Quran on Death

Lo! thou wilt die, and lo! they will die;

The power of Abu Lahab will perish, and he will perish.

He bringeth forth the living from the dead, and He bringeth forth the dead from the living, and He reviveth the earth after her death. And even so will ye be brought forth.

We appointed immortality for no mortal before thee. What! if thou diest, can they be immortal!

They taste not death therein, save the first death. And He hath saved them from the doom of hell,

Which he sippeth but can hardly swallow, and death cometh unto him from every side while yet he cannot die, and before him is a harsh doom.

And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by his grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they died while they were evil-doers.

So eat and drink and be consoled. And if thou meetest any mortal, say: Lo! I have vowed a fast unto the Beneficent, and may not speak this day to any mortal.

Lo! the guilty are immortal in hell's torment.

Then causeth him to die, and burieth him;

Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.

Look, therefore, at the prints of Allah's mercy (in creation): how He quickeneth the earth after her death. Lo! He verily is the Quickener of the Dead, and He is Able to do all things.

This is naught else than speech of mortal man.

He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

The forgiveness is not for those who do ill-deeds until, when death attendeth upon one of them, he saith: Lo! I repent now; nor yet for those who die while they are disbelievers. For such We have prepared a painful doom.

Lo! Allah (it is) Who splitteth the grain of corn and the date-stone (for sprouting). He bringeth forth the living from the dead, and is the bringer-forth of the dead from the living. Such is Allah. How then are ye perverted?

Say (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter in the providence of Allah is indeed for you alone and not for others of mankind (as ye pretend), then long for death (for ye must long for death) if ye are truthful.

Our Lord! Lo! we have heard a crier calling unto Faith: "Believe ye in your Lord!" So we believed. Our Lord! Therefor forgive us our sins, and remit from us our evil deeds, and make us die the death of the righteous.

And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again),

Saving our former death, and are we not to be punished?

And that He it is Who giveth death and giveth life;

Thou causest the night to pass into the day, and Thou causest the day to pass into the night. And Thou bringest forth the living from the dead, and Thou bringest forth the dead from the living. And Thou givest sustenance to whom Thou choosest, without stint.

He quickeneth and giveth death, and unto Him ye will be returned.

Or have they chosen gods from the earth who raise the dead?

And when We decreed death for him, nothing showed his death to them save a creeping creature of the earth which gnawed away his staff. And when he fell the jinn saw clearly how, if they had known the Unseen, they would not have continued in despised toil.

Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that (soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.

Bethink thee (O Muhammad) of those of old, who went forth from their habitations in their thousands, fearing death, and Allah said unto them: Die; and then He brought them back to life. Lo! Allah is a Lord of Kindness to mankind, but most of mankind give not thanks.

What though ye be slain or die, when unto Allah ye are gathered?

Every soul will taste of death. Then unto Us ye will be returned.

We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

Is not He (Who doeth so) Able to bring the dead to life?

He said: Reprieve me till the day when they are raised (from the dead).

By thy life (O Muhammad) they moved blindly in the frenzy of approaching death.

There is naught but our first death, and we shall not be raised again.

Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Who provideth for you from the sky and the earth, or Who owneth hearing and sight; and Who bringeth forth the living from the dead and bringeth forth the dead from the living; and Who directeth the course? They will say: Allah. Then say: Will ye not then keep your duty (unto Him)?

Until, when death cometh unto one of them, he saith: My Lord! Send me back,

Thou art but a mortal like us, and lo! we deem thee of the liars.

Lo! We it is Who quicken and give death, and unto Us is the journeying.

If ye were to obey a mortal like yourselves, then, lo! ye surely would be losers.

There wait on them immortal youths, whom, when thou seest, thou wouldst take for scattered pearls.

O ye who believe! Be not as those who disbelieved and said of their brethren who went abroad in the land or were fighting in the field: If they had been (here) with us they would not have died or been killed: that Allah may make it anguish in their hearts. Allah giveth life and causeth death; and Allah is Seer of what ye do.

Lo! and it is We, even We, Who quicken and give death, and We are the Inheritor.

They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

Thou art but a mortal like us. So bring some token if thou art of the truthful.

He said: There shall ye live, and there shall ye die, and thence shall ye be brought forth.

Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's scheme save folk that perish.

When thy Lord said unto the angels: Lo! I am about to create a mortal out of mire,

There is no God save Him. He quickeneth and giveth death; your Lord and Lord of your forefathers.

And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.

Such are rightful owners of the Garden, immortal therein, as a reward for what they used to do.

And indeed they supposed, even as ye suppose, that Allah would not raise anyone (from the dead) -

Bethink thee of him who had an argument with Abraham about his Lord, because Allah had given him the kingdom; how, when Abraham said: My Lord is He Who giveth life and causeth death, he answered: I give life and cause death. Abraham said: Lo! Allah causeth the sun to rise in the East, so do thou cause it to come up from the West. Thus was the disbeliever abashed. And Allah guideth not wrongdoing folk.

She said: How can I have a son when no mortal hath touched me, neither have I been unchaste?

Lo! whoso cometh guilty unto his Lord, verily for him is hell. There he will neither die nor live.

Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds.

Or He causeth them to perish on account of that which they have earned - And He forgiveth much -

Provision (made) for men; and therewith We quicken a dead land. Even so will be the resurrection of the dead.

Disputing with thee of the Truth after it had been made manifest, as if they were being driven to death visible.

Peace on me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!