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Does every deceased person see the Angel of Death, and does the intensity of the soul's extraction differ between the believer and the disbeliever?

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There is no evidence that every deceased person sees the angels who extract the soul, and it is possible that some individuals are privileged with this, such as the story of Moses with the Angel of Death. There is a significant difference in the extraction of the soul between a believer and a disbeliever. The angels extract the souls of disbelievers with severity and violence, as stated in the verses: (And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the agonies of death while the angels extend their hands, [saying], "Deliver your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation") and (And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved, striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire."). As for the soul of a believer, it is taken with ease and facility, like a drop exiting a waterskin, whereas the soul of a disbeliever spreads throughout their body and is extracted with severity, like a multi-pronged skewer being pulled from wet wool, tearing veins and nerves.

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