The Quranic Teachings

     "O Mankind! There has come to you from your Guardian-Lord an exhortation, a prescription
for the minds, a guidance and beneficence for those who believe" [10:57].
 

The Quran says categorically that Muhammad (a.s.) would die as others would die. Please see the following verse:

إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ

Surely (O Prophet) you will die and surely they (too) will die.

Al-Qur'an, 039.030 (Az-Zumar [The Troops, Throngs])
 

The above verse mentions first the death of the Prophet (in second person singular) and then mentions the death of others (in third person plural). The verse begins with the word inna which means surely (this will happen).

However, this must be kept in mind that Allah Will give life again to the dead. Please see the following verses:

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

How can you disbelieve in Allah (knowing that) He it is Who gave you life when you were lifeless? Then He will cause you to die and bring you back to life again. And then, all of you will return unto Him.

Al-Qur'an, 002.028 (Al-Baqara [The Cow])
 

وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ إِنَّ الإنْسَانَ لَكَفُورٌ

And He it is Who gives you life, then He will cause you to die, and will then give you life again. Yet, ungrateful is man.

Al-Qur'an, 022.066 (Al-Hajj [The Pilgrimage])
 

اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكَائِكُمْ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكُمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Allah is He Who has created you and then has provided you with sustenance, and then will cause you to die, and then will bring you to life again. Are there any of your ‘partners’ who can do any single one of these things? Glorious is He, and Sublimely Exalted Above the ‘partners’ they associate with Him.

Al-Qur'an, 030.040 (Ar-Room [The Romans, The Byzantines])

 

11-08-2005

Important

And do not follow (blindly) any information of which you have no (direct) knowledge. (Using your faculties of perception and conception, you must verify it for yourself.) (In the Court of your Lord,) you will be held accountable for your hearing, sight, and the faculty of reasoning."[17:36]