It is He who gives life and death, and when He ordains a thing, He says only, ‘Be!’ and it is.1
Footnotes
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These verses give details of certain phenomena of nature of which it is said, ‘So that you may reflect’, in other words, ‘All these exist so that you may give them deep consideration’. That is, these material happenings of nature have some inner lessons in them, and it is expected of man that he should ponder deeply upon them, so that he may uncover their hidden lessons. The events of nature that have been mentioned here are—the conversion of lifeless matter into living objects; the development of the human being in a gradual manner; man’s passing through the stages of youth to old age; living man’s becoming dead again, sometimes in old age and sometimes at a young age. All these events introduce us to various attributes of the Creator. It is revealed by these events that the Being who brought this universe into existence is the All Powerful and Wise God. He is Supreme and Dominant.