw Our punishment, they said," We believe in Allah alone and disbelieve in that which we used to associate with Him."
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا بَأْسَنَا قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ وَكَفَرْنَا بِمَا كُنَّا بِهِ مُشْرِكِينَ Q: Like Pharaoh?
A: Allah only brought out his body for them to see that he had died, so that Satan would not suggest to them that he was alive in such-and-such a place, until they saw his body; because he was great in their minds, he was their god.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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