Every soul will taste death
كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
"Every soul will taste death. And you will be paid your wages in full only on the Day of Resurrection."
Context
Al-Ghazali placed this verse at the opening of his book on the remembrance of death in the Iḥyāʾ. It is the shortest summary of why the believer's eyes turn to the hereafter.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"However, when the great judge presides over judgment on the day of resurrection, such factors won't count for exoneration."
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"No eye groans with tears without its owner's face being relieved from humiliation and disgrace on the day of resurrection."
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"On the day of resurrection, you may find yourself bankrupt of blessings, just as you were deprived in this world."
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"Hadith whoever learns knowledge and conceals it will be bridled with a bridle of fire on the day of resurrection"
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"Sa'd ibn Bilal said that on the Day of Resurrection, a command will be given to bring two men out of the fire,"
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"Al-Bukhari reported that Abu Huraira said that the Prophet peace be upon him said on the day of resurrection"
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"Whoever perfumes themselves for Allah will come on the Day of Resurrection with fragrance better than musk."
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"You created him until the day of resurrection and this was his fate. He would never have seen misery at all"
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"Even if he had the world since the day you created him until the day of resurrection and this was his fate"
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"Likewise, one who does not act upon his knowledge will be disgraced by Allah on the Day of Resurrection"
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"Do they not all witness the events of the day of resurrection? I only envy one who was never created."
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"Indeed, God will single out a man from my nation in front of all creatures on the Day of Resurrection"
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"He selects him. If he is content, He benefits him. Furthermore, he said, On the day of resurrection,"
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"indeed you are to die, and indeed they are to die. Then on the day of resurrection, you will dispute"
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"in this world will be the safest from its horrors on the day of resurrection. Allah does not combine"
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"Hadith on the day of resurrection Allah will say to the worshippers and the fighters enter paradise"
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"load on the day of resurrection, and the swifter their passage over the path, distancing themselves"
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"So let none of you come on the Day of Resurrection with a camel that grumbles, a cow that bellows,"
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