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Death & Afterlife Quotes

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

Surah As-Sajdah · 11

۞ قُل يَتَوَفّىٰكُم مَلَكُ المَوتِ الَّذى وُكِّلَ بِكُم ثُمَّ إِلىٰ رَبِّكُم تُرجَعونَ

Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you. Then to your Lord you will be returned

Surah Fatir · 22

وَما يَستَوِى الأَحياءُ وَلَا الأَموٰتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسمِعُ مَن يَشاءُ ۖ وَما أَنتَ بِمُسمِعٍ مَن فِى القُبورِ

And not equal are the living and the dead. Indeed, Allah causes to hear whom He wills, but you cannot make hear those in the graves

Surah Ya-Sin · 51

وَنُفِخَ فِى الصّورِ فَإِذا هُم مِنَ الأَجداثِ إِلىٰ رَبِّهِم يَنسِلونَ

And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten

Surah An-Naml · 67

وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا أَءِذا كُنّا تُرٰبًا وَءاباؤُنا أَئِنّا لَمُخرَجونَ

And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]

Surah Qaf · 19

وَجاءَت سَكرَةُ المَوتِ بِالحَقِّ ۖ ذٰلِكَ ما كُنتَ مِنهُ تَحيدُ

And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid

Surah Qaf · 42

يَومَ يَسمَعونَ الصَّيحَةَ بِالحَقِّ ۚ ذٰلِكَ يَومُ الخُروجِ

The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves]

Surah Qaf · 43

إِنّا نَحنُ نُحيۦ وَنُميتُ وَإِلَينَا المَصيرُ

Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

Surah An-Najm · 44

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَماتَ وَأَحيا

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

Surah Al-Qamar · 7

خُشَّعًا أَبصٰرُهُم يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ كَأَنَّهُم جَرادٌ مُنتَشِرٌ

Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading

Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 60

نَحنُ قَدَّرنا بَينَكُمُ المَوتَ وَما نَحنُ بِمَسبوقينَ

We have decreed death among you, and We are not to be outdone

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