My friends, I am in a bit of a quandry.  Perhaps this topic should be placed in the Islam for Muslims section, but I, myself, am not a Muslim, so I don't wish to compromise those who would be offended or made otherwise uncomfortable by my presence there, so I shall address this here.

A family of my acquaintance has recently lost a member to death (a man of just 36 years of age--death was the result of an accident).  I would like to afford them some words of comfort, as much as that is possible at such a time.  Most of their friends are Christians, and I feel that it might be of some solace to them to hear comforting words from a different perspective, if you will.  The man, nor his family, is of Islamic faith, but certainly, grief is a universal thing. 

Are there any citings or verses in the Qur'an that you would suggest for me to offer this fine family in their time of difficulty?

Thank you for your consideration!  I await your replies.   

I should point out that I do have an English-language Qur'an, and am, myself, engaged in seeking such words of comfort. However, if you have a familiarity of the Book, it would assist me greatly.

I have changed the title of the thread so as to be more clear. Thank you for your patience.

jus console the bereaved in ur own heart-felt words and stop making an issue out of nothing

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Losing a family member to death is not 'nothing'.

noetic16:

jus console the bereaved in your own heart-felt words and stop making an issue out of nothing

I stand with u my friend. Its no big deal for anyone to die. Death is very sure and certain. Every one will die some day.

@OP just say nice and refreshing words of consolation and add little prayer that Allah grant them the fortitude to bear the lose

Tudór:

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Losing a family member to death is not 'nothing'.

but turning the condolence message into a religious stuff is disgusting. . , .why not just sympathise with them in ur own words.

@noetic16 & toba:
I feel that my purpose has been somewhat misconstrued. My point is not to turn "the condolence message into a religious stuff." Far from it. Rather, I seek words that are not only eloquent, but those that will continue to speak meaningfully to the families for some time to come.

I'm sorry if it seems that I'm making more of this personal loss than might seem necessary. Likewise, I seek to show no favoritism with respect to anybody's faith. I simply wished to consider that there are more apt ways to express sincere sentiments than are available to me, personally.

Simple, Sura Al-Baqara, Verse 156,

Send it in English ooo lol,

Peace.

@slim-fit:
Thank you so much for your kindness! Your efforts to assist me in bringing comfort to my friends are most appreciated.

And, yes, I shall offer the words in English (the family's primary language)!

Are there other words similar to these to be found elsewhere in the Qur'an?

There are some more but i dont think it will be applicable since they are xtians so they wont misinterprets you,

Peace.

drrionelli:

@noetic16 & toba:
I feel that my purpose has been somewhat misconstrued.  My point is not to turn "the condolence message into a religious stuff."  Far from it.  Rather, I seek words that are not only eloquent, but those that will continue to speak meaningfully to the families for some time to come. 

I'm sorry if it seems that I'm making more of this personal loss than might seem necessary.  Likewise, I seek to show no favoritism with respect to anybody's faith.    I simply wished to consider that there are more apt ways to express sincere sentiments than are available to me, personally. 

BTW i said anything about being religious. But i cautioned that u might not be overzealous.

U can buy a card, there are some that have refreshing words. therein