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CH. 50 that My threatened punishment befell them. 3867 QAF PT. 26 اَفَعَيْنَا بِالْخَلْقِ الْاَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِي لَبْس Have We then become. 16 weary with the first creation? Nay, but they are in confusion about the new creation. 3868 R. 2. مِنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍن وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ And assuredly, We have. 17 بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ his mind whispers to him, and حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ created man and We know what bWe are nearer to him than even his jugular vein. 3869 إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى الْمُتَلَقِّينِ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ When the two Recording. 18 angels record everything, one 3867. Commentary: "50:39. 86:5. Dwellers of the) اصحاب الأيكة For Wood) see 15:79 and for the People of Tubba 44:38. The verse purports to say that the above-mentioned peoples were warned by their respective Prophets that if they rejected them, they would be punished in this world and would also have to account for their sins in the next. The first warning was literally fulfilled and, therefore, the second one is also bound to be fulfilled. 3868. Important Words: (We have become weary) is derived from & (‘ayya). They say & i. e. he lacked power, strength or ability to perform or accomplish his affair; was unable to execute it through or found not the right way to do it. ) & means, he was ignorant of the affair. means, he was or became tired, fatigued or wearied abs & means, he found not the right way to express himself (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: In these verses "creation", besides its ordinary meaning, signifies spiritual awakening or revolution brought about by a Prophet among his people. 3869. Commentary: Wonderful is God's creation of the universe, but much more wonderful is the creation of man. The fact that man is master of his conduct and is responsible for his decisions is here put forward as another argument to support the inevitability of the Resurrection. In fact man's life on Earth is "the seedbed of an eternal future". 2974