Al-Haqqah 69:27
The Reality · Meccan · Juz 29 · Page 567
Would It Had Been the End
يَٰلَيۡتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلۡقَاضِيَةَ ٢٧
Oh, would that it had been death.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
“I wish it had been the decisive end.”
Insight
According to Elmalılı, the pronoun here refers to the first death: the one given his record in his left hand wishes that first death had ended everything.
Reflect
Live knowing that death is not the end.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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