He it is Who created you from the soil, then from the sperm, then from that which clings and hangs like a leech, then He brings you out as a child, then (He keeps you alive) so that you reach your (age) of strength, then (He keeps you alive) so that you become old, and among you is he who is taken back (i.e. dies) earlier, so that (all of) you reach the (end of the) appointed term, and that you may understand.