And man says;"When I am dead, shall I then be raised up alive!"
Does not man remember that We created him before, while he was nothing!
Allah uses the beginning of creation as a proof for its repetition. This means that He, the Exalted, created the human being while he was nothing. So can he not repeat this creation after the human had actually become something.
Similarly Allah says;
وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ
And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him. (30;27)
In the Sahih it is recorded that the Messenger of Allah said,
يَقُولُ اللهُ تَعَالَى
كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ ادَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يُكَذِّبَنِي وَاذَانِي ابْنُ ادَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَنْ يُوْذِيَنِي
أَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي
وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ اخِرِهِ
وَأَمَّا أَذَاهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ إِنَّ لِي وَلَدًا
وَأَنَا الاْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَد
Allah, the Exalted said,
"The son of Adam denies Me and he has no right to deny Me. The son of Adam harms Me and he has no right to harm Me.
His denial of Me is his statement that I will never repeat His creation like I created him the first time.
Yet, the second creation is not more difficult upon Me than the first.
His harming Me is his statement that I have a son.
Yet, I am One Alone, the Self-Sufficient Whom all creatures need. He Who does not beget children, nor was He born and there is none coequal or comparable unto Him."
Concerning Allah's statement