كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦
No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 At the time it is about to leave the body when one is on the verge of death.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كـَلَّآNokallā
- إِذَاWhenidhā
- بَلَغَتِit reachesbalaghati
- ٱلتَّرَاقِيَthe collar bonesl-tarāqiya
Tafsir
The matter is not as the idolaters imagined - that they will not be punished when they die. When the soul of any one of them reaches the upper part of his chest.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran