Quran Universe
30:27

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهۡوَنُ عَلَيۡهِۚ وَلَهُ ٱلۡمَثَلُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ

Wahuwa allathee yabdao alkhalqa thumma yuAAeeduhu wahuwa ahwanu AAalayhi walahu almathalu alaAAla fee alssamawati waalardi wahuwa alAAazeezu alhakeemu

And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest attribute in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Word by word
  1. وَهُوَAnd He
  2. ٱلَّذِي(is) the One Who
  3. يَبۡدَؤُاْoriginates
  4. ٱلۡخَلۡقَthe creation
  5. ثُمَّthen
  6. يُعِيدُهُۥrepeats it
  7. وَهُوَand it
  8. أَهۡوَنُ(is) easier
  9. عَلَيۡهِۚfor Him
  10. وَلَهُAnd for Him
  11. ٱلۡمَثَلُ(is) the description
  12. ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰthe highest
  13. فِيin
  14. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavens
  15. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚand the earth
  16. وَهُوَAnd He
  17. ٱلۡعَزِيزُ(is) the All-Mighty
  18. ٱلۡحَكِيمُthe All-Wise
Ar-Rum · 30:27Makkah

Bringing you back is even easier for Him.

The highest description belongs to Allah

First and second
originatingeasy for Him
then
repeatingeasier still
The doubt answered
He cannot remake methe denial
nothing is like Himthe highest description

Mujahid said, repeating it is easier for Him than originating it, and originating it is easy for Him. Ibn Kathir cites a hadith qudsi: the son of Adam denies Me by saying I will not remake him as I first made him. His is the highest description: there is nothing like Him.

You look at an old photo of your great-grandparents and think, they are gone, dust now. The idea of them standing again feels too much. Making them the first time was the harder part, if anything is hard for Him.

Bringing people back from death seems impossible.

The One who made me from nothing can easily make me again.

Try this

Make dua today for one relative who has passed away, knowing you will meet again.

Related42:11
Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 30:26)

To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. All are obedient to Him (26)And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him. His is the highest description in the heavens and in the earth. And He is the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.) Allah say (27)

وَلَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ 

(To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth.) means, He owns it and it is enslaved to Him.

كُلٌّ لَهُ قَانِتُونَ

(All are obedient to Him.) they are humble before Him and submit to Him, whether willingly or unwillingly.

Repeating the Creation is easier for Allah

Allah's saying:

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.) Ibn Abi Talhah reported that Ibn 'Abbas said, "This means it is easier for Him." Mujahid said: "Repeating it is easier for Him than originating it, and originating it is easy for Him." This was also the view of 'Ikrimah and others.

Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Prophet ﷺ said:

قَالَ اللهُ: كَذَّبَنِي ابْنُ آدَمَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، وَشَتَمَنِي وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَأَمَّا تَكْذِيبُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ: لَنْ يُعِيدَنِي كَمَا بَدَأَنِي وَلَيْسَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ بِأَهْوَنَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ إِعَادَتِهِ، وَأَمَّا شَتْمُهُ إِيَّايَ فَقَوْلُهُ: اتَّخَذَ اللهُ وَلَدًا، وَأَنَا الْأَحَدُ الصَّمَدُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

(Allah says; "The son of Adam denied Me, and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me, and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: 'He will not remake me as He originated me' – while originating the creation is not easier for Me than re-creating him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: 'Allah has taken to Himself a son,' while I am the One, the Self-Sufficient Master; I beget not, nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.") This was recorded only by Al-Bukhari.

وَلَهُ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَىٰ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ 

(His is the highest description in the heavens and in the earth.) 'Ali bin Abi Talhah reported Ibn 'Abbas said, "This is like the Ayah:

لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْءٌ ۖ 

(There is nothing like Him)(42:11)." Qatadah said: "His description is La ilaha illallah, and there is no Lord but He."