الَّذِي خَلَقَ الْمَوْتَ وَالْحَيَاةَ
He who created death and life. (Qur’an 67:2)
The verse is used to argue that death is created. If death is understood as a positive state, the term “creation” appears direct. If it is explained as loss of life, a further account of the verse’s language is needed; calling something an absence does not itself settle the interpretation.
Important: The created status of a state does not change the moral status of human means connected with it. A death occurring and a person possessing independent power to originate death are distinct claims.