Every Soul Will Taste Death — Death Is the Greatest Teacher

Verse: "Every soul will taste death, and you will only be given your rewards in full on the Day of Judgment." (3:185)

"Tasting":
Not "dying" but "tasting" — tasting implies full sensory experience. An indication that death is an experience every soul lives through, not merely a cessation.

"Every soul":
Prophets and kings and paupers — no exceptions. Consolation for the bereaved: "You are not alone — everyone you loved will follow." Warning to the arrogant: "However great your kingdom, you too will taste."

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Remember frequently the destroyer of pleasures" — meaning death. (Tirmidhi & Nasai — Hasan). Al-hadm: swift cutting. Death cuts every worldly pleasure in an instant.

Lesson: Frequent remembrance of death does not sadden the wise — it frees them from the slavery of this world and lightens the burden of calamities, because everything will end.