Al-Waqi’ah 56:62
The Inevitable · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 536
You Knew the First Creation
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلنَّشۡأَةَ ٱلۡأُولَىٰ فَلَوۡلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ ٦٢
And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not reflect.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
You have known the first creation; will you not remember?
Insight
According to Elmalılı, man knows, from observation and from the Qur’an, how he was created stage by stage from earth, drop, clot and lump; so he should reflect on the second creation too.
Reflect
Reflect on your own creation and affirm the resurrection.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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