Tafsir of Maryam 19:66

Man's Amazement about Life after Death and the Refutation against this Amazement Allah, the Exalted, informs that mankind is amazed that he could be returned to life after death and he thinks that this is something farfetched. As Allah says,

وإن تعجب فعجب قولهم أءذا كنا ترابا أءنا لفى خلق جديد

And if you wonder, then wondrous is their saying: "When we are dust, shall we indeed then be (raised) in a new creation!'' (13:5) Allah also says,

أولم ير اﻻنسن أنا خلقنه من نطفة فٳذا هو خصيم مبين

وضرب لنا مثﻼ ونسى خلقه قال من يحى العظم وهى رميم

قل يحييها الذى أنشٲها أول مرة وهو بكل خلق عليم

Does not man see that We have created him from Nutfah. Yet behold he (stands forth) as an open opponent. And he puts forth for Us a parable and forgets his own creation. He says: "Who will give life to these bones after they are rotten and have become dust!'' Say: "He will give life to them Who created them for the first time! And He is the All-Knower of every creation!'' (36:77-79) And Allah says here in this Surah,

ويقول اﻻنسان أيذا ما مت لسوف أخرج حيا

أوﻻ يذكر اﻻنسان أنا خلقناه من قبل ولم يك شييا