وَٱللَّهُ
خَلَقَكُمۡ
ثُمَّ
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمۡۚ
وَمِنكُم
مَّن
يُرَدُّ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَرۡذَلِ
ٱلۡعُمُرِ
لِكَيۡ
لَا
يَعۡلَمَ
بَعۡدَ
عِلۡمٖ
شَيۡـًٔاۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
عَلِيمٞ
قَدِيرٞ
٧٠
And Allah createth you, then causeth you to die, and among you is he who is brought back to the most abject stage of life, so that he knoweth nothing after (having had) knowledge. Lo! Allah is Knower, Powerful.
— M. Pickthall
And Allāh created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing and Competent.
— Saheeh International
It is Allah who creates you and takes your souls at death; and of you there are some who are sent back to a feeble age, so that they know nothing after having known (much): for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
In Man there is a Lesson
Allah tells us that He is controlling the affairs of His servants. He is the One Who created them out of nothing, then He will cause them to die. But there are some of them that He allows to grow old, which is a physical weakness, as Allah says:
اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن
…In Man there is a Lesson
Allah tells us that He is controlling the affairs of His servants. He is the One Who created them out of nothing, then He will
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