Quran Verses about Death and the grave

كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوۡنَ أُجُورَكُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِۖ فَمَن زُحۡزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدۡخِلَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ فَقَدۡ فَازَۗ وَمَا ٱلۡحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنۡيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلۡغُرُورِ ١٨٥

Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatul-mawt, wa innamā tuwaffawna ujūrakum yawmal-qiyāmah, faman zuḥziḥa ʿanin-nāri wa udkhilal-jannata faqad fāz, wa mal-ḥayātud-dunyā illā matāʿul-ghurūr.

Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your [full] compensation on the Day of Resurrection. So he who is drawn away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise has attained [his desire]. And what is the life of this world except the enjoyment of delusion.

وَمَا جَعَلۡنَا لِبَشَرٖ مِّن قَبۡلِكَ ٱلۡخُلۡدَۖ أَفَإِيْن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِدُونَ ٣٤

Wa mā jaʿalnā libasharim min qablikal-khuld, afaʾim mitta fahumul-khālidūn.

And We did not grant to any man before you eternity [on earth]; so if you die - would they be eternal?

كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۗ وَنَبۡلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلۡخَيۡرِ فِتۡنَةٗۖ وَإِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ٣٥

Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatul-mawt, wa nablūkum bish-sharri wal-khayri fitnah, wa ilaynā turjaʿūn.

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.

كُلُّ نَفۡسٖ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡنَا تُرۡجَعُونَ ٥٧

Kullu nafsin dhāʾiqatul-mawt, thumma ilaynā turjaʿūn.

Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.

إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٞ وَإِنَّهُم مَّيِّتُونَ ٣٠

Innaka mayyituw wa innahum mayyitūn.

Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die.

كُلُّ مَنۡ عَلَيۡهَا فَانٖ ٢٦

Kullu man ʿalayhā fān.

Everyone upon it [i.e., the earth] will perish,

وَيَبۡقَىٰ وَجۡهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلۡجَلَٰلِ وَٱلۡإِكۡرَامِ ٢٧

Wa yabqā wajhu rabbika dhul-jalāli wal-ikrām.

And there will remain the Face¹ of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor.

وَمَا كَانَ لِنَفۡسٍ أَن تَمُوتَ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِ ٱللَّهِ كِتَٰبٗا مُّؤَجَّلٗاۗ وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلدُّنۡيَا نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَا وَمَن يُرِدۡ ثَوَابَ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ نُؤۡتِهِۦ مِنۡهَاۚ وَسَنَجۡزِي ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ ١٤٥

Wa mā kāna linafsin an tamūta illā biʾidhnillāhi kitābam muʾajjalā, wa may yurid thawābad-dunyā nuʾtihī minhā wa may yurid thawābal-ākhirati nuʾtihī minhā, wa sanajzish-shākirīn.

And it is not [possible] for one to die except by permission of Allāh at a decree determined. And whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him thereof; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him thereof. And We will reward the grateful.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ وَقَالُواْ لِإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡ إِذَا ضَرَبُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَوۡ كَانُواْ غُزّٗى لَّوۡ كَانُواْ عِندَنَا مَا مَاتُواْ وَمَا قُتِلُواْ لِيَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ حَسۡرَةٗ فِي قُلُوبِهِمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ يُحۡيِۦ وَيُمِيتُۗ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ بَصِيرٞ ١٥٦

Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā takūnū kal-ladhīna kafarū wa qālū liʾikhwānihim idhā ḍarabū fil-arḍi aw kānū ghuzzal law kānū ʿindanā mā mātū wa mā qutilū liyajʿalallāhu dhālika ḥasratan fī qulūbihim, wallāhu yuḥyī wa yumīt, wallāhu bimā taʿmalūna baṣīr.

O you who have believed, do not be like those who disbelieved and said about their brothers when they traveled through the land or went out to fight, "If they had been with us, they would not have died or have been killed," so Allāh makes that [misconception] a regret within their hearts. And it is Allāh who gives life and causes death, and Allāh is Seeing of what you do.

وَلَئِن قُتِلۡتُمۡ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡ مُتُّمۡ لَمَغۡفِرَةٞ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَحۡمَةٌ خَيۡرٞ مِّمَّا يَجۡمَعُونَ ١٥٧

Wa laʾin qutiltum fī sabīlillāhi aw muttum lamaghfiratum minallāhi wa raḥmatun khayrum mimmā yajmaʿūn.

And if you are killed in the cause of Allāh or die - then forgiveness from Allāh and mercy are better than whatever they accumulate [in this world].

وَلَئِن مُّتُّمۡ أَوۡ قُتِلۡتُمۡ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ ١٥٨

Wa laʾim muttum aw qutiltum laʾilallāhi tuḥsharūn.

And whether you die or are killed, unto Allāh you will be gathered.

أَيۡنَمَا تَكُونُواْ يُدۡرِككُّمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ وَلَوۡ كُنتُمۡ فِي بُرُوجٖ مُّشَيَّدَةٖۗ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ حَسَنَةٞ يَقُولُواْ هَٰذِهِۦ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَإِن تُصِبۡهُمۡ سَيِّئَةٞ يَقُولُواْ هَٰذِهِۦ مِنۡ عِندِكَۚ قُلۡ كُلّٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ فَمَالِ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفۡقَهُونَ حَدِيثٗا ٧٨

Aynamā takūnū yudrikkumul-mawtu wa law kuntum fī burūjim mushayyadah, wa in tuṣibhum ḥasanatuy yaqūlū hādhihī min ʿindillāh, wa in tuṣibhum sayyiʾatuy yaqūlū hādhihī min ʿindik, qul kullum min ʿindillāh, famāli hāʾulāʾil-qawmi lā yakādūna yafqahūna ḥadīthā.

Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allāh"; and if evil befalls them, they say,¹ "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allāh." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلۡمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلۡغَيۡثَ وَيَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡحَامِۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسٞ مَّاذَا تَكۡسِبُ غَدٗاۖ وَمَا تَدۡرِي نَفۡسُۢ بِأَيِّ أَرۡضٖ تَمُوتُۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرُۢ ٣٤

Innallāha ʿindahū ʿilmus-sāʿati wa yunazzilul-ghaytha wa yaʿlamu mā fil-arḥām, wa mā tadrī nafsum mādhā taksibu ghadā, wa mā tadrī nafsum biʾayyi arḍin tamūt, innallāha ʿalīmun khabīr.

Indeed, Allāh [alone] has knowledge of the Hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs.¹ And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Aware.

نَحۡنُ قَدَّرۡنَا بَيۡنَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَمَا نَحۡنُ بِمَسۡبُوقِينَ ٦٠

Naḥnu qaddarnā baynakumul-mawta wa mā naḥnu bimasbūqīn.

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

قُلۡ إِنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ ٱلَّذِي تَفِرُّونَ مِنۡهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ مُلَٰقِيكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ تُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ عَٰلِمِ ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨

Qul innal-mawtal-ladhī tafirrūna minhu fa innahū mulāqīkum, thumma turaddūna ilā ʿālimil-ghaybi wash-shahādati fayunabbiʾukum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

Say, "Indeed, the death from which you flee - indeed, it will meet you. Then you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you about what you used to do."

وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفۡسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَاۚ وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرُۢ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١١

Wa lay yuʾakhkhirallāhu nafsan idhā jāʾa ajaluhā, wallāhu khabīrum bimā taʿmalūn.

But never will Allāh delay a soul when its time has come. And Allāh is Aware of what you do.

وَهُوَ ٱلۡقَاهِرُ فَوۡقَ عِبَادِهِۦۖ وَيُرۡسِلُ عَلَيۡكُمۡ حَفَظَةً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ تَوَفَّتۡهُ رُسُلُنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يُفَرِّطُونَ ٦١

Wa huwal-qāhiru fawqa ʿibādih, wa yursilu ʿalaykum ḥafaẓatan ḥattā idhā jāʾa aḥadakumul-mawtu tawaffathu rusulunā wa hum lā yufarriṭūn.

And He is the subjugator over His servants, and He sends over you guardian-angels until, when death comes to one of you, Our messengers [i.e., angels of death] take him, and they do not fail [in their duties].

وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوۡ قَالَ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ وَلَمۡ يُوحَ إِلَيۡهِ شَيۡءٞ وَمَن قَالَ سَأُنزِلُ مِثۡلَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُۗ وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ فِي غَمَرَٰتِ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ وَٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ بَاسِطُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ أَخۡرِجُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمُۖ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ تُجۡزَوۡنَ عَذَابَ ٱلۡهُونِ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَكُنتُمۡ عَنۡ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ تَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ ٩٣

Wa man aẓlamu mimmaniftarā ʿalallāhi kadhiban aw qāla ūḥiya ilayya wa lam yūḥa ilayhi shayʾuw wa man qāla saʾunzilu mithla mā anzalallāh, wa law tarā idhiẓ-ẓālimūna fī ghamarātil-mawti wal-malāʾikatu bāsiṭū aydīhim akhrijū anfusakum, al-yawma tujzawna ʿadhābal-hūni bimā kuntum taqūlūna ʿalallāhi ghayral-ḥaqqi wa kuntum ʿan āyātihī tastakbirūn.

And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allāh or says, "It has been inspired to me," while nothing has been inspired to him, and one who says, "I will reveal [something] like what Allāh revealed." And if you could but see when the wrongdoers are in the overwhelming pangs of death while the angels extend their hands,¹ [saying], "Discharge your souls! Today you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation for what you used to say against Allāh other than the truth and [that] you were, toward His verses, being arrogant."

وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ ٥٠

Wa law tarā idh yatawaffal-ladhīna kafarul-malāʾikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa adbārahum wa dhūqū ʿadhābal-ḥarīq.

And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved...¹ They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ فَأَلۡقَوُاْ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ مِن سُوٓءِۭۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٢٨

Al-ladhīna tatawaffāhumul-malāʾikatu ẓālimī anfusihim, fa alqawus-salama mā kunnā naʿmalu min sūʾ, balā, innallāha ʿalīmum bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

The ones whom the angels take in death [while] wronging themselves,¹ and [who] then offer submission, [saying], "We were not doing any evil." But, yes! Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of what you used to do.

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ طَيِّبِينَ يَقُولُونَ سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ ٣٢

Al-ladhīna tatawaffāhumul-malāʾikatu ṭayyibīna yaqūlūna salāmun ʿalaykumudkhulul-jannata bimā kuntum taʿmalūn.

The ones whom the angels take in death, [being] good and pure; [the angels] will say, "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise for what you used to do."

۞ قُلۡ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ ٱلَّذِي وُكِّلَ بِكُمۡ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمۡ تُرۡجَعُونَ ١١

Qul yatawaffākum malakul-mawtil-ladhī wukkila bikum thumma ilā rabbikum turjaʿūn.

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

ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلۡأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوۡتِهَا وَٱلَّتِي لَمۡ تَمُتۡ فِي مَنَامِهَاۖ فَيُمۡسِكُ ٱلَّتِي قَضَىٰ عَلَيۡهَا ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَيُرۡسِلُ ٱلۡأُخۡرَىٰٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ٤٢

Allāhu yatawaffal-anfusa ḥīna mawtihā wal-latī lam tamut fī manāmihā, fayumsikul-latī qaḍā ʿalayhal-mawta wa yursilul-ukhrā ilā ajalim musammā, inna fī dhālika laʾāyātil liqawmiy yatafakkarūn.

Allāh takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die [He takes] during their sleep. Then He keeps those for which He has decreed death and releases the others for a specified term. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought.

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسۡتَقَٰمُواْ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ أَلَّا تَخَافُواْ وَلَا تَحۡزَنُواْ وَأَبۡشِرُواْ بِٱلۡجَنَّةِ ٱلَّتِي كُنتُمۡ تُوعَدُونَ ٣٠

Innal-ladhīna qālū rabbunallāhu thummastaqāmū tatanazzalu ʿalayhimul-malāʾikatu allā takhāfū wa lā taḥzanū wa abshirū bil-jannatil-latī kuntum tūʿadūn.

Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allāh" and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do not fear and do not grieve but receive good tidings of Paradise, which you were promised.

وَجَآءَتۡ سَكۡرَةُ ٱلۡمَوۡتِ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنۡهُ تَحِيدُ ١٩

Wa jāʾat sakratul-mawti bil-ḥaqq, dhālika mā kunta minhu taḥīd.

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

فَلَوۡلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلۡحُلۡقُومَ ٨٣

Falawlā idhā balaghatil-ḥulqūm.

Then why, when it [i.e., the soul at death] reaches the throat

وَأَنتُمۡ حِينَئِذٖ تَنظُرُونَ ٨٤

Wa antum ḥīnaʾidhin tanẓurūn.

And you are at that time looking on -

وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٨٥

Wa naḥnu aqrabu ilayhi minkum wa lākil lā tubṣirūn.

And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

فَلَوۡلَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ غَيۡرَ مَدِينِينَ ٨٦

Falawlā in kuntum ghayra madīnīn.

Then why do you not, if you are not to be recompensed,

تَرۡجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٨٧

Tarjiʿūnahā in kuntum ṣādiqīn.

Bring it back,¹ if you should be truthful?

كـَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِيَ ٢٦

Kallā idhā balaghatit-tarāqiy.

No! When it [i.e., the soul] has reached the collar bones¹

وَقِيلَ مَنۡۜ رَاقٖ ٢٧

Wa qīla mar rāq.

And it is said, "Who will cure [him]?"

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡفِرَاقُ ٢٨

Wa ẓanna annahul-firāq.

And he [i.e., the dying one] is certain that it is the [time of] separation

وَٱلۡتَفَّتِ ٱلسَّاقُ بِٱلسَّاقِ ٢٩

Wal-taffatis-sāqu bis-sāq.

And the leg is wound about the leg,¹

إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوۡمَئِذٍ ٱلۡمَسَاقُ ٣٠

Ilā rabbika yawmaʾidhinil-masāq.

To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.¹

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

Yāʾayyatuhan-nafsul-muṭmaʾinnah.

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

Irjiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatam marḍiyyah.

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

Fadkhulī fī ʿibādī.

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

Wadkhulī jannatī.

And enter My Paradise."

وَلَيۡسَتِ ٱلتَّوۡبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ إِنِّي تُبۡتُ ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ وَلَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَمُوتُونَ وَهُمۡ كُفَّارٌۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لَهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا ١٨

Wa laysatit-tawbatu lil-ladhīna yaʿmalūnas-sayyiʾāti ḥattā idhā ḥaḍara aḥadahumul-mawtu qāla innī tubtul-āna wa lal-ladhīna yamūtūna wa hum kuffār, ulāʾika aʿtadnā lahum ʿadhāban alīmā.

But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرۡجِعُونِ ٩٩

Ḥattā idhā jāʾa aḥadahumul-mawtu qāla rabbirjiʿūn.

[For such is the state of the disbelievers] until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

لَعَلِّيٓ أَعۡمَلُ صَٰلِحٗا فِيمَا تَرَكۡتُۚ كـَلَّآۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَاۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرۡزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٠٠

Laʿallī aʿmalu ṣāliḥan fīmā tarakt, kallā, innahā kalimatun huwa qāʾiluhā, wa miw warāʾihim barzakhun ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind."¹ No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected.

وَأَنفِقُواْ مِن مَّا رَزَقۡنَٰكُم مِّن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَ أَحَدَكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ فَيَقُولَ رَبِّ لَوۡلَآ أَخَّرۡتَنِيٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ قَرِيبٖ فَأَصَّدَّقَ وَأَكُن مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠

Wa anfiqū mim mā razaqnākum min qabli ay yaʾtiya aḥadakumul-mawtu fayaqūla rabbi lawlā akhkhartanī ilā ajalin qarībin fa aṣṣaddaqa wa akum minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

And spend [in the way of Allāh] from what We have provided you before death approaches one of you and he says, "My Lord, if only You would delay me for a brief term so I would give charity and be of the righteous."

وَلَا تَقُولُواْ لِمَن يُقۡتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمۡوَٰتُۢۚ بَلۡ أَحۡيَآءٞ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تَشۡعُرُونَ ١٥٤

Wa lā taqūlū limay yuqtalu fī sabīlillāhi amwāt, bal aḥyāʾuw wa lākil lā tashʿurūn.

And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allāh, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.

وَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمۡوَٰتَۢاۚ بَلۡ أَحۡيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ يُرۡزَقُونَ ١٦٩

Wa lā taḥsabannal-ladhīna qutilū fī sabīlillāhi amwātā, bal aḥyāʾun ʿinda rabbihim yurzaqūn.

And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allāh as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,

فَرِحِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦ وَيَسۡتَبۡشِرُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ لَمۡ يَلۡحَقُواْ بِهِم مِّنۡ خَلۡفِهِمۡ أَلَّا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ ١٧٠

Fariḥīna bimā ātāhumullāhu min faḍlihī wa yastabshirūna bil-ladhīna lam yalḥaqū bihim min khalfihim allā khawfun ʿalayhim wa lā hum yaḥzanūn.

Rejoicing in what Allāh has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

يُثَبِّتُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ بِٱلۡقَوۡلِ ٱلثَّابِتِ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ وَيُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَۚ وَيَفۡعَلُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ٢٧

Yuthabbitullāhul-ladhīna āmanū bil-qawlith-thābiti fil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa fil-ākhirah, wa yuḍillullāhuẓ-ẓālimīn, wa yafʿalullāhu mā yashāʾ.

Allāh keeps firm those who believe, with the firm word,¹ in worldly life and in the Hereafter.² And Allāh sends astray the wrongdoers. And Allāh does what He wills.

فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُواْۖ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٤٥

Fawaqāhullāhu sayyiʾāti mā makarū, wa ḥāqa biʾāli firʿawna sūʾul-ʿadhāb.

So Allāh protected him from the evils they plotted, and the people of Pharaoh were enveloped by the worst of punishment -

ٱلنَّارُ يُعۡرَضُونَ عَلَيۡهَا غُدُوّٗا وَعَشِيّٗاۚ وَيَوۡمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡخِلُوٓاْ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلۡعَذَابِ ٤٦

An-nāru yuʿraḍūna ʿalayhā ghuduwwaw wa ʿashiyyā, wa yawma taqūmus-sāʿatu adkhilū āla firʿawna ashaddal-ʿadhāb.

The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening.¹ And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارٗا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارٗا ٢٥

Mimmā khaṭīʾātihim ughriqū fa udkhilū nāran falam yajidū lahum min dūnillāhi anṣārā.

Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allāh [any] helpers.

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقۡبَرَهُۥ ٢١

Thumma amātahū fa aqbarah.

Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.¹

وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَآ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعۡقُوبُ يَٰبَنِيَّ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٣٢

Wa waṣṣā bihā ibrāhīmu banīhi wa yaʿqūbu yābaniyya innallāhaṣṭafā lakumud-dīna falā tamūtunna illā wa antum muslimūn.

And Abraham instructed his sons [to do the same] and [so did] Jacob, [saying], "O my sons, indeed Allāh has chosen for you this religion, so do not die except while you are Muslims."

أَمۡ كُنتُمۡ شُهَدَآءَ إِذۡ حَضَرَ يَعۡقُوبَ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ إِذۡ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِيۖ قَالُواْ نَعۡبُدُ إِلَٰهَكَ وَإِلَٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ إِلَٰهٗا وَٰحِدٗا وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُسۡلِمُونَ ١٣٣

Am kuntum shuhadāʾa idh ḥaḍara yaʿqūbal-mawtu idh qāla libanīhi mā taʿbudūna mim baʿdī, qālū naʿbudu ilāhaka wa ilāha ābāʾika ibrāhīma wa ismāʿīla wa isḥāqa ilāhaw wāḥidaw wa naḥnu lahū muslimūn.

Or were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "What will you worship after me?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac - one God.¹ And we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِۦ وَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنتُم مُّسۡلِمُونَ ١٠٢

Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanuttaqullāha ḥaqqa tuqātihī wa lā tamūtunna illā wa antum muslimūn.

O you who have believed, fear Allāh as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].

رَّبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا سَمِعۡنَا مُنَادِيٗا يُنَادِي لِلۡإِيمَٰنِ أَنۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِرَبِّكُمۡ فَـَٔامَنَّاۚ رَبَّنَا فَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرۡ عَنَّا سَيِّـَٔاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ ٱلۡأَبۡرَارِ ١٩٣

Rabbanā innanā samiʿnā munādiyay yunādī lil-īmāni an āminū birabbikum fa āmannā, rabbanā faghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa kaffir ʿannā sayyiʾātinā wa tawaffanā maʿal-abrār.

Our Lord, indeed we have heard a caller [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] calling to faith, [saying], 'Believe in your Lord,' and we have believed. Our Lord, so forgive us our sins and remove from us our misdeeds and cause us to die among the righteous.

۞ رَبِّ قَدۡ ءَاتَيۡتَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُلۡكِ وَعَلَّمۡتَنِي مِن تَأۡوِيلِ ٱلۡأَحَادِيثِۚ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَنتَ وَلِيِّۦ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَٱلۡأٓخِرَةِۖ تَوَفَّنِي مُسۡلِمٗا وَأَلۡحِقۡنِي بِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ١٠١

Rabbi qad ātaytanī minal-mulki wa ʿallamtanī min taʾwīlil-aḥādīth, fāṭiras-samāwāti wal-arḍi anta waliyyī fid-dunyā wal-ākhirah, tawaffanī muslimaw wa alḥiqnī biṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

My Lord, You have given me [something] of sovereignty and taught me of the interpretation of dreams. Creator of the heavens and earth, You are my protector in this world and the Hereafter. Cause me to die a Muslim and join me with the righteous."

كَيۡفَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَكُنتُمۡ أَمۡوَٰتٗا فَأَحۡيَٰكُمۡۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيكُمۡ ثُمَّ إِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ ٢٨

Kayfa takfurūna billāhi wa kuntum amwātan fa aḥyākum, thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum thumma ilayhi turjaʿūn.

How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَحۡيَاكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمۡ ثُمَّ يُحۡيِيكُمۡۗ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٞ ٦٦

Wa huwal-ladhī aḥyākum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥyīkum, innal-insāna lakafūr.

And He is the one who gave you life; then He causes you to die and then will [again] give you life. Indeed, mankind is ungrateful.

قَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ وَأَحۡيَيۡتَنَا ٱثۡنَتَيۡنِ فَٱعۡتَرَفۡنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلۡ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٖ مِّن سَبِيلٖ ١١

Qālū rabbanā amattanathnatayni wa aḥyaytanathnatayni faʿtarafnā bidhunūbinā fahal ilā khurūjim min sabīl.

They will say, "Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice and gave us life twice, and we have confessed our sins. So is there to an exit any way?"

ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ وَٱلۡحَيَوٰةَ لِيَبۡلُوَكُمۡ أَيُّكُمۡ أَحۡسَنُ عَمَلٗاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡغَفُورُ ٢

Al-ladhī khalaqal-mawta wal-ḥayāta liyabluwakum ayyukum aḥsanu ʿamalā, wa huwal-ʿazīzul-ghafūr.

[He] who created death and life to test you [as to] which of you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the Forgiving -