Death is Inevitable

Death is Inevitable: Death is in the fate of all human beings. It is a fate that cannot be delayed or averted. Allah says:
"Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense. Only he who is saved far from the Fire and admitted to the Garden will have attained the object (of Life): For the life of this world is but goods and chattels of deception." [Surat Al-Imran(3), Aya 185]
"And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Mohammad), then if you die, would they live forever?" [Surat Al-Anbiya(21), Aya 34]
Therefore, mankind will taste death and depart the life of this world. Indeed, all mankind, whether rich or poor, old or young, famous or commoner, will taste death when their time comes. Some people will die in the battlefield, some in the streets, some in hospitals and some in their sleep on their beds while seeming strong and healthy. Allah says:
"Wherever ye are, death will find you out, even if ye are in towers built up strong and high!" If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from Allah.; but if evil, they say, "This is from thee" (O Prophet). Say: "All things are from Allah." But what hath come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?" [Surat An-Nisa(4), Aya 78]
"Say: "The Death from which ye flee will truly overtake you: then will ye be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open: and He will tell you (the truth of) the things that ye did!" [Surat Al-Jumu'ah(62), Aya 8]
Every human being will meet death at the exact time Allah had ap- pointed for him before he was created, as Allah says:
"Nor can a soul die except by Allah's leave, the term being fixed as by writing. If any do desire a reward in this life, We shall give it to him; and if any do desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall give it to him. And swiftly shall We reward those that (serve us with) gratitude." [Surat Al-Imran(3), Aya 145]
"But to no soul will Allah grant respite when the time appointed (for it) has come; and Allah is well acquainted with (all) that ye do." [Surat Al-Munafiqun(63), Aya 11]
"To every people is a term appointed: when their term is reached, not an hour can they cause delay, nor (an hour) can they advance (it in anticipation)." [Surat Al-A'raf(7), Aya 34]
[taken from the 'Muslim Creed Editorial' issue printed May 2002. Click here for a copy.]