Surah 40:59
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لَخَلۡقُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ أَكۡبَرُ مِنۡ خَلۡقِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
Indeed the creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of the people, but most of the people do not know (it).
وَمَا يَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡأَعۡمَىٰ وَٱلۡبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلۡمُسِيٓءُۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ
The blind and the sighted are not equal, nor are those who believe and do deeds of righteousness and the evildoer. Little do you take heed!
إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَأٓتِيَةٞ لَّا رَيۡبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكۡثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤۡمِنُونَ
Surely the Hour is coming indeed – (there is) no doubt about it – but most of the people do not believe.
Allah tells us that He will bring back His creation on the Day of Resurrection. That is very easy for Him, because He created the heavens and the earth, and creating them is greater than creating mankind, the first time and when He creates them again. The One Who is able to do that is able to do anything that is less than that. As Allah says:
And Allah says here:
hence they do not think about or ponder this proof. Similarly, many of the Arabs recognized that Allah had created the heavens and the earth, but they denied and rejected the idea of the resurrection; they acknowledged something which was greater than that which they denied. Then Allah says:
The blind man who cannot see anything is not the same as the sighted man who can see everything as far as his eyesight reaches - there is a huge difference between them. By the same token, the righteous believers and the immoral disbelievers are not equal.
{Little do you remember!} means, most of the people remember little.
means, it will indeed come to pass.
means, they do not believe in it, and in fact they doubt its existence altogether.
— from Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Vol. 8, Page 492-493)