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"Their reckoning has drawn near for mankind, while they, in heedlessness, turn away."

ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

Sūrah al-Anbiyā' 21:1

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In Ghaflah: The Sleep of the Heart

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The ayah is built on a collision.

Two clauses. In the first, something is approaching: the reckoning, closing the distance, already near. In the second, the people are turning away — not fleeing, not arguing, not denying, but turning away in a state of heedlessness, with no awareness that there is anything to turn from.

"Their reckoning has drawn near for mankind, while they, in heedlessness, turn away."
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