184وَاتَّقُوا الَّذي خَلَقَكُم وَالجِبِلَّةَ الأَوَّلينَMuhammad Asadbut be conscious of Him who has created you just as [He created] those countless generations of old!"1An allusion to the ephemeral character of man's life on earth and by implication to God's judgment.