سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 70
وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَىْ لَا يَعْلَمَ بَعْدَ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ ﴿70﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And Allâh has created you and then He will cause you to die; and of you there are some who are sent back to senility, so that they know nothing after having known (much). Truly! Allâh is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
خَلَقَكُمْ
khalaqakum
created you
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَتَوَفَّىٰكُمْ ۚ
yatawaffākum
will cause you to die
وَمِنكُم
waminkum
And among you
مَّن
man
(is one) who
يُرَدُّ
yuraddu
is sent back
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أَرْذَلِ
ardhali
the worst
ٱلْعُمُرِ
l-ʿumuri
(of) the age
لِكَىْ
likay
so that
لَا
lā
not
يَعْلَمَ
yaʿlama
he will know
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
عِلْمٍۢ
ʿil'min
knowledge
شَيْـًٔا ۚ
shayan
a thing
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
عَلِيمٌۭ
ʿalīmun
(is) All-Knowing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
70. 1. When a person exceeds the natural lifespan, then his memory also becomes weak and sometimes the intellect is impaired, and he becomes like an ignorant child. This is the prolonged life from which the Prophet ﷺ also sought refuge.
