Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Surah Ya-Sin
Surah 36 · Ya-Sin · verse 68 of 83

Quran 36:68 · Ya-Sin

وَمَن نُّعَمِّرۡهُ نُنَكِّسۡهُ فِي ٱلۡخَلۡقِۚ أَفَلَا يَعۡقِلُونَ

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

Translation: Sahih International
Maulana’s commentary · Tazkirul Quran

Man has been endowed with eyes, hands and legs and numerous such blessings, but instead of being thankful, he takes these blessings for granted. It is a fact that these features were not created by man himself, instead his Creator blessed him with them. He must therefore realize their importance, for what would man do, if the Creator decided to withdraw His blessings. Man gets a glimpse of this possibility at the onset of old age. When a man grows very old, all his powers are taken away from him, so much so that he becomes as weak and helpless as he was as a small child. But, man is so foolish that he does not learn a lesson from this.

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, Tazkirul Quran

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