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Death & Afterlife Quotes

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

Quran

الَّذينَ تَتَوَفّىٰهُمُ المَلٰئِكَةُ طَيِّبينَ ۙ يَقولونَ سَلٰمٌ عَلَيكُمُ ادخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ بِما كُنتُم تَعمَلونَ٣٢

The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do

Surah An-Nahl 32
Quran

كُلُّ نَفسٍ ذائِقَةُ المَوتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَينا تُرجَعونَ٥٧

Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned

Surah Al-'Ankabut 57
Quran

لا يَذوقونَ فيهَا المَوتَ إِلَّا المَوتَةَ الأولىٰ ۖ وَوَقىٰهُم عَذابَ الجَحيمِ٥٦

They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

Surah Ad-Dukhan 56
Quran

ثُمَّ أَماتَهُ فَأَقبَرَهُ٢١

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him

Surah Abasa 21
Quran

وَاتَّقوا يَومًا تُرجَعونَ فيهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ تُوَفّىٰ كُلُّ نَفسٍ ما كَسَبَت وَهُم لا يُظلَمونَ٢٨١

And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be treated unjustly

Surah Al-Baqarah 281
Quran

لِيَجزِىَ اللَّهُ كُلَّ نَفسٍ ما كَسَبَت ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَريعُ الحِسابِ٥١

So that Allah will recompense every soul for what it earned. Indeed, Allah is swift in account

Surah Ibrahim 51
Quran

۞ يَومَ تَأتى كُلُّ نَفسٍ تُجٰدِلُ عَن نَفسِها وَتُوَفّىٰ كُلُّ نَفسٍ ما عَمِلَت وَهُم لا يُظلَمونَ١١١

On the Day when every soul will come disputing for itself, and every soul will be fully compensated for what it did, and they will not be wronged

Surah An-Nahl 111
Quran

وَكُلَّ إِنسٰنٍ أَلزَمنٰهُ طٰئِرَهُ فى عُنُقِهِ ۖ وَنُخرِجُ لَهُ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ كِتٰبًا يَلقىٰهُ مَنشورًا١٣

And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open

Surah Al-Isra 13
Quran

وَكُلُّهُم ءاتيهِ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ فَردًا٩٥

And all of them are coming to Him on the Day of Resurrection alone

Surah Maryam 95
Quran

وَمَن أَعرَضَ عَن ذِكرى فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحشُرُهُ يَومَ القِيٰمَةِ أَعمىٰ١٢٤

And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind

Surah Ta-Ha 124

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