﴿ فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ ﴾

“Why, then, when [the last breath] comes up to the throat [of a dying man],”

Why then, when it reaches the dying man�s throat,That is, his soul reaches the throat, while he is in a state of bewilderment (mutaḥayyir), as he does not know what will become of him.Similarly, it was related of Masrūq b. al-Ajdaʿ that he wept while he was dying and when his weeping intensified, he was asked, �What makes you weep?� He replied, �How can I not weep when it is a matter of an hour and then I do not know where I will be taken.�