Transliteration:( Allaahu yatawaffal anfusa heena mawtihaa wallatee lam tamut fee manaamihaa fa yumsikul latee qadaa 'alaihal mawta wa yursilul ukhraaa ilaaa ajalim musammaa; inna fee zaalika la Aayaatil liqawmai yatafakkarroon )
105. By ble is meant the soul and by 'death' is meant taking out the soul, ie at the time of death Allah Almighty takes out the soul from the body because it is not the means of nourishment of it.
106. From this we learn that one soul goes out of the body when in the state of sleep, through which sensory perception is maintained. It should be remembered that there are two souls found in the human being.
 The one is stationary or regal soul and the other is the travelling soul From the first soul, life is maintained and from the second soul, sense and understanding. The first soul leaves the body the time of death and the other leaves at the time of sleep.
107. In that He does not send it back, in fact,he gives that person death in his sleep
108. In that until their death people would continue to sleep and wake up, and at the tim of death they would sleep permanently.
109. Ponder over this, that the One who can cause you to awake after your sleep, has the power to give life to you after death. This tells us that analogy in religious matters is correct.
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The tafsir of Surah Az-Zumar verse 42 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Zumar ayat 41 which provides the complete commentary from verse 41 through 42.
(39:42) It is Allah Who takes away the souls of people at the hour of their death, and takes away at the time of sleep the souls of those that have not died.[60] Then He retains the souls of those against whom He had decreed death and returns the souls of others till an appointed time. Surely there are Signs in this for a people who reflect.[61]
60. Taking the souls during sleep, implies the suspension of the powers of feeling and consciousness, understanding and will.
61. By this Allah wants every man to realize how life and death are entirely in His own hand. No one has the guarantee that he will certainly get up alive in the morning when he goes to sleep at night. No one knows what disaster could befall him within a moment, and whether the next moment would be a moment of life for him or of death. At any time, while asleep or awake, in the house or outside it, some unforeseen calamity, from inside his body or from outside, can suddenly cause his death. Thus, man who is so helpless in the hands of God, would be foolish if he turned away from the same God or became heedless of Him.
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