This proves that God—Exalted is His Might—is not incapable of creating "likes." Furthermore, this decree mentioned in the verse is linked by a necessary and conditional connection to the preposition "on" (in Arabic: 'ala) appearing in the preceding verse, implying that the "exchange" occurs after death. It is an exchange of the "likes" mentioned previously (Verse 62). All instances of the word "produce" (or "initiate") serve to indicate that the subject of this process is man throughout all his stages—starting from the beginning as a drop in the womb, then as an embryo through its developmental roles, and finally as a fully formed human. This implies that life returns with a new childhood and a new formative structure. Moreover, if we contemplate the end of the verse, "in that which you do not know," we find that the alternative formative structure and the ongoing evolution—expressed by the word "produce"—fall outside the scope of human knowledge and will.

Whoever looks at the phrase "the first creation" with an insightful eye finds that it points to man in his formative state, suggesting that what follows is not the very first initiation, but a creation subsequent to it. Consequently, there must be an unspecified number of creations. Had specification been an objective of the verse, the current creation would have been described as the second, the third, or by some other specific designation.