Life Death and Beyond

The Taste of Death post-death phase of life there will be no actions but only the reaping of the results of one’s previous actions. The event of death is a message to us to focus on preparing ourselves for the eternal life after death. In this regard, we should do what we need to today itself and not leave it for tomorrow. For, who knows if we will be alive then? The Taste of Death The Quran (3:185) says: “Every human being is bound to taste death.” A human being lives in the ‘tastes of the world’, but, finally, the taste that is destined for him is the ‘taste’ of death. The taste of death is so bitter that it destroys all other tastes. The Prophet Muhammad has said: “Remember death much because it demolishes all desires.” (Sunan Ibn Majah 4258) It has been observed that a human being is a pleasureseeking being. He seeks pleasure in everything—in eating, sleeping, drinking and merry-making, in building a good house, securing a top position, wearing nice clothes and travelling in a luxurious vehicle, and so on. In all such things a person derives pleasure, so much so that he sometimes gets completely lost in them. But if he seriously reflects on the fact that as soon as death strikes him all these things will be snatched away from him, his life can completely change. Consider the case of a person who habitually derives malicious pleasure at the cost of others, an all-too-common