The Holy Quran 36:68 — Surah Ya-Sin

Arabic text

وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Translation

He whom We advance in age (make old) We diminish in structure. Do they not understand (have wisdom that the Being Who causes these changes in people can certainly bring the dead back to life)?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, do not consider it at all improbable that eyes should be taken away, or that one should be deformed and made crippled. Do you not see how a healthy and strong man, on growing very old, is rendered unable to see, hear and move about?

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