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And expend, in alms, of that with which We have provided you before death comes to any of you, whereat he will say, 'My Rabb, if only (law-lā means hal-lā, 'why [do You] not'; or the lā is extra and the law is optative) You would reprieve me for a short time so that I might give charity (assaddaq: the original tā' [of atasaddaqa] has been assimilated with the sād), that I might offer alms, and become one of the righteous!', by making the Pilgrimage. Ibn ‘Abbās, may Allahu ta’ālā be pleased with both [him and his father], said, 'Every person who has fallen short of [his duty regarding] alms and the Pilgrimage will ask to be returned [to this world] at the moment of death'.