حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ
Hattaaa izaa jaaa'a ahada humul mawtu qaala Rabbir ji'oon
[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back
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Until hattā is for inceptiveness when death comes to one of them and he sees his place in the Fire and his would-be place in Paradise had he been a believer he says ‘My Lord! Send me back arji‘ūn the plural person is used to indicate the gravity of the plea
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"There is no soul on Earth that dies, and is in a good position before Allah, that would like to come back to you, even if it had all this world, except the one who is killed (in the cause of Allah); he wishes that he could come back and be killed again."
"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'When the righteous man is placed on his bier, he says: Take me quickly, take me quickly. And when the bad man is placed on his bier he said: Woe to me! Where are you taking me?"'
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'A man from among the people of Paradise will be brought and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will say: "O son of Adam, how do you find your place (in Paradise)?" He would say: "O Lord, it is the best place." He will say: "Ask and wish (for whatever you want)." He would say: "I ask You to send me back to the world so that I may be killed in Your cause ten time" - because of what be sees of the virtue of martyrdom.'"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till a man passes by a grave of somebody and
says, 'Would that I were in his place.' "
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, When the funeral is ready and the men carry it on their shoulders, if the deceased
was righteous it will say, 'Present me (hurriedly),' and if he was not righteous, it will say, 'Woe to it
(me)! Where are they taking it (me)?' Its voice is heard by everything except man and if he heard it he
would fall unconscious."
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