| 1 | O you who believe! Let it be said: Al-Mumit; |
| 2 | The Death, the Dying, the Change; |
| 3 | And the fifteenth name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing. |
| 4 | In the gentle and honorable death demanded for all animals killed for their flesh; |
| 5 | In the death of beloved and loyal companion animals; |
| 6 | In the death of those who nurtured us from birth, or the death of siblings or relatives; |
| 7 | Behold! Allah is both the way of life and the journey of death; |
| 8 | Verily, Allah knows the appointed time for all things to pass and to die; |
| 9 | Yet the paradox of existence is even for Allah the limit upon direct intervention in the death or dying of a creature unless through meditation and mind. |
| 10 | All things in the Universe die. |
| 11 | Be in the world like a traveler, or like a passer on, and reckon yourself as of the dead. |
| 12 | Sleep is the brother of death. |
| 13 | Death is a bridge that uniteth friend with friend. |
| 14 | The grave is the first stage of the journey into eternity. |
| 15 | The Faithful do not die for they become translated from this perishable world to the world of eternal existences. |
| 16 | Remember often the destroyer and cutter off of delights, which is death. |
| 17 | When the bier of anyone passeth by thee, whether Khazar, Manichean, Christian, or Muslim, rise to thy feet. |
| 18 | Do not speak ill of the dead. |
| 19 | Wish not for death any of you; |
| 20 | Neither the doer of good works, for peradventure he may increase them by an increase of life; |
| 21 | Nor the offender, for perhaps he may obtain the forgiveness of Allah by repentance. |
| 22 | It is not how you died, but how you lived by which Allah shall judge you. |
| 23 | Wish not, nor supplicate for death before its time comes; |
| 24 | A man or woman perfectly able who wishes for death, is an ingrate who has no respect for Allah and the gifts given unto them. |
| 25 | A good death is a blessing to a Muslim which can only come through a respectful and honorable life not how they died. |
| 26 | A person who causes the death of women and children is a criminal and can never be considered a martyr. |
| 27 | No one is dead as long as they are remembered. |
| 28 | Death is the ultimate truth, for it separates from us all that we possessed leaving all that we are. |
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Sufa 16 - The Death (Al-Mumit)