Mereka menjawab, "Ya Tuhan kami, Engkau telah mematikan kami dua kali dan telah menghidupkan kami dua kali (pula), lalu kami mengakui dosa-dosa kami. Maka adakah jalan (bagi kami) untuk keluar (dari neraka)?"
Classical scholars often explain it this way: 1. First “death” → Before we were created. We were nothing. No body, no breath, no name. 2. First life → Our life in this world. 3. Second death → Our death at the end of our earthly life. 4. Second life → Resurrection on the Day of Judgment. So the verse gently maps our entire existence: Non-existence → Life → Death → Eternal Life
In our journey of existence all the spirits (Rooh) of all the human beings from Adam AS till the last person to come in this world were created. This was not our birth but rather creation through amr (أَمْرِ)of Allah through his word كُنْ فَيَكُونُ. Then the covenant of Alast was taken. أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ ۖ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ Then our first death took place and we were put to sleep. Then when we are born in this world that...