Commentary
And when he mentioned the occurrence and what will be in it for the three categories, and concluded with it in a way that clarified its wisdom while they were denying it, he indicated it by his saying: "We" meaning no one other than Us "created you" meaning by what We have of greatness. And perhaps this address is for the materialists among the Arabs. And since they were denying resurrection, they were considered deniers of the beginning, even if they were among those who acknowledge the Creator, because the two are inseparable; neither can one be detached from the other. So he said: "So if not" meaning that it resulted from that to say as a threat and warning: Why not and why do you not "believe" meaning in the creation which you have witnessed and there is no opponent for us in what is in it, so you believe in what does not differentiate between it and it except that it is more deserving than it in the course of your customs, and that is the return. So you act like the servants towards their masters so that your state is the state of one who believes that he is a servant.
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