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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"sea. So observe how was the end of the wrongdoers. And we made them leaders inviting to the fire, and on the day of resurrection they will not be aided. And we pursued them with a curse in this world, and on the day of resurrection they will be among the despised. God informs us that when they grew arrogant against following the truth and falsely claimed dominion, the wrath of the Almighty was kindled against them. He took severe revenge, drowning Pharaoh and his soldiers in a single morning. Not one escaped. All were drowned, entering the fire, and they were pursued with a curse in this world among all nations. On the day of resurrection they will be among the despised."
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"swallowed him. He will continue to sink until the day of resurrection. The Prophet peace be upon him said whoever trails his garment out of pride Allah will not look at him on the day of resurrection. He also mentioned the trailing of garments whether in a garment or a turban whoever trails any of it out of pride Allah will not look at him on the day of resurrection."
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"words of the Almighty. And mention when your Lord took from the children of Adam from their loins their descendants. He gathered all of humanity until the day of resurrection, created them, formed them, made them speak, and took the covenant from them. He made them witness against themselves. Am I not your Lord? They said, yes, indeed. He declared, I bear witness against you, O heavens and O seven earths, and I make your father Adam a witness against you, so that you do not say on the day of resurrection, we were not aware of this. Know that there is no deity other than me and no Lord other than me. Do not associate anything with me, and I will send to you messengers"
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"those before you was walking in a fine garment, he was proud and boastful when the earth swallowed him, and he will continue to sink in it until the Day of Resurrection. Similarly, Usama reported hearing Ibn Umar say, I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say, Whoever drags his garment in arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, during his last illness, advised regarding the prayer and kindness to the servant, saying, Allah, Allah, regarding the prayer and those whom your right hands possess. It is said that good treatment of the servant is a blessing while bad treatment is a curse. The"
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"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said that is Abu Jahl Ibn Hisham who will be punished until the day of resurrection. A man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said I saw a man sitting in Badr and a man was striking his head with an iron rod until he disappeared into the ground. The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, explained that is Abu Jahl who has been assigned a guardian angel who does this to him every time he emerges and he will continue to do so until the day of resurrection. Al Zubair recounted, I encountered on the day of Badr Ubaidah Ibn Sa'id Ibn Al-As who was so armored that only his eyes could be seen. He was nicknamed"
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"Abu Huraira may Allah be pleased with him narrated that the messenger of Allah peace be upon him said whoever Allah has given wealth and he does not pay it zakat will be represented on the day of resurrection by a fierce bald snake that will encircle him and will take him by his jaws saying I am your wealth I am your treasure then he recited the verse and let not those who withhold what Allah has given them of his bounty think that it is better for them rather it is worse for them they will be tied with what they withheld on the day of resurrection this was narrated by Al Bukhari Ibn Masud may Allah be pleased with him commented on Allah's statement about those who"
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"Indeed Abraham was compassionate and forbearing to understand this further consider the following narration Al-Bukhari reported that Abu Huraira said that the Prophet peace be upon him said on the day of resurrection Abraham will encounter his father Azar whose face will be dark and gloomy Abraham will say to him. Did I not tell you not to disobey me? His father will respond Today I will not disobey you then Abraham will say Oh Lord You promised me that you would not disgrace me on the day of resurrection Then what disgrace could be greater than my far-removed father being in hell Allah will say I have forbidden paradise to the disbelievers Then it will be said Oh"
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"and dangers that precede it. It includes the description of the blasting of the trumpet, the conditions of the land of gathering and its people, the length of the day of resurrection, as well as the description of the day of resurrection, its terrors, and its names. Furthermore, it includes the questioning about sins, the balance, the foes, and the restitution of wrongs, the bridge, intercession, the drinking pool, hell with its terrors, shackles, serpents, scorpions, and paradise with its various delights, numerous gardens, gates, rooms, walls, rivers, trees, clothing of its people, beds and thrones, food description, the description of the heavenly"
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"O Fornicus. He asked, Did you see any evidence against her? She replied, No. He said, She will seek retribution from you on the Day of Resurrection. She returned to her servant and gave her a whip, saying, Beat me. But the servant refused, so she freed her. Then she returned to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and informed him of her freeing her. He said, Perhaps your freeing her will atone for what you accused her of. In the two Sahihs, it is reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, Whoever accuses his servant of something he is innocent of, will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, unless it is as he said. It is stated that"
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"Even if he were handless and footless and dragged on his face from the day You created him until the day of resurrection and this was his fate. He would never have seen misery at all Then Moses said O Lord. Your unbelieving servant is given freedom in this world a Door was opened for him to the fire and Allah said O Moses. This is what I have prepared for him Moses said O Lord by your might and majesty Even if he had the world since the day you created him until the day of resurrection and this was his fate He would never have seen good at all Ahmad was unique in this narration and there is doubt about its authenticity and Allah knows best"
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"and woe to the one who knows and does not act upon it seven times." Al-Shu'bi said: "On the Day of Resurrection, a group from the people of Paradise will overlook a group from the people of Hell and say: 'What caused you to enter Hell while Allah admitted us to Paradise through your teaching and education? They will reply: 'We used to command good but not do it, forbid evil but perform it.'" Hatim al-Asamm, may Allah have mercy on him, stated: "There is no greater regret on the Day of Resurrection than of a man who taught people knowledge which they acted upon, but he did not act upon himself, so they succeeded by it while he perished.""
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"and faces, unable to turn towards anything else. Abu Huraira narrated that the Messenger of Allah said, People will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection in three groups, some riding, some walking, and some on their faces. A man asked, O Messenger of Allah, how will they walk on their faces? The hadith states, People will be gathered on the Day of Resurrection on a pure, barren earth, resembling a white, unleavened bread with no landmarks for anyone. This is agreed upon from the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa'd. Al-Bukhari noted that the phrase with no landmarks for anyone was from the words of Sahl or another, and Muslim included it."
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"our signs and a clear authority to Pharaoh and his courtiers, but they followed Pharaohís command, which was not right. He will lead his people on the day of resurrection into the fire, and wretched is the place of arrival. They were followed in this world with a curse, and on the day of resurrection, evil is the gift given.î The point is to demonstrate the falsehood in Pharaohís statements. ìI only show you what I see, and I only guide you to the path of righteousness.î The one who believed said, ìO my people, indeed I fear for you the like of the day of the confederates, like the fate of the people of Noah, Ad, Thamud,"
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"These, then, are some of the effects of forsaking sins in this world. And when he dies, the angels meet him with glad tidings from his Lord of Paradise, and that no fear shall come upon him, nor shall he grieve. He passes from the prison of the world and its narrowness into a meadow among the meadows of Paradise, where he is in bliss until the Day of Resurrection. And when the Day of Resurrection comes, while people are in the heat and the sweat, he is in the shade of the Throne. And when they turn away from before God, he is taken to the right hand, together with His godfearing friends and His party who prosper."
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"Abu Huraira reported that the messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, People will sweat on the day of resurrection until their sweat penetrates the earth 70 cubits deep, and it will bridle them and reach their chins. This is recorded by Bukhari and Muslim in another hadith, standing with eyes fixed, fearing intensely for 40 years towards the sky, and sweat bridles them due to the severe distress. Uqba bin Amir said that the Messenger of Allah peace and blessings be upon him, stated, The sun will draw near to the earth on the day of resurrection, and people will sweat, some of them their sweat"
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"The explanation that the odor from the fasting person's mouth will be more pleasing to Allah than the scent of musk on the day of resurrection, and narrated another hadith, Allah, blessed and exalted be he, says, Every deed of the son of Adam is for him, except fasting, which is for me, and I will reward it. By the one in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, the odor from the fasting person's mouth is more pleasing to Allah on the day of resurrection than the scent of musk. For the fasting person, there are two joys, when he breaks his fast, he rejoices, and when he meets Allah, he rejoices in his fasting."
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"is agreed upon and narrated by Muslim. The Prophet, peace be upon him, described the Day of Resurrection, saying, I will intercede for more than the stones and clods on the face of the earth. Abu Huraira reported that when the messenger of Allah was brought a piece of meat, he preferred the foreleg and said, I am the master of the messengers on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know why? Allah will gather the first and the last in a single place. The sun will draw near and people will suffer such distress and agony that they cannot bear. They will seek someone to intercede with their Lord. People will"
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"Malik ibn Dinar quoted from the Torah: "Trust is void when a man has two different lips with his companion, and God will destroy every dual lips on the Day of Resurrection. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, also said: "The most detested creation of God on the Day of Resurrection are the liars, the arrogant, and those who harbor much hatred for their brethren in their hearts but when they meet them, they flatter them; and those who are slow in answering when invited to God and His Messenger, but quick when invited to Satan and his command.""
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