Popular Translations
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
Arthur John Arberry
And to whomsoever We give long life, We bend him over in His constitution; what, do they not understand
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
If We grant long life to any, We cause him to be reversed in nature: Will they not then understand
Arabic
وَمَن نُّعَمِّرۡهُ نُنَكِّسۡهُ فِی ٱلۡخَلۡقِۚ أَفَلَا یَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٨
Transliteration (2021)
waman nuʿammir'hu nunakkis'hu fī l-khalqi afalā yaʿqilūn