5ثُمَّ رَدَدناهُ أَسفَلَ سافِلينَMuhammad Asadand thereafter We reduce him to the lowest of low1This "reduction to the lowest of low" is a consequence of man's betrayal - in another word, corruption - of his original, positive disposition: that is to say, a consequence of man's own doings and omissions. Regarding the attribution, by God, of this "reduction" to His Own doing, see note 7 on 2:7.