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It was also said that it means: their death comes gently and easily.
“[The angels] say”—that is, the angels say to them—“Peace be upon you.” It was also said that they convey to them Allah’s greeting of peace: “Enter Paradise for what you used to do.”
“Are they waiting for anything other than the angels to come to them, or for your Lord’s command to come? Thus did those before them act. Allah did not wrong them; rather, they wronged themselves. So the evil consequences of what they did struck them, and that which they used to ridicule encompassed them.” (33–34)
وَقِيلَ: مَعْنَاهُ: إِنَّ وَفَاتَهُمْ تَقَعُ طَيِّبَةً سَهْلَةً. ﴿يَقُولُونَ﴾ يَعْنِي: الْمَلَائِكَةُ لَهُمْ، ﴿سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ وَقِيلَ: يُبَلِّغُونَهُمْ سَلَامَ اللَّهِ، ﴿ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴾
﴿هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ كَذَلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ (٣٣) فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ (٣٤) ﴾