An-Nahl (The Bee)
Surah 16 · Verse 70
And Allah creates you then He takes you back (causes you to die) and among you is he who (on account of old age) is brought back to the worst part of life, so that he does not know anything (even) after (having had) knowledge. Allah is certainly Knowing, Powerful. (R 9)
Birth – growth – decay – death is the known sequence of life brought about by Allah (SWT). In old age there is physical as well as mental decay when the acquired knowledge appears to depart gradually giving rise to forgetfulness, memory lapses etc., in all human beings. Allah (SWT) is the Oldest still His Knowledge and power do not diminish, He is always knowing and Powerful.
