Then how is it that when the (dying) breath is withdrawn into the throat (and rattles),

So why was it not, when the soul reaches up to the throat, –

Why, but when the soul leaps to the throat of the dying

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

Wherefore then - when the soul cometh up to the wind-pipe -

Then why do you not (intervene) when (the soul of a dying person) reaches the throat?

So when it has reached the throat.

So when it has reached the throat.

So when it has reached the throat.

So when it has reached the throat.

Why then ˹are you helpless˺ when the soul ˹of a dying person˺ reaches ˹their˺ throat,

Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat,

Then why do you not (intervene) when it reaches Al-Hulqum

Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

So when it reaches the throat [of the dying person],

Why, then, when the soul leaps up to the throat of the dying

Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat

Why can you not help a soul dying

Why is it not then that when it (soul) comes up to the throat,

Falawla itha balaghati alhulqooma

falawlā idhā balaghati l-ḥul'qūma

Why, then, when the soul of the dying man reaches the throat,

Then why do ye not (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-