11 Preface اللَّهُ يَبدَأُ الخَلقَ ثُمَّ يُعيدُهُ ثُمَّ إِلَيهِ تُرجَعونَYusuf AliIt is God Who begins (the process of) creation;1 then repeats it; then shall ye be brought back to Him.Nothing exists of its own accord or fortuitously. It is God Who originates all creation. What appears to be death may be only transformation; for God can and does recreate. And His creative activity is continuous. Our death is but a phenomenal event. What we become after death is the result of a process of recreation by God, Who is both the source and the goal of all things. When we are brought back to him, it will be as conscious and responsible beings, to receive the consequences of our brief life on this earth (Cf. 30:27).