The Holy Quran 27:64 — Surah An-Naml

Arabic text

أَمَّن يَبْدَؤُا۟ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ أَءِلَـٰهٌ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Translation

Or (is) He Who originated the creation, Who will recreate it (on the Day of Qiyaamah when people are resurrected from their graves), and Who sustains you from the sky (by sending rains) and the earth (by causing all types of food to grow and other forms of food to live off it. Is He not better than the gods of the Mushrikeen)? Is there another Ilaah with Allaah? (There cannot be! However, if the Mushrikeen still maintain that their gods can do what Allaah does, then) Say (to them), "Furnish (bring) your proof (argument) if you are truthful (in your claim)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that the initial creation is the work of Allah is acknowledged by everyone. Understand the second creation after death by the same reasoning. Even those who denied “resurrection after death” understood at least this much: that if, supposing they were created again, this would be the work of the very One Who created them the first time.

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