2- Surah al-Baqarah. (21-29)

Surah al-Baqarah. (21-29)

21. O mankind! Worship your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may become God-fearing. 22) Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down rain from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as a provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allaah while you know (that He Alone has the right to be worshipped).

The saying of the Exalted, "O mankind! Worship your Lord Who created you and those before you so that you may become God-fearing. Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down rain from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as a provision for you. Then do not set up rivals unto Allaah while you know": indicating in these verses three of the proofs for the resurrection after death and these in turn are explained in detail in other verses.
The First: the creation of mankind in the first instance pointed to in His saying, "worship your Lord Who created you and those before you," because the existence of the first creation is the greatest proof for the existence of the second. Allaah has clarified this further in many verses, like His sayings,
"And it is He who originates the creation, then He will repeat it (after it has perished) and this is easier for him." (30:27)
"We shall repeat it as We began the first creation" (21:104)
"Then they will say: ‘who will bring us back (to life)?’ Say: ‘He Who created you first!’" (17:51)
"Say: He will give life to those who He created the first time!" (37:79)
"Were We then tired with first creation? Nay, they are in confused doubt about a new creation" (50:15)
"O mankind! If you are in doubt about the Resurrection then verily! We have created you from dust, then from a mixed drop…" (22:5)
"And indeed you have already known the first form of creation, why then do you not take heed?" (56:62)
This is why Allaah mentions that the one who rejects the Resurrection has forgotten and not taken heed from the first creation, as in His sayings,
"And he puts forth a parable for Us and forgets his own creation. He says: ‘who will give life to these bones when they have rotted away and become dust?’" (37:78)
"And man says: ‘when I am dead, shall I be raised up alive?’