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
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
Whomever We cause to live long, We may also reverse him in nature (so that he returns to weakness after strength, to ignorance after knowledge, to forgetting after remembering). So will they not reason and take heed
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)
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
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.]
Faridul Haque
And whomever We bring to an old age, We reverse him in creation; so do they not understand
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
To whoever We give a long life We make him stoop. Do they not understand
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
And someone whom We give long life, We cause him to degenerate (towards childhood and debility) in strength and disposition. So, do they not have sense
And to whom We grant a long life, We weaken in creation. Do they still not use their intellect?
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And whomever We cause to live long, We reverse him to an abject state in constitution; do they not then understand
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
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