Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And to whom We give long life, We reverse him in creation. Will you then not use reason!

وَمَنْ نُعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِي الْخَلْقِۜ اَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Waman nuAAammirhu nunakkis-hu fee alkhalqiafala yaAAqiloon
#wordmeaningroot
1wamanAnd (he) whom
2nuʿammir'huWe grant him long lifeعمر
3nunakkis'huWe reverse himنكس
4in
5l-khalqithe creationخلق
6afalāThen will not
7yaʿqilūnathey use intellectعقل
  • Aisha Bewley

    When We grant long life to people, We return them to their primal state. So will you not use your intellect?

  • Progressive Muslims

    And for whomever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not understand

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Such as, he whom We grant long life, We cause him to revert to weakness. Will they not then use their intellect? (That they must use their full potentials).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And to whom We give long life, We reverse him in creation. Will you then not use reason!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And for whoever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not comprehend?

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    For whomever We grant a long life, We weaken him in body. Do they not understand?

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Whomever we permit to live for a long time, we revert him to weakness. Do they not understand?

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Whoever reaches old age, We reverse in natural disposition. Do they not have sense (to see)?

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    And he to whom We grant long life We reverse in creation; so will they not understand?

  • Muhammad Asad

    But if We lengthen a human being’s days, We also cause him to decline in his powers : will they not, then, use their reason?

  • Marmaduke 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?

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    Whomsoever We grant a long life, We reverse him in his constitution. Do they still not understand?

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Do they not ponder that he whom We carry through the stealing steps of age to advanced life, We cause to relapse into a degenerate and degraded state of mind, activity, knowledge, strength and status and make him lose the qualities and attributes he once possessed. Do they not deviate into sense and contemplate this fact!

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Do you not realize that when God gives someone a long life, He reduces his overall capabilities in old age? So, do not obey someone in account of a respect for his age as he may have childish brain.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And he whom We grant long life - We reverse him in creation (weakness after strength). Will they not then understand?

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: Will they not then understand?

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    And whoever We grant a long life, We reverse them in development. Will they not then understand?

  • Taqi Usmani

    And whomsoever We give long life, we reverse him in creation. Then, do they have no sense?

  • Abdul Haleem

    If We extend anyone’s life, We reverse his development. Do they not use their reason?

  • Arthur John Arberry

    And to whomsoever We give long life, We bend him over in His constitution; what, do they not understand?

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And him to whom we grant old age, we bow him down in his form; have they then no sense?

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And whomsoever We cause to live long, We reduce him to an abject state in constitution; do they not then understand?

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And to whomever We give long life, We cause him to relapse in creation. Do they then not consider?

  • George Sale

    Unto whomsoever We grant a long life, him do We cause to bow down his body through age. Will they not therefore understand?

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And if We gave long life to anyone, We would have reversed him in creation (by making him weak after giving him strength) then will they not understand?

  • Amatul Rahman 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?

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    And whomever We give a long life, We cause him to regress in creation. Then will they not apply reason?