If We extend anyone's life, We reverse his development. Can they not use their reason? 68 And We did not give Prophet Muhammad, knowledge of poetry, nor is it befitting for him. It is not but a message and a clear Qur'an 69 that he may warn him who is alive and establish an argument against those that deny the Truth. 70 Do they not see the cattle among things We have fashioned by Our power, which they own, 71 And have subjected the animals for them, so they ride some animals and eat some? 72 And they have therefrom other benefits and drinks. Will they not then give thanks? 73 They chose idols besides God in the hope of receiving help from them, but they will not be able to help them. 74 It is not in their power to help them; but they (the worshippers) are unto them a host in arms. 75 Therefore let not their speech grieve you; surely We know what they do in secret and what they do openly. 76 IS MAN, then, not aware that it is We who create him out of a [mere] drop of sperm - whereupon, lo! he shows himself endowed with the power to think and to argue? 77 And he has struck for Us a similitude and forgotten his creation; he says, 'Who shall quicken the bones when they are decayed?' 78 Say, "He who brought them into being in the first instance will give them life again: He has knowledge of every type of creation: 79 He, Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith. 80 "Is not He Who created the heavens and the earth able to create the like thereof?" - Yea, indeed! for He is the Creator Supreme, of skill and knowledge (infinite)! 81 when He decrees a thing, He need only say, "Be!" and it is. 82 Holy is He Who has full control over everything, and to Him you shall all be recalled. 83