Kullu nafsin tha-iqatu almawti thumma ilayna turjaAAoon (surah Ankabut: 57)

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(29:57) Every being shall taste death, then it is to Us that you shall be sent back. *95

Kullu nafsin zaaa`iqatul mawti summa ilainaa turja`oon

*95) That is, "Do not be anxious for your life: one has to die sooner or later. No one has come to live for ever in this world. Therefore, your real problem is not how to save life, but your real problem is how to save your Faith, and fulfil the requirements of God-worship. You have ultimately to return to Us. If you lost your faith for the sake of saving your life the result in the Hereafter will be different, but if you lost your life for the sake of saving your faith the result will be just the opposite. Therefore, you should be anxious only about what you will bring when you return to Us. Will you come with a faith sacrificed for the sake of life, or a life sacrificed for the sake of the faith?"