Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 67

He is the One Who created you from dust, then from a drop of fluid, then from a clinging clot, then He brings you forth as a child. Then (He develops you) so that you reach your full strength, then (further) so that you reach old age. And among you is he who is taken in death [90] earlier, so that you may reach a specified term, and so that you may use reason.

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Evidence for Resurrection After Death from the Creation of Man and the Various Stages of Life:

That is, Allah Almighty produced food for you from the lifeless particles of the earth. From this lifeless food, after passing through several stages, semen is produced within you, and according to physicians, semen is produced as a result of the fourth digestion. Then, when this drop of semen enters the mother's womb and the womb accepts it, it passes through several phases, and later the soul is breathed into it. After a fixed period, it emerges from the mother's womb with a beautiful form and astonishing abilities. At that time, it can neither walk, nor speak, nor understand anything. Then, gradually, those abilities begin to develop in it which Allah Almighty has placed in its nature. As a person grows, his intellect, understanding, physical strength, stature—everything continues to increase. Then, when the time of old age comes, despite eating the same foods as before, growth stops and other abilities begin to decline. The final stage is death. Sometimes it comes in childhood, sometimes there is a miscarriage, sometimes a person dies in youth, and sometimes, even after becoming a very old and frail person, he keeps struggling on his deathbed but death does not come to him. Just think! Is any of these stages within your own control? Then, if another stage—resurrection after death—passes over you, why do you consider it impossible?

Some Unalterable Facts About Death:

Then, death is such a compulsory matter and unalterable reality that it encompasses many bitter truths within itself. No pauper, no rich man, no king has ever escaped its grasp, nor will anyone ever be able to in the future. The appointed time for it cannot be advanced or delayed. Sometimes a person escapes countless accidents and is saved from the jaws of death. And sometimes a minor incident proves fatal for him. No king, even after being admitted to the best of hospitals and availing the services of expert doctors, can delay the time of death. And the lesson in this for a true believer and a person of understanding is that, no matter how hard the enemies of Islam try, no matter how many conspiracies they devise, they cannot harm a single hair of anyone until his appointed time of death arrives. Sayyiduna Khalid bin Walid participated in nearly a hundred battles of jihad, but when death came, it came to him at home on his deathbed. This belief instills immense courage in a mujahid. Then, there is another aspect worth considering: a piece of land in which the same type of seed is sown, irrigated with the same kind of water, the season and climate are the same, the care is the same, all the plants in that land receive almost the same upbringing and life. But six children of the same parents, whose food is the same, climate is the same, home is the same, parents are the same, yet their lifespans are all different—some die in childhood, some in youth, and some become so old and miserable that they themselves wish Allah would take them from this world, but death does not come to them. Do not all these things indicate the reality that an All-Powerful Being rules over our life and death? No deity, no saint, no prophet, no star, no shrine-holder has any part in this, otherwise at least the doctors and wise men themselves would not die. Everyone's helplessness is the same, so how can such helpless beings be considered worthy of worship? And how foolish are those people who accept the divinity of others besides Allah.