“Have they never observed how Allah creates for the first time and then repeats it? Indeed (to repeat the creation of a thing) is even easier for Allah (than creating it for the first time). Say: ‘Go about the earth and see how He created for the first time, and then Allah will recreate life.’ Surely Allah has power over everything.”
(Al Qur’ān – 29:19-20)
These ayahs directly addressed the unbelieving Makkans. The reason why they specifically address them is that they were guilty of committing two major errors: one, polytheism and idolatry and two, denial of the Hereafter.
It is a common spectacle that countless objects are continually being created out of nothing. Likewise, one also observes that as all sorts of people disappear, others of the same kind come into being, replacing the former ones. The polytheists conceded that this spectacle was related to God’s creative power. In other words, they did not deny that God was the Creator. In this respect, they did not essentially differ from present-day polytheists. Thus, an argument is developed on the basis of a premise which they themselves recognised. It is pointed out here that they themselves accept that God is constantly creating objects ex nihilo before their very eyes. In view of this, what makes them believe that God cannot resurrect human beings after they die?
Since they witness God’s creative power in His initial creation of everything, they should have no difficulty in believing that He can create them again after they die. It is quite within His power to do so.