And the Almighty said:
{And you will be returned to the Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, and He will inform you of what you used to do.} 1
In a direct reading of these verses, the reader finds that the Book repeatedly declares the multiplicity of births. When the eye falls upon the expression "the first time," the mind naturally moves toward imagining the times that follow. The meaning deepens in the reader's mind after contemplating and analyzing the following words and phrases: {He begins creation then repeats it} 2 .
The subject here is creation itself; for if it were otherwise, the structure and expression would differ.
This implies that the very same creatures are restored in a new physical, formative state. If there is a link between the new formative state and the states that preceded it, it is that they are all various images of a single essence. The Almighty said: {Indeed, He begins creation then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds in justice. But those who disbelieve will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment because they used to disbelieve} 3 .
The meticulous observer will certainly not overlook the "Lam of Causality" (the letter Lām denoting "so that" or "in order to") in the verb