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Death and judgment day

Verses describing the inevitability of death, the end of the world, and the events of the Day of Judgment.

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verses
61
Meccan
3
Medinan
0.92
cohesion

Cohesion is how alike these verses are to the group’s centre, from 0 to 1. This is on the loose side, so the group holds together less tightly than most.

The 40 verses nearest its centre

Closest to the group’s centre first. 24 more verses belong to this group.

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:11✦ skyread

    فَسَوْفَ يَدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًا

    He will cry out for destruction

  • Abasa 80:41✦ skyread

    تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    Blackness will cover them.

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:13✦ skyread

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Indeed, it will be but one shout,

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:26✦ skyread

    كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍ

    Everyone upon the earth will perish,

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:203✦ skyread

    فَيَقُولُوا۟ هَلْ نَحْنُ مُنظَرُونَ

    And they will say, "May we be reprieved?"

  • Al-Mursalaat 77:7✦ skyread

    إِنَّمَا تُوعَدُونَ لَوَٰقِعٌ

    Indeed, what you are promised is to occur.

  • At-Takwir 81:5✦ skyread

    وَإِذَا ٱلْوُحُوشُ حُشِرَتْ

    And when the wild beasts are gathered

  • Al-An'aam 6:67✦ skyread

    لِّكُلِّ نَبَإٍ مُّسْتَقَرٌّ وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    For every happening is a finality; and you are going to know.

  • Al-Muminoon 23:15✦ skyread

    ثُمَّ إِنَّكُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ لَمَيِّتُونَ

    Then indeed, after that you are to die.

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:35✦ skyread

    يَوْمَ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا سَعَىٰ

    The Day when man will remember that for which he strove,

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:92✦ skyread

    وَقِيلَ لَهُمْ أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    And it will be said to them, "Where are those you used to worship

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:8✦ skyread

    قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ

    Hearts, that Day, will tremble,

  • At-Takaathur 102:7✦ skyread

    ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيْنَ ٱلْيَقِينِ

    Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:8✦ skyread

    فَإِذَا نُقِرَ فِى ٱلنَّاقُورِ

    And when the trumpet is blown,

  • As-Saaffaat 37:50✦ skyread

    فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

  • At-Tur 52:25✦ skyread

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    And they will approach one another, inquiring of each other.

  • Al-Infitaar 82:5✦ skyread

    عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ مَّا قَدَّمَتْ وَأَخَّرَتْ

    A soul will [then] know what it has put forth and kept back.

  • An-Naba 78:18✦ skyread

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

    The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

  • As-Saaffaat 37:27✦ skyread

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    And they will approach one another blaming each other.

  • Al-Mursalaat 77:35✦ skyread

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

    This is a Day they will not speak,

  • Al-Qamar 54:7✦ skyread

    خُشَّعًا أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

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

  • Al-Mursalaat 77:9✦ skyread

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

    And when the heaven is opened

  • Al-Qalam 68:5✦ skyread

    فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

    So you will see and they will see

  • Qaaf 50:34✦ skyread

    ٱدْخُلُوهَا بِسَلَٰمٍ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُلُودِ

    Enter it in peace. This is the Day of Eternity."

  • Al-Qaari'a 101:9✦ skyread

    فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

    His refuge will be an abyss.

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:37✦ skyread

    فَأَمَّا مَن طَغَىٰ

    So as for he who transgressed

  • Al-Lail 92:17✦ skyread

    وَسَيُجَنَّبُهَا ٱلْأَتْقَى

    But the righteous one will avoid it -

  • An-Naba 78:19✦ skyread

    وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًا

    And the heaven is opened and will become gateways

  • Al-Waaqia 56:3✦ skyread

    خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

    It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

  • Al-An'aam 6:24✦ skyread

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:19✦ skyread

    فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ

    It will be only one shout, and at once they will be observing.

  • Al-Hijr 15:5✦ skyread

    مَّا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَـْٔخِرُونَ

    No nation will precede its term, nor will they remain thereafter.

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:7✦ skyread

    فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ

    Then as for he who is given his record in his right hand,

  • Ar-Room 30:3✦ skyread

    فِىٓ أَدْنَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ

    In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome.

  • At-Taariq 86:10✦ skyread

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

    Then man will have no power or any helper.

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:13✦ skyread

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    Then when the Horn is blown with one blast

  • Al-Mursalaat 77:11✦ skyread

    وَإِذَا ٱلرُّسُلُ أُقِّتَتْ

    And when the messengers' time has come...

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:34✦ skyread

    فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلطَّآمَّةُ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    But when there comes the greatest Overwhelming Calamity -

  • Al-Qalam 68:20✦ skyread

    فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

    And it became as though reaped.

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:35✦ skyread

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ مُّكْرَمُونَ

    They will be in gardens, honored.

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How it sounds

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mercy0.49x the book

how strongly mercy sounds

judgment1.45x the book

how strongly judgment sounds

command0.21x the book

how much it instructs rather than describes

the hereafter2.57x the book

how much it points beyond this life

warmth0.69x the book

how positive the verse feels

intensity1.16x the book

how charged the language is

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