سورة یسٓ
Surah Yâ Sîn 36:68
O Perfect Man! · Verse 68 of 83
وَمَنْ نُعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
We reverse the mechanism of the person to whom We grant (extraordinary) long life by making the state of his constitution weak. Do they not (even then) make use of their understanding?
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: Will they not then understand?
Ahmed Ali
Whoever reaches old age, We reverse in natural disposition. Do they not have sense (to see)?
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Ali Unal
Whomever We cause to live long, We may also reverse him in nature (so that he returns to weakness after strength, to ignorance after knowledge, to forgetting after remembering). So will they not reason and take heed?
Daryabadi
And whomsoever We grant long life, We reverse him in creation. Reflect then they not?
Faridul Haque
And whomever We bring to an old age, We reverse him in creation; so do they not understand?
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce to an object state in creation. Do they not understand?
Maulvi Sher Ali
And him whom WE grant long life - WE revert him to a weak state in creation. Will they not then understand?
Muhammad Asad
But [let them always remember that] if We lengthen a human being's days, We also cause him to decline in his powers [when he grows old]: will they not, then, use their reason?
Muhammad Musin Khan
And he whom We grant long life, We reverse him in creation (weakness after strength). Will they not then understand?
Muhammad Pickthall
He whom we bring unto old age, We reverse him in creation (making him go back to weakness after strength). Have ye then no sense?
Muhammad Sarwar
The physical growth of those whom We grant a long life will be reversed. Will you then not understand?
Muhammed ali Shakir
And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce (him) to an abject state in constitution; do they not then understand?
Rashad Khalifa
Whomever we permit to live for a long time, we revert him to weakness. Do they not understand?
Shabbir Ahmed
Such as, whomever We grant long life, We cause him to revert to weakness. Will they not then use their intellect?
Commentary 36:68 “We reverse the mechanism of the created thing (- Khalqالْخَلْقِ)”, the created thing can be a human being, a civilization or a nation or any other…
وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ ۖ
36:68 “We reverse the mechanism of the created thing (- Khalqالْخَلْقِ)”, the created thing can be a human being, a civilization or a nation or any other creation in the process of evolution (36:79). It can also apply to the non-living, such as a star, which builds up from cosmic dust, and as the ages pass, it may implode or become a black hole and finally disintegrate into dust again. Nu‘ammirنُعمٌر – We grant long life. The word is derived from the root ‘amara عَمرَ meaning to inhabit, to make inhabitable and ‘umara عُمرَ is long life. Thus, it may also refer to a star, the earth or land. The process begins in a weak state, reaches is height of power and then returns to the original state of weakness. This cycle is in effect in human beings as well as in the cosmos and continues to be repeated (cf. 36:77-80)