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Surah 31. Luqman, Ayah 28

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مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ
M a khalqukum wal a baAAthukum ill a kanafsin w ah idatin inna All a ha sameeAAun ba s eer un
[For Him,] the creation of you all and the resurrection of you all is but like [the creation and resurrection of] a single soul:26 for, verily, God is all-hearing, all-seeing.
  - Mohammad Asad

I.e., in view of His almightiness, there is no difference between the creation and resurrection of many and of one, just as every single soul is as much within His ken as is all mankind.

Neither your creation nor your resurrection is anything but as simple as the creation and resurrection of a single soul; surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
The creation and resurrection of you 'all' is as simple 'for Him' as that of a single soul. Surely Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
  - Mustafa Khattab
Your creation and your raising (from the dead) are only as (the creation and the raising of) a single soul. Lo! Allah is Hearer, Knower.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And your creation or your resurrection is in no wise but as an individual soul: for Allah is He Who hears and sees (all things). 3617
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Allah's greatness and infinitude are such that He can create and cherish not only a whole mass, but each individual soul, and He can follow its history and doings until the final Judgment. This shows not only Allah's glory and Omniscience and Omnipotence: it also shows the value of each individual soul in His eyes, and lifts individual responsibility right up into relations with Him.

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