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CH. 56 أَفَرَعَيْتُمْ مَّا تُمْنُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَخْلُقُوْنَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الْخَلِقُوْنَ PT. 27 AL-WAQIAH 59. What think ye of the sperm drop that you emit?ª 60. Is it you who have created it or are We the Creator?b نَحْنُ قَدَّرْنَا بَيْنَكُمُ الْمَوْتَ وَمَا نَحْنُ We have ordained death for. 61 بِمَسْبُوقِينَ all of you; and We cannot be с forestalled. 4124 عَلَى أَنْ تُبَدِّلَ أَمْثَالَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ From bringing in your place. 62 d others like you," and from developing you into a form which at present you know not. 4125 فِي مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الأولى فَلَوْلَا And you have certainly. 63 تَذَكَّرُونَ known the first creation. Why, then, do you not reflect?4126 a75:38. b52:36. 71:5. d76:29. with all moral and spiritual powers in order that he might assimilate and demonstrate in himself Divine attributes. 4124. Commentary: The end of all physical life is death. This is the eternal law of God from which there is no escape. Death frees the human soul from the fetters and shackles of its physical habitat and enables it to start its journey on the road to spiritual development which knows no end. 4125. Commentary: The disintegration of man's physical tabernacle does not mean the end of his life. Death is only a change of state or form. After its flight from the body the human soul is given another body, which, it is not possible for man to conceive. The verse may 3081 also imply a warning to disbelievers that they should not remain lulled into a false state of complacency that they would continue to enjoy power, prestige and prosperity. The time was fast approaching when all their power would be broken and their glory would depart and another people— the Muslims would take their place, and they could not conceive of this great change present prosperous condition. The fulfilment of this prophecy will constitute an argument in support of life after death. 4126. Commentary: in their The verse reinforces the argument begun in the above-mentioned verses. It, in effect, says to disbelievers that they know that God created man from a mere sperm drop and endowed him with wonderful powers and attributes