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ʾa-wa-lam yaraw ʾanna llāha lladhī khalaqa s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍa wa-lam yaʿya bi-khalqihinna bi-qādirin ʿalā ʾan yuḥyiya l-mawtā balā ʾinnahū ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun
Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and [who] was not exhausted by their creation, is able to revive the dead? Yes, indeed He has power over all things.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah al-Ahqaf - Verse 33
33. Do they not see that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth and was not wearied by their creation is Able to give life to the dead? Yes, He surely is Most Able to do all things.
Lam ya’a is from ‘ayy (“powerlessness”). In order to conceive the inevitability of Resurrection, it would suffice to notice the Infinite Divine Omnipotence. Do disbelievers in Resurrection think that raising the dead is more difficult than creation of the heavens and the earth?
(“Do they not see that Allah Who created the heavens and the earth … is Able to give life to the dead?”)
The blessed Verse rejects disbelievers’ incredulity of Resurrection and proves the raising of the dead on the Last Day. In response to their disbelief the Verse says:
“Do they not see?”
Do disbelievers not perceive that God created the heavens and the earth without any toil? The Creator is so Omnipotent that He has created such heavens with such grandeur abounding in planets, stars, galaxies, and creatures whose number is solely known by Him. He has also created the earth together with mountains, oceans, and diverse species of creatures through His Divine Will. The Qur’an says:
“When He decrees a matter, He only says to it: ‘Be!’ – and it is” 1 .
“Be!”
in the aforementioned Verse indicates the immediate response of possibilities that through Divine Creative Command come into being ex nihilo which bears testimony to Divine Omnipotence including the raising of the dead unintelligible to disbelievers’ imperfect intellect attempting in vain to deny and/or restrict Divine Omnipotence and interpret the Verses without the scope of physical phenomena through their comprehension and taste.
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