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27:64

أَمَّن يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَمَن يَرۡزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ

Amman yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu waman yarzuqukum mina alssamai waalardi ailahun maAAa Allahi qul hatoo burhanakum in kuntum sadiqeena

Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

Word by word
  1. أَمَّنOr Who
  2. يَبۡدَؤُاْoriginates
  3. ٱلۡخَلۡقَthe creation
  4. ثُمَّthen
  5. يُعِيدُهُۥrepeats it
  6. وَمَنand Who
  7. يَرۡزُقُكُمprovides you
  8. مِّنَfrom
  9. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe heavens
  10. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗand the earth
  11. أَءِلَٰهٞIs there any god
  12. مَّعَwith
  13. ٱللَّهِۚAllah
  14. قُلۡSay
  15. هَاتُواْBring forth
  16. بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡyour proof
  17. إِنif
  18. كُنتُمۡyou are
  19. صَٰدِقِينَtruthful
An-Naml · 27:64Makkah

He started creation and will do it again.

Show your proof, if you have any

What He does
begins creationfrom nothing
repeats itthe resurrection
providesfrom sky and earth
challenge
bring prooffor any rival
The challenge
other godsno proof, no evidence
the One who made youcan remake you

Ibn Kathir says Allah originates creation by His might and then repeats it. Rain goes into the earth, comes out as springs, and brings crops and flowers. The listeners are told to produce proof for other gods, but they have no proof or evidence.

You look at an ultrasound, a tiny heartbeat on a screen. The One who did this once can do it again. If He began you, bringing you back is not hard for Him.

Coming back to life after death is hard to imagine.

The One who created me the first time can easily do it again.

Try this

Look at a photo of yourself as a baby and reflect on who made you.

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Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Is not He Who originates creation, and shall thereafter repeat it, and Who provides for you from heaven and earth? Is there any god with Allah? Say: "Bring forth your proofs, if you are truthful. (64)

He is the One Who, by His might and power, originates creation and then repeats it. This is like the Ayat:

إِنَّ بَطْشَ رَبِّكَ لَشَدِيدٌ - إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

(Verily, the punishment of your Lord is severe and painful. Verily, He it is Who begins and repeats.)(85:12-13)

وَهُوَ الَّذِي 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)

وَمَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ

(and Who provides for you from heaven and earth) with the rain He sends down from the sky causing the blessings of the earth to grow, as He says elsewhere:

وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ - وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ

(By the sky which gives rain, again and again. And the earth which splits.)(86:11-12)

يَعْلَمُ مَا يَلِجُ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا وَمَا يَنْزِلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَمَا يَعْرُجُ فِيهَا ۚ 

(He knows that which goes into the earth and that which comes forth from it, and that which descends from the heaven and that which ascends to it)(34:2).

Allah, may He be blessed and exalted, sends down water from the sky as a blessing, and causes it to penetrate the earth, and then come forth as springs. After that, by means of the water He brings forth all kinds of crops, fruits and flowers, in all their different forms and colors.

كُلُوا وَارْعَوْا أَنْعَامَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِأُولِي النُّهَىٰ

(Eat and pasture your cattle; verily, in this are signs for men of understanding)(20:54). Allah says:

أَإِلَٰهٌ مَعَ اللَّهِ ۚ

(Is there any god with Allah?) meaning, who did this? Or, according to another interpretation: after this (who could be worth worship)?

قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ 

(Say: "Bring forth your proofs, if you are truthful.")

Produce the evidence of that. But it is known that they have no proof or evidence, as Allah says:

وَمَنْ يَدْعُ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا آخَرَ لَا بُرْهَانَ لَهُ بِهِ فَإِنَّمَا حِسَابُهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُفْلِحُ الْكَافِرُونَ 

(And whoever invokes besides Allah, any other god, of whom he has no proof; then his reckoning is only with his Lord. Surely, the disbelievers will not be successful.)(23:117)