Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, though you be in raised-up towers.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Topic

Inevitability of death Death

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Occupation

Founder of a religion Religious leader Muslim

From

Saudi Arabia Middle East

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 4:78.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 4.

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Time
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Authentication Score 2
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