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وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَىْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍۢ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۭ قَدِيرٌۭ﴿٧٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
ثُمَّthummathen
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚyatawaffākumwill cause you to die
وَمِنكُمwaminkumAnd among you
مَّنman(is one) who
يُرَدُّyuradduis sent back
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَرْذَلِardhalithe worst
ٱلْعُمُرِl-ʿumuri(of) the age
لِكَىْlikayso that
لَاnot
يَعْلَمَyaʿlamahe will know
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowledge
شَيْـًٔا ۚshayana thing
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

In Man there is a LessonAllah tells us that He is controlling the affairs of His servants. He is the One Who created them out of nothing, then He will cause them to die. But there are some of them that He allows to grow old, which is a physical weakness, as Allah says:اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِن بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةٍ(Allah is He Who created you in (a state of) weakness, then gave you strength after weakness, then after strength gave (you) weakness) (30:54)لِكَىْ لاَ ي...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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