They had died to that previous way of life. In what sense have we who hope to live forever in Paradise “died with reference to sin ”?
فَقَدْ مَاتَ كَإِنْسَانٍ ،‏ ثُمَّ أُقِيمَ إِلَى ٱلْحَيَاةِ ٱلْخَالِدَةِ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ ،‏ وَلَمْ يَعُدْ لِلْمَوْتِ سِيَادَةٌ عَلَيْهِ .‏