Quran 36:68 — Yaseen, verse 68
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If We extend anyone’s life, We reverse his development. Do they not use their reason?
وَمَنْ نُعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
waman nuʿammir'hu nunakkis'hu fī l-khalqi afalā yaʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And to whomsoever We give long life, We bend him over in His constitution; what, do they not 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?
- Sahih International
- And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation; so will they not understand?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنwaman | And (he) whom | — |
| 2 | نُّعَمِّرْهُnuʿammir'hu | We grant him long life | عمر |
| 3 | نُنَكِّسْهُnunakkis'hu | We reverse him | نكس |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖl-khalqi | the creation | خلق |
| 6 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then will not | — |
| 7 | يَعْقِلُونَyaʿqilūna | they use intellect | عقل |