The Holy Quran 15:99 — Surah Al-Hijr

Arabic text

وَٱعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَكَ ٱلْيَقِينُ

Translation

...and worship your Rabb until the certainty (death) comes to you. (When a person dedicates himself to Allaah's worship and is concerned about the Aakhirah, he will not be greatly distressed by the troubles and worries of this world.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Yaqin (certainty) in the sense of death: that is, death. The Quran has used the word “yaqin” (certainty) in this same sense in another place: وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ حَتّٰٓى اَتٰىنَا الْيَقِيْنُ (“…and we used to deny the Day of Reckoning, until death came to us”) (Surah Al-Muddaththir, ruku (section) 2).

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