Death

===Islam===
{{See also|Islamic view of death}}

The Islamic view is that death is the separation of the soul from the body as well as the beginning of the afterlife.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Jane Idleman |chapter=From Death to Resurrection: Classical Islam |date=2002-12-12 |title=The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection |pages=31–62 |publisher=Oxford University PressNew York |last2=Haddad |first2=Yvonne Yazbeck |doi=10.1093/0195156498.003.0002 |isbn=0-19-515649-8}}</ref> The afterlife, or ''[[akhirah]],'' is one of the six main beliefs in Islam. Rather than seeing death as the end of life, Muslims consider death as a continuation of life in another form.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Puchalski |first1=Christina M. |last2=O'Donnell |first2=Edward |date=July 2005 |title=Religious and spiritual beliefs in end of life care: how major religions view death and dying |journal=Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=114–121 |doi=10.1053/j.trap.2005.06.003 |issn=1084-208X}}</ref> In Islam, life on earth right now is a short, temporary life and a testing period for every soul. True life begins with the Day of Judgement when all people will be divided into two groups. The righteous believers will be welcomed to ''[[Jannah|janna]]'' (heaven), and the disbelievers and evildoers will be punished in ''[[jahannam]]'' (hellfire).<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Qurʼan: an encyclopedia |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |editor=Oliver Leaman |isbn=0-203-17644-8 |location=London |oclc=68963889}}</ref>

Muslims believe death to be wholly natural and predetermined by God. Only God knows the exact time of a person's death.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tayeb |first1=Mohamad A. |last2=Al-Zamel |first2=Ersan |last3=Fareed |first3=Muhammed M. |last4=Abouellail |first4=Hesham A. |date=May 2010 |title=A "good death": perspectives of Muslim patients and health care providers |journal=Annals of Saudi Medicine |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=215–221 |doi=10.4103/0256-4947.62836 |pmid=20427938 |pmc=2886872 |issn=0256-4947 |doi-access=free }}</ref> [[Quran|The Quran]] emphasizes that death is inevitable, no matter how much people try to escape death, it will reach everyone. ([[Qaf (surah)|Q50:16]]) Life on earth is the one and only chance for people to prepare themselves for the life to come and choose to either believe or not believe in God, and death is the end of that learning opportunity.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Campo |first=Juan Eduardo |title=Encyclopedia of Islam |date=2009 |publisher=Facts On File |isbn=978-0-8160-5454-1 |location=New York |oclc=191882169}}</ref>