﴿ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ ﴾

“[AS FOR THOSE who will not believe in the life to come, they go on lying to themselves] until, when death approaches any of them, he prays: “O my Sustainer! Let me return, let me return [to life],”

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