[3:185] Every soul shall taste of death; you shall surely be paid in full your wages on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever is moved away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, will have triumphed, the life of this world is but the comfort of delusion.
i.e., the cup of death is placed in the palm of every living being. Whoever's soul finds it sweet and agreeable is brought to the intoxication of ecstatic finding. Whoever swallows it with a frowning face falls into the abyss of rejection and is branded by the burning of obstruction, and then the Day of the Resurrection. Those who are protected from the Fire have reached the greatest repose and those who are roasted in the blazing fire have fallen into the greatest tribulation.
The life of this world is but the comfort of delusion because what is coming is nigh.