Death and resurrection

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• Yunus 10:56✦ skyread

  هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

  He gives life and causes death, and to Him you will be returned

• Al-A'raaf 7:125✦ skyread

  قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

  They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

• Abasa 80:22✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ إِذَا شَآءَ أَنشَرَهُۥ

  Then when He wills, He will resurrect him.

• Al-Ankaboot 29:57✦ skyread

  كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

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

• Qaaf 50:43✦ skyread

  إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَصِيرُ

  Indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and to Us is the destination

• Al-Waaqia 56:47✦ skyread

  وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

  And they used to say, "When we die and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

• Taa-Haa 20:55✦ skyread

  مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

  From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

• An-Naml 27:67✦ skyread

  وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا تُرَٰبًا وَءَابَآؤُنَآ أَئِنَّا لَمُخْرَجُونَ

  And those who disbelieve say, "When we have become dust as well as our forefathers, will we indeed be brought out [of the graves]?

• Al-Muminoon 23:82✦ skyread

  قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

  They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

• Maryam 19:66✦ skyread

  وَيَقُولُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَءِذَا مَا مِتُّ لَسَوْفَ أُخْرَجُ حَيًّا

  And the disbeliever says, "When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?"

• Al-Muminoon 23:115✦ skyread

  أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

  Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

• An-Najm 53:44✦ skyread

  وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَمَاتَ وَأَحْيَا

  And that it is He who causes death and gives life

• Al-Ghaashiya 88:25✦ skyread

  إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

  Indeed, to Us is their return.

• Az-Zukhruf 43:14✦ skyread

  وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ

  And indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."

• Al-An'aam 6:36✦ skyread

  إِنَّمَا يَسْتَجِيبُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ وَٱلْمَوْتَىٰ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ

  Only those who hear will respond. But the dead - Allah will resurrect them; then to Him they will be returned.

• Maryam 19:40✦ skyread

  إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَرِثُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا وَإِلَيْنَا يُرْجَعُونَ

  Indeed, it is We who will inherit the earth and whoever is on it, and to Us they will be returned.

• Al-Waaqia 56:61✦ skyread

  عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

  In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

• An-Naazi'aat 79:10✦ skyread

  يَقُولُونَ أَءِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِى ٱلْحَافِرَةِ

  They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

• Yaseen 36:12✦ skyread

  إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُوا۟ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمْ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ أَحْصَيْنَٰهُ فِىٓ إِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ

  Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.

• Al-Jaathiya 45:24✦ skyread

  وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا يُهْلِكُنَآ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهْرُ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

  And they say, "There is not but our worldly life; we die and live, and nothing destroys us except time." And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming.

• Al-An'aam 6:29✦ skyread

  وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

  And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

• Al-Israa 17:49✦ skyread

  وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

  And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

• Al-Ghaafir 40:11✦ skyread

  قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَمَتَّنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ وَأَحْيَيْتَنَا ٱثْنَتَيْنِ فَٱعْتَرَفْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا فَهَلْ إِلَىٰ خُرُوجٍ مِّن سَبِيلٍ

  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?"

• Al-Anbiyaa 21:35✦ skyread

  كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

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

• Yaseen 36:68✦ skyread

  وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

  And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation; so will they not understand?

• As-Sajda 32:11✦ skyread

  قُلْ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ٱلَّذِى وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ

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

• Al-Mutaffifin 83:4✦ skyread

  أَلَا يَظُنُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَنَّهُم مَّبْعُوثُونَ

  Do they not think that they will be resurrected

• Al-Aadiyaat 100:9✦ skyread

  أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

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

• At-Taariq 86:8✦ skyread

  إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

  Indeed, Allah, to return him [to life], is Able.

• Al-Qiyaama 75:3✦ skyread

  أَيَحْسَبُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَلَّن نَّجْمَعَ عِظَامَهُۥ

  Does man think that We will not assemble his bones?

• Al-Hajj 22:66✦ skyread

  وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَكَفُورٌ

  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.

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:50✦ skyread

  قَالُوا۟ لَا ضَيْرَ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

  They said, "No harm. Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

• Abasa 80:21✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

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

• Al-Muminoon 23:100✦ skyread

  لَعَلِّىٓ أَعْمَلُ صَٰلِحًا فِيمَا تَرَكْتُ كَلَّآ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَآئِلُهَا وَمِن وَرَآئِهِم بَرْزَخٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

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

• Al-Ghaafir 40:68✦ skyread

  هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ فَإِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

  He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.

• Aal-i-Imraan 3:158✦ skyread

  وَلَئِن مُّتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

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

• Al-Waaqia 56:60✦ skyread

  نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ ٱلْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَسْبُوقِينَ

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

• Al-Anbiyaa 21:34✦ skyread

  وَمَا جَعَلْنَا لِبَشَرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ٱلْخُلْدَ أَفَإِي۟ن مِّتَّ فَهُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِدُونَ

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

• Taa-Haa 20:89✦ skyread

  أَفَلَا يَرَوْنَ أَلَّا يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ قَوْلًا وَلَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا

  Did they not see that it could not return to them any speech and that it did not possess for them any harm or benefit?

• Al-Qiyaama 75:28✦ skyread

  وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ ٱلْفِرَاقُ

  And the dying one is certain that it is the [time of] separation

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