وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Wa man nu 'ammirhu nunakkishu fil-khalq; afalaa ya'qiloon
اور جس کو ہم بڑی عمر دیتے ہیں تو اسے خلقت میں اوندھا کردیتے ہیں تو کیا یہ سمجھتے نہیں؟
And whoever we grant long life, we reverse in creation. Will they not then understand?
Two hypotheticals stand immediately before this, each opening with a condition: sight blotted out, bodies fixed where they stand. The third case drops the condition, since age reverses a person in plain view of everybody, and the question closing the verse asks why a demonstration already running is not read as one. Nakkasa describes turning a thing upside down.