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Sura 25
Aya 14
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لا تَدعُوا اليَومَ ثُبورًا واحِدًا وَادعوا ثُبورًا كَثيرًا

Muhammad Asad

[But they will be told:] "Pray not today for one single extinction, but pray for many extinctions!"1
  • Although the concept of "extinction" (thubur) implies finality and is, therefore, unrepeatable, the sinners' praying for "many extinctions" is used here as a metonym for their indescribable suffering and a corresponding, indescribable desire for a final escape.