"Say, 'The Angel of Death, who has been entrusted with you, will take you,'" meaning: he will seize your souls. "The earth has been made for the Angel of Death like a basin, in which he takes their souls, just as one picks up..."
﴿قل يتوفاكم﴾ أَيْ: يَقْبِضُ أَرْوَاحَكُمْ ﴿مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ الَّذِي وكل بكم﴾ جُعَلِتِ الْأَرْضُ لِمَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ مِثْلَ الطَّسْتِ يَقْبِضُ أَرْوَاحَهُمْ، كَمَا يَلْتَقِطُ