Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

58 Have you considered the sperm that you emit?
59 Is it you who create it,
or are We the creator?
60 We have ordained death among you,
and We are not to be outmaneuvered
61 from replacing you with your likes
and recreating you
in [a realm] you do not know.
62 Certainly you have known the first genesis,
then why do you not take admonition?
63 Have you considered what you sow?
64 Is it you who make it grow,
or are We the grower?
65 If We wish, We surely turn it into chaff,
whereat you are left stunned ¹ [saying to yourselves,]
66 ‘Indeed we have suffered loss!
67 Rather we are deprived!’
68 Have you considered the water that you drink?
69 Is it you who bring it down from the rain cloud,
or is it We who bring [it] down?
70 If We wish We can make it bitter.
Then why do you not give thanks?
71 Have you considered the fire that you kindle?
72 Was it you who caused its tree to grow,
or were We the grower?
73 It was We who made it a reminder
and a boon for the desert-dwellers.
74 So celebrate the Name of your Lord, the All-supreme.