83 Preface فَلَولا إِذا بَلَغَتِ الحُلقومَYusuf AliThen why do ye not1 (intervene) when (the soul of the dying man) reaches the throat,-There is a hiatus after why do ye not??and two parenthetical clauses-after which the clause why do ye not? is resumed again in verse 86 below, with its complement in verse 87. It is permissible to the translator to add some such word as intervene here, to make the translation run smoothly.