The Holy Quran 21:35 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِٱلشَّرِّ وَٱلْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Translation

Every soul shall taste death. (However, before your death,) We test you well with good and bad conditions (to see whether you continue obeying Allaah in all conditions) and you will return to Us (after death when We shall evaluate how you performed in your test).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Death is certain for every soul: that is, just as the creations mentioned above came into existence through the creating of Almighty Allah, so too the life of all human beings is His gift: whenever He wills, He will take it back.

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