Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 16 An-Nahl, Ayat 28-28
الَّذِيۡنَ تَتَوَفّٰٮهُمُ الۡمَلٰۤـئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىۡۤ اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ فَاَلۡقَوُا السَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَـعۡمَلُ مِنۡ سُوۡۤءٍؕ بَلٰٓى اِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلِيۡمٌۢ بِمَا كُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُوۡنَ
﴿16:28﴾
(16:28) the same24 unbelievers who, when the angels seize them
and cause them to die while they are engaged in wrong-doing, they will proffer
their submission25 saying: "We were engaged in no evil." (The angels
will answer them): "Surely Allah knows well all that you did.
Notes
24. This is Allah’s addition to the previous assertion, and not its continuation.
Those commentators, who have wrongly considered this as continuation of the
preceding sentence, are unable to offer any satisfactory explanation for their
opinion.
25. That is, when the angels take possession of their souls at the time of
death.