The Criterion
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[25:14]
[But they will be told:] "Pray not today for one single extinction, but pray for many extinctions!"

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* v.14 : Although the concept of “extinction” (thubūr) implies finality and is, therefore, unrepeatable, the sinners’ praying for “many extinctions” is used here as a metonym for their indescribable suffering and a corresponding, indescribable desire for a final escape.