Qur’an
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ
Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning.
Qur’an 2:156 · Al-Baqara
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THE ISLAMIC QUOTES LIBRARY
Islamic Quotes About Death & Grief
Remember the return with perspective.
Explore sourced reminders connected with death & grief. Keep each verse or narration connected to its reference, and read its surrounding passage before sharing. The topic labels help you navigate; they are not a claim that every item addresses every situation in the same way.
20 reminders
Qur’an
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۖ فَمَن زُحْزِحَ عَنِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأُدْخِلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ فَقَدْ فَازَ ۗ وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ
Every soul will taste of death. And ye will be paid on the Day of Resurrection only that which ye have fairly earned. Whoso is removed from the Fire and is made to enter paradise, he indeed is triumphant. The life of this world is but comfort of illusion.
Qur’an 3:185 · Aal-i-Imraan
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Qur’an
كُلُّ نَفْسٍۢ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ
Every soul will taste of death. Then unto Us ye will be returned.
Qur’an 29:57 · Al-Ankaboot
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Qur’an
كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا فَانٍۢ
Everyone that is thereon will pass away;
Qur’an 55:26 · Ar-Rahmaan
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Qur’an
وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ
There remaineth but the Countenance of thy Lord of Might and Glory.
Qur’an 55:27 · Ar-Rahmaan
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Qur’an
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Qur’an 89:27 · Al-Fajr
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Qur’an
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Qur’an 89:28 · Al-Fajr
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Hadith · EXCERPT
صَدَقَةٍ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ عِلْمٍ يُنْتَفَعُ بِهِ أَوْ وَلَدٍ صَالِحٍ يَدْعُو لَهُ
recurring charity, or knowledge (by which people) benefit, or a pious child, who prays for him (for the deceased).
Sahih Muslim 1631 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
لَتُؤَدُّنَّ الْحُقُوقَ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Rights will certainly be restored to those entitled to them on the Day of Resurrection
Sahih Muslim 2582 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
مَنْ أَحَبَّ لِقَاءَ اللَّهِ أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ لِقَاءَهُ
Who-ever loves to meet Allah, Allah (too) loves to meet him
Sahih al-Bukhari 6507 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ، تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى
The charity which you practice while you are healthy, niggardly and afraid of poverty and wish to become wealthy.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1419 · Source checked
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Hadith · EXCERPT
كُنْ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَأَنَّكَ غَرِيبٌ، أَوْ عَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ
Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6416 · Source checked
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