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وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا
Translation: We send signs only as a warning.

This excerpt from 17:59 describes the admonitory role of divine signs. An eclipse is not attributed to the life or death of a particular person; the prescribed response is prayer and supplication.

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Eclipses as divine signs

Eclipse Prayers: Solar and Lunar Rulings

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا
Translation: We send signs only as a warning.

This excerpt from 17:59 describes the admonitory role of divine signs. An eclipse is not attributed to the life or death of a particular person; the prescribed response is prayer and supplication.