Part 71

Say: Yes He is fully able to do that, and He is the One who creates whatever He wills, the One who knows everything about His creation. If Allaah will's to create anything He just says "He' and it is." [surah Yaa Seen (36):81-82] (iii) Everyone with sight can see that the earth becomes barren and its vegetation dies. Then if the rain descends upon it, it becomes fertile and its vegetation is brought to life after having been dead. So the One who is able to give life to the earth after its death is able to resurrect and bring the dead to life. Allaah, the Most High, says, "And from the signs proving Allaah's ability to bring the dead to life is that you see the earth dry and dusty, devoid of plants and crops. Then when Allaah sends down rain upon it the earth swells and puts forth vegetation. Indeed He who brought it to life will certainly bring the dead back to life. Indeed He is fully able to do all things." [surah Fussilat (41):39] (3) That the matter of the Resurrection is something whose possibility is witnessed to by what is experienced and what occurs - from those cases of the dead being brought back to life, as informed to us by our Lord. So Allaah, the Most High, has mentioned five examples of that in surah al-Baqarah, From them is His Saying, "Or did you not consider, O Muhammad, the one who passed by a town and it was desolate and in ruins. He said: "flow will Allaah give life to this after its death?7 So Allaah caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him to life again. He said to him: 'How long have you remained dead?* He said: 'I have remained for a day, or rather part of a day.' He said: 'Rather you have remained dead for a hundred years. So look at your food and drink - they have not become spoiled through the years; and look at your donkey, how Allaah gives life to it while you are looking on. Thus We have made you a sign for the people, proving the Resurrection. Look at the bones: how We bring them together and then clothe them with flesh. So when this was clearly shown to him he said: I have certain knowledge that Allaah is fully able to do all things." [surah al-Baqarah (2):259] (4) That wisdom demands that there be a Resurrection after death so that each soul should receive the reward that it has earned for its deeds. If this were not the case, then the creation of the people would be something pointless and worthless and without any wisdom. If this were the case, then there would be no difference in this life between mankind and the animals. Allaah, the Most High, says, "Do you think that We have created you idly and for no purpose, and that you will not be returned to life after you deaths in order to be requited for what you did in your worldly life?! High is Allaah, the True King, above what they attribute to Him. None has the right to be worshipped but Him, the Lord of the magnificent Throne." [surah al-Mu'minoon (23):115-116] "Indeed the Final Hour is certainly coming, which I keep hidden from all except Myself, in order to reward each soul in accordance with its good or its evil deeds." [SoorahTaaHaa(2()):15] "Those mushriks of Quraysh swear by Allaah with their strongest oaths that Allaah will not resurrect anyone who dies. Rather Allaah will resurrect him to life, this is a true promise that Allaah has made and will certainly be done, yet most of the people do not know. In order that He may manifest to them the truth of that which they disputed about, and that the unbelievers should know that they are the liars. If We wish to create anything then We just say: 'Be' and it is." [surah an-Naml (16):38-40] "The unbelievers claim that Allaah will not resurrect them after death. Say to them O Muhammad, by my Lord you will certainly be resurrected from your graves - and then you will be informed of the deeds which you did in the world. That is easy for Allaah." [surah at-Taghaabun (64):7] If these great proofs are made clear to the deniers of the Resurrection and they then persist in their denial, then it means that they are just haughty and obstinate deniers; and the transgressors will soon come to know their destinations. Allaah sent all of the messengers as bringers of good tidings and as warners, and the proof is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "Messengers who were sent with the good news of Allaah's reward for those who obey Allaah and believe in His messengers, and as warn-er's of Allaah's punishment for those who disobey Allaah and disbelieve in His messengers: so that those who disbelieve in Allaah and worship others besides Him may have no excuse to avoid punishment after the sending of the messengers" [154] [surah an-Nisaa'(4):165].