19أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ بِالحَقِّ ۚ إِن يَشَأ يُذهِبكُم وَيَأتِ بِخَلقٍ جَديدٍMuhammad AsadART THOU NOT aware that God has created the heavens and the earth in accordance with [an inner] truth?1 He can, if He so wills, do away with you and bring forth a new mankind [in your stead]:2See note 11 on 10: 5.Lit., "bring forth a new creation" or "new people", for it should be remembered that the term khalq denotes not merely "creation" or "act of creation" but also "people" or "mankind", which seems to be its meaning here (Ibn 'Abbas, as quoted by Razi).