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Death & Afterlife Quotes

Quran quotes about death, the Hereafter, accountability, and preparing for the eternal life.

Surah Ali 'Imran · 185

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ

Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your full compensation on the Day of Resurrection.

Surah Al-Baqarah · 156

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

We belong to Allah, and to Him we return.

Surah Az-Zumar · 42

اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا

Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and that which has not yet reached its term during their sleep.

Surah Al-Mu'minun · 101

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِي ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another

Surah Saba · 2

يَعۡلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا يَخۡرُجُ مِنۡهَا وَمَا يَنزِلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا يَعۡرُجُ فِيهَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ

He knows what penetrates into the earth and what emerges from it and what descends from the heaven and what ascends therein. And He is the Merciful, the Forgiving

Surah Al-Fajr · 27

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ۝ ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

O reassured soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him]. Enter among My servants and enter My Paradise.

Surah Al-Hijr · 99

وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ

And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty.

Surah Al-Anbiya · 35

كُلُّ نَفۡسࣲ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَنَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةࣰۖ وَإِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ

Every soul will taste death, and We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

Surah Al-Mu'minun · 99

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ

Until, when death comes to one of them, he says, 'My Lord, send me back. Perhaps I may do righteousness in that which I left behind.' No, indeed, it is only a word he is saying.

Surah Al-Mu'minun · 115

أَفَحَسِبۡتُمۡ أَنَّمَا خَلَقۡنَٰكُمۡ عَبَثࣰ ا وَأَنَّكُمۡ إِلَيۡنَا لَا تُرۡجَعُونَ

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?

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