Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “They will say, ‘Our Lord, You caused us to die twice and gave us life twice, so we admit our sins. Is there any way out?’”

Then Allah the Mighty and Majestic said: They will say, “Our Lord, You caused us to die twice:” The death here refers to what was before life and what was after life. What was before life means when they were embryos in the wombs of their mothers, and what was after it is the death that occurs after existence in this world. These are the two deaths. The life refers to when they were embryos in the wombs of their mothers, and the life after the resurrection on the Day of Judgment, or at the time of the resurrection on the Day of Judgment. Good.
This is like His saying, the Exalted: These are four: two deaths and two lives. So they say: “

Our Lord, You made us lifeless twice

ربنا أمتنا اثنتين

[Ghafir 40:11]

Two deaths

and gave us life twice

وأحييتنا اثنتين

and two lives, because they were dead sperm, then they were given life, then they were caused to die, then they were given life for the resurrection ” This is the exegesis of “You caused us to die twice and gave us life twice.” The first death is not a death after life, but rather a lack of life, so it is correct to apply the name of death to it. Their intention with this admission is that the matter is true. Just as we realize that these four stages passed through us—death, then life, then death, then life—we are certain that we have erred. Therefore, they said: meaning, we have admitted our sins.