Surah 30:27
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وَلَهُۥ مَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ كُلّٞ لَّهُۥ قَٰنِتُونَ
To Him (belongs) whoever is in the heavens and the earth: all are obedient before Him.
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِي يَبۡدَؤُاْ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥ وَهُوَ أَهۡوَنُ عَلَيۡهِۚ وَلَهُ ٱلۡمَثَلُ ٱلۡأَعۡلَىٰ فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ
He (it is) who brings about the creation, then restores it – it is easy for Him. (Only) the highest parable in the heavens and the earth (is fitting) for Him. He is the Mighty, the Wise.
Allah says:
means, He owns it and it is enslaved to Him.
{All are obedient to Him.} they are humble before Him and submit to Him, whether willingly or unwillingly.
Repeating the Creation is easier for Allah
Allah’s saying:
Ibn ‘Abbas said, “This means it is easier for Him.” Mujahid said: “Repeating it is easier for Him than originating it, and originating it is easy for Him.” This was also the view of Ikrimah and others.
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Prophet said:
«Allah says; “The son of Adam denied Me, and he had no right to do so. And he reviled Me, and he had no right to do so. As for his denying Me, it is his saying: ‘He will not remake me as He originated me' - while originating the creation is not easier for Me than re-creating him. As for his reviling Me, it is his saying: ‘Allah has taken to Himself a son,' while I am the One, the Self-Sufficient Master; I beget not, nor was I begotten, and there is none comparable to Me.”»
This was recorded only by Al-Bukhari.
‘Ali bin Abi Talib reported Ibn ‘Abbas said, “This is like the Ayah:
There is nothing like Him.” Qatadah said: “His description is La ilaha illallah, and there is no Lord but He.”
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 7, Page 539)