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Death & Afterlife Quotes

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

Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 83

فَلَولا إِذا بَلَغَتِ الحُلقومَ

Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat

Surah Al-Waqi'ah · 88

فَأَمّا إِن كانَ مِنَ المُقَرَّبينَ

And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah

Surah As-Saffat · 59

إِلّا مَوتَتَنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ

Except for our first death, and we will not be punished

Surah Al-Haqqah · 27

يٰلَيتَها كانَتِ القاضِيَةَ

I wish my death had been the decisive one

Surah Al-Ma'arij · 43

يَومَ يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ سِراعًا كَأَنَّهُم إِلىٰ نُصُبٍ يوفِضونَ

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening

Surah Al-Insan · 27

إِنَّ هٰؤُلاءِ يُحِبّونَ العاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرونَ وَراءَهُم يَومًا ثَقيلًا

Indeed, these [disbelievers] love the immediate and leave behind them a grave Day

Surah Al-Infitar · 4

وَإِذَا القُبورُ بُعثِرَت

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered

Surah Al-'Adiyat · 9

۞ أَفَلا يَعلَمُ إِذا بُعثِرَ ما فِى القُبورِ

But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered

Surah At-Takathur · 2

حَتّىٰ زُرتُمُ المَقابِرَ

Until you visit the graveyards

Surah Ali 'Imran · 30

يَومَ تَجِدُ كُلُّ نَفسٍ ما عَمِلَت مِن خَيرٍ مُحضَرًا وَما عَمِلَت مِن سوءٍ تَوَدُّ لَو أَنَّ بَينَها وَبَينَهُ أَمَدًا بَعيدًا ۗ وَيُحَذِّرُكُمُ اللَّهُ نَفسَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ رَءوفٌ بِالعِبادِ

The Day every soul will find what it has done of good present [before it] and what it has done of evil, it will wish that between itself and that [evil] was a great distance. And Allah warns you of Himself, and Allah is Kind to [His] servants

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