Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (( So the disbelievers said, "This is something strange. If we die and become dust, is that a distant return? "))

The Shaykh : we return. They considered it unlikely that they would return and be resurrected after they had become dust. But this astonishment was an astonishment of arrogance; otherwise, the least rational person who reflects knows that this is not strange. Returning to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) on the Day of Resurrection is the return of something that was, and the beginning of creation is the beginning of something that was not. Is that not so? Which is easier: the return of something that was, or the beginning of something that was not? The first is easier. Allah the Exalted said, We say to any person who denies the resurrection, any person who denies the resurrection: "Were you not previously non-existent? So Allah brought you into existence." The One who brought you into existence from non-existence is capable of returning you to what you were. So there is no astonishment in that. But they were astonished with an astonishment of denial, disbelief, and stubbornness. Where is the answer to "if"? The answer to "if" is omitted and known from the context: "If we die and become dust, do we return?" Meaning, do we return if we die and become dust? They said, "That is a distant return," meaning it is not possible for us to return. And this is like His saying (the Exalted) about man: The One who originated it the first time is capable of returning it a second time.