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Death & Afterlife Quotes

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

Quran

فَأَمّا إِن كانَ مِنَ المُقَرَّبينَ٨٨

And if the deceased was of those brought near to Allah

Surah Al-Waqi'ah 88
Quran

إِلّا مَوتَتَنَا الأولىٰ وَما نَحنُ بِمُعَذَّبينَ٥٩

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

Surah As-Saffat 59
Quran

يٰلَيتَها كانَتِ القاضِيَةَ٢٧

I wish my death had been the decisive one

Surah Al-Haqqah 27
Quran

يَومَ يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ سِراعًا كَأَنَّهُم إِلىٰ نُصُبٍ يوفِضونَ٤٣

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

Surah Al-Ma'arij 43
Quran

إِنَّ هٰؤُلاءِ يُحِبّونَ العاجِلَةَ وَيَذَرونَ وَراءَهُم يَومًا ثَقيلًا٢٧

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

Surah Al-Insan 27
Quran

وَإِذَا القُبورُ بُعثِرَت٤

And when the [contents of] graves are scattered

Surah Al-Infitar 4
Quran

۞ أَفَلا يَعلَمُ إِذا بُعثِرَ ما فِى القُبورِ٩

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

Surah Al-'Adiyat 9
Quran

حَتّىٰ زُرتُمُ المَقابِرَ٢

Until you visit the graveyards

Surah At-Takathur 2
Quran

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 بِالعِبادِ٣٠

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

Surah Ali 'Imran 30
Quran

اللَّهُ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ ۚ لَيَجمَعَنَّكُم إِلىٰ يَومِ القِيٰمَةِ لا رَيبَ فيهِ ۗ وَمَن أَصدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَديثًا٨٧

Allah - there is no deity except Him. He will surely assemble you for [account on] the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt. And who is more truthful than Allah in statement

Surah An-Nisa 87

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