The Holy Quran 32:11 — Surah As-Sajdah

Arabic text

۞ قُلْ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُم مَّلَكُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ٱلَّذِى وُكِّلَ بِكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ تُرْجَعُونَ

Translation

Say (to them in reply), "(The affair will not be as easy as merely becoming part of the earth.) The angel of death, who is appointed over you, will (mercilessly) claim your souls (when the time for your death arrives and you will suffer terribly), after which you will be returned to your Rabb (to account for your actions and beliefs in this world and then be punished)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

After death a person does not perish entirely: Shah [Abd al-Qadir] ﵀ writes: “That is, you regard yourselves as merely a body and a trunk that, mingling with the dust, has become level with it. It is not so. In reality you are the soul, which the angel takes away; you do not perish entirely” (Mudih al-Quran).

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