Tafsir for verse: 15:23
وَإِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ نُحۡيِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثُونَ ٢٣ ﴿23
23It is indeed We, and only We, who give life and bring death, and We are the ultimate inheritor (of everything).
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Commentary

So when the detail of the news became established regarding what is a cause for revival in general, the soul prepared itself to transition from it to the true revival by analogy. Allah, the Most High, said: "And indeed, We are the ones who give life"; meaning: this attribute belongs to Us in a manner of greatness. We give life with it to whatever We will of living beings, with the spirit of the body; and from the spirit with knowledge; and from the plants with growth. Even if one of them is truly so, and the other two are metaphorical, it is permissible to combine between them. "And We cause to die"; meaning: this attribute belongs to Us; thus We manifest from Our greatness whatever We will. "And We are the inheritors"; meaning: the complete inheritance when the creatures die; those who remain after everything, as We were and nothing. There is no control for anyone among us in causing death or giving life. Thus, the oneness and the action by choice were established.

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