It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason.
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He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is.
Do you not consider those who dispute concerning the signs of Allah - how are they averted?
Those who deny the Book and that with which We sent Our messengers - they are going to know,
When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged