It is indeed strange that the greatest reality is death. But people have forgotten this reality. This is very strange indeed! The Quran has a verse in two places in Surah Aal-e-Imran and Surah al-Anbiya.

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ   “Every human being is bound to taste death.” (3:185, 21:35)

This verse was revealed 1400 years ago. 1400 years later and thousands of years that went before, this Quranic verse has become well established. There has been no exception to it in history of a person who remained alive and didn’t die. Every human being is bound to taste death. This is very strange. Who could have known this other than God?

Kings have armies of doctors and special healthcare centres devoted to them. But still they die. It is strange that if only this verse of the Quran is taken, it proves that the Quran is the word of God. No human being can make such a statement which becomes a reality in the whole of history. This is why, we have to think deeply about death. First we must know that this life is not an end, rather it is the beginning of a new life. Death means that a person leaves this world and enters another world. A person moves from one phase of life and enters another phase. It is to leave one phase of human life and enter the other phase of human life. Preparing for the other phase and thinking about it should be our first concern. What does death tell you? You have only one chance to build your life. You will not get another chance. This is indeed strange. Our life extends to eternity, but we have the chance to work only in the pre-death period. Death reminds us that you have only the pre-death period, you can either utilize it or waste it away. Thinking about death is like thinking about the greatest reality of life.