Surah 30. Ar-Rum, Ayah 11

I.e., He will bring him forth anew: cf. 10:4 and the corresponding note [8]. (A more general formulation of the same statement is found in verse {27} of this surah.)

Nothing exists of its own accord or fortuitously. It is Allah Who originates all creation. What appears to be death may be only transformation: for Allah can and does recreate. And His creative activity is continuous. Our death is but a phenomenal event. What we become after death is the result of a process of recreation by Allah, Who is both the source and the goal of all things. When we are brought back to him, it will be as conscious and responsible beings, to receive the consequences of our brief life on this earth.