then He fashioned them and had a spirit of His Own ˹creation˺ breathed into them. And He gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “He is the One Who brought you into being and gave you hearing, sight, and intellect. ˹Yet˺ you hardly give any thanks.”
32:9 and 67:23 both list 'al-sam'a wa al-absar wa al-af'idah qalilan ma tashkurun' in almost identical wording — a four-surah cluster (16, 23, 32, 67) that forms one of the Quran's most repeated triad phrases.