وَلَوِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ لَفَسَدَتِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّ ۚ بَلْ أَتَيْنَـٰهُم بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَن ذِكْرِهِم مُّعْرِضُونَ Qur’an Al-Muminun (23:71)Walawi ittabaAAa al h aqqu ahw a ahum lafasadati a l ssam a w a tu wa a lar d u waman feehinna bal atayn a hum bi th ikrihim fahum AAan th ikrihim muAAri d oon a
I.e., the reality of all creation.
I.e., if the universe - and, especially, human life - had been as devoid of meaning and purpose as they imagine, nothing could have endured, and everything would have long since perished in chaos.
For this rendering of the term dhikr, see note [13] on 21:10 .
Their desire that the universe has more than one God. See 21:22.
Allah is All-Wise and All-Good, and His architecture of the universe is on a perfect Plan. If these poor, low, selfish, ignorant creatures were to plan it according to their hearts' desires, it would be a dreadful world, full of confusion and corruption.