کُلُّ نَفۡسٍ ذَآئِقَۃُ الۡمَوۡتِ ؕ وَ اِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوۡنَ اُجُوۡرَکُمۡ یَوۡمَ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ ؕ فَمَنۡ زُحۡزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَ اُدۡخِلَ الۡجَنَّۃَ فَقَدۡ فَازَ ؕ وَ مَا الۡحَیٰوۃُ الدُّنۡیَاۤ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ  الۡغُرُوۡرِ (۱۸۵)

Every soul will taste death, and on the Day of Judgement, you will be given your full recompenses. So, whomsoever was saved from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, indeed he succeeded; and the life of this world is merely a provision of deception.^[1]

One of the spiritual representatives of Imam Aḥmad Razā Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, Mufti Muhammad NaꜤīm al-Dīn al-Murādābādī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes in explanation this verse:

The reality of this world has been made clear by this blessed statement. Man is passionate about life, considering it as his capital. He wastes this opportunity and realises in the end that there was no permanence in this life; attaching the heart to it proved to be a great loss for the Hereafter.^[2]

Advice of Imam al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه 

Sayyidunā RabīꜤ b. Ṣabīḥ رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه says:

We asked Imam Ḥasan al-Baṣrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه for advice, and he said, “If you are healthy, illness will afflict you, causing distress. Youth will turn into old age, leading you to perish. The elderly will face death, resulting in destruction. Will the outcome not be as I am telling you? Will the soul not be separated from the body? Will a person not become distant from his family and wealth? Will a person not be wrapped in a shroud? Will a person not be laid in the grave? Will those whom he strived for and expressed grief for not forget about him?