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وَلَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِيْنَ يَعْمَلُوْنَ السَّيِّاٰتِۚ حَتّٰىٓ اِذَا حَضَرَ اَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ اِنِّيْ تُبْتُ الْـٰٔنَ وَلَا الَّذِيْنَ يَمُوْتُوْنَ وَهُمْ كُفَّارٌ ۗ اُولٰۤىِٕكَ اَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا اَلِيْمًا   ( النساء: ١٨ )

walaysati
وَلَيْسَتِ
And not
l-tawbatu
ٱلتَّوْبَةُ
(is) the acceptance of repentance
lilladhīna
لِلَّذِينَ
for those who
yaʿmalūna
يَعْمَلُونَ
do
l-sayiāti
ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ
the evil deeds
ḥattā
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
idhā
إِذَا
when
ḥaḍara
حَضَرَ
approaches
aḥadahumu
أَحَدَهُمُ
one of them
l-mawtu
ٱلْمَوْتُ
[the] death
qāla
قَالَ
he says
innī
إِنِّى
"Indeed I
tub'tu
تُبْتُ
repent
l-āna
ٱلْـَٰٔنَ
now;"
walā
وَلَا
and not
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
yamūtūna
يَمُوتُونَ
die
wahum
وَهُمْ
while they
kuffārun
كُفَّارٌۚ
(are) disbelievers
ulāika
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
Those -
aʿtadnā
أَعْتَدْنَا
We have prepared
lahum
لَهُمْ
for them
ʿadhāban
عَذَابًا
a punishment
alīman
أَلِيمًا
painful

Wa laisatit tawbatu lillazeena ya'maloonas saiyiaati hattaaa izaa hadara ahadahumul mawtu qaala innee tubtul 'aana wa lallazeena yamootoona wa hum kuffaar; ulaaa'ika a'tadnaa lahum 'azaaban aleemaa (an-Nisāʾ 4:18)

Sahih International:

But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment. (An-Nisa [4] : 18)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

The relenting is not for those who do the evil deeds, until when the time of death approaches one of them, he says, “Now I repent”, nor for those who die while they are still disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment