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Death & Afterlife Quotes

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

Quran

وَما يَستَوِى الأَحياءُ وَلَا الأَموٰتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسمِعُ مَن يَشاءُ ۖ وَما أَنتَ بِمُسمِعٍ مَن فِى القُبورِ٢٢

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 Fatir 22
Quran

وَنُفِخَ فِى الصّورِ فَإِذا هُم مِنَ الأَجداثِ إِلىٰ رَبِّهِم يَنسِلونَ٥١

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

Surah Ya-Sin 51
Quran

وَقالَ الَّذينَ كَفَروا أَءِذا كُنّا تُرٰبًا وَءاباؤُنا أَئِنّا لَمُخرَجونَ٦٧

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 An-Naml 67
Quran

وَجاءَت سَكرَةُ المَوتِ بِالحَقِّ ۖ ذٰلِكَ ما كُنتَ مِنهُ تَحيدُ١٩

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

Surah Qaf 19
Quran

يَومَ يَسمَعونَ الصَّيحَةَ بِالحَقِّ ۚ ذٰلِكَ يَومُ الخُروجِ٤٢

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

Surah Qaf 42
Quran

إِنّا نَحنُ نُحيۦ وَنُميتُ وَإِلَينَا المَصيرُ٤٣

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

Surah Qaf 43
Quran

وَأَنَّهُ هُوَ أَماتَ وَأَحيا٤٤

And that it is He who causes death and gives life

Surah An-Najm 44
Quran

خُشَّعًا أَبصٰرُهُم يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ كَأَنَّهُم جَرادٌ مُنتَشِرٌ٧

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

Surah Al-Qamar 7
Quran

نَحنُ قَدَّرنا بَينَكُمُ المَوتَ وَما نَحنُ بِمَسبوقينَ٦٠

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

Surah Al-Waqi'ah 60
Quran

فَلَولا إِذا بَلَغَتِ الحُلقومَ٨٣

Then why, when the soul at death reaches the throat

Surah Al-Waqi'ah 83

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