Quran by Topic
Death & The Afterlife
الموت والآخرة
The Quran describes the moment of death in physical detail — soul reaching the collarbones, the intoxication of death, the angels arriving — and then the entire eschatological sequence: the Trumpet, the standing, the books, the scales, the bridge, the two outcomes.
7 verses from the Quran
#01
"Every soul will taste death, and you will be paid in full only on the Day of Resurrection. The 'tasting' is a specific metaphor, and the deferred full payment is named."
Arabic
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۖ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
English (Sahih International)
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.
#02
"Every soul will taste death; then to Us will you be returned. The return is to Allah specifically — not to a vague cosmic nothing."
Arabic
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
English (Sahih International)
Every soul will taste death. Then to Us will you be returned.
#03
"Every soul will taste death. We test you with evil and good as a trial; and to Us you will be returned. The two-sided test (evil + good) is named as the trial mechanism."
Arabic
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةًۭ ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
English (Sahih International)
Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned.
#04
"Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that have not died, He takes during their sleep. Sleep is named as a partial death — specific categorization."
Arabic
ٱللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلْأَنفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَٱلَّتِى لَمْ تَمُتْ فِى مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ ٱلَّتِى قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ ٱلْأُخْرَىٰٓ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
English (Sahih International)
Allah 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.
#05
"Say: the angel of death, who has been entrusted with you, will take you; then to your Lord you will be returned. A specific named angel, a specific task."
Arabic
۞ قُلْ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ٱلَّذِى وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ
English (Sahih International)
Say, "The angel of death will take you who has been entrusted with you. Then to your Lord you will be returned."
#06
"And the intoxication of death will bring the truth — that is what you were trying to avoid. The 'intoxication' is the specific moment of the dying's last perceptual shift."
Arabic
وَجَآءَتْ سَكْرَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ
English (Sahih International)
And the intoxication of death will bring the truth; that is what you were trying to avoid.
#07
"When the soul reaches the collarbones (التَّرَاقِي), and it will be said, 'who is a magician to restore it?' The physical location of the dying soul is given — the collarbones, the moment it ascends. A specific, observable threshold."
Arabic
كَلَّآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلتَّرَاقِىَ
English (Sahih International)
No! When the soul has reached the collar bones
All Arabic text from the Uthmani edition · All English from Sahih International translation · Topical groupings are based on classical tafsir; scholars may differ on inclusion of specific verses