[And He it is Who originates the creation, then will repeat it] after death; meaning: the Resurrection. [And it is easier for Him] that is: and it is swifter for Him to originate the creation, one creation after another, then resurrect them all at once.
Muhammad said: Abu Ubaydah said: The meaning is: And it is easy for Him. As they said: "Allah is the Greatest" (Allahu Akbar) in the sense of "The Great" (al-Kabir); and as they said: "Most ignorant" (ajhal) in the sense of "ignorant" (jahil). He recited in verse:
(And I may reproach my cousin if he is unjust ... and I overlook his ignorance if he is most ignorant.)
Surat ar-Rum from (Verse 28, Verse 29).
﴿وَهُوَ الَّذِي يبدؤ الْخلق ثمَّ يُعِيدهُ﴾ بعد الْمَوْت؛ يَعْنِي: الْبَعْث. ﴿وَهُوَ أَهْون عَلَيْهِ﴾ أَيْ: وَهُوَ أَسْرَعُ عَلَيْهِ بَدْءُ الْخَلْقِ خَلْقًا بَعْدَ خَلْقٍ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُهُمْ بِمَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ: الْمَعْنَى: وَهُوَ هَيِّنٌ عَلَيْهِ؛ كَمَا قَالُوا: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ بِمَعْنَى الْكَبِيرِ، وَكَمَا قَالُوا: أَجْهَلُ؛ بِمَعْنَى: جَاهِلٍ، وَأَنْشَدَ:
(وَقَدْ أَعْتِبُ ابْنَ الْعَمِّ إِنْ كَانَ ظَالِمًا … وَأَغْفِرُ عَنْهُ الْجَهْلَ إِنْ كَانَ أجهلا)
سُورَة الرّوم من (آيَة ٢٨ آيَة ٢٩).
