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وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمُ النَّشْاَةَ الْاُوْلٰى فَلَوْلَا تَذَكَّرُوْنَ   ( الواقعة: ٦٢ )

walaqad
وَلَقَدْ
And certainly
ʿalim'tumu
عَلِمْتُمُ
you know
l-nashata
ٱلنَّشْأَةَ
the creation
l-ūlā
ٱلْأُولَىٰ
the first
falawlā
فَلَوْلَا
so why not
tadhakkarūna
تَذَكَّرُونَ
you take heed?

Wa laqad 'alimtumun nash atal oolaa falaw laa tazakkaroon (al-Wāqiʿah 56:62)

Sahih International:

And you have already known the first creation, so will you not remember? (Al-Waqi'ah [56] : 62)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

And you certainly know the first creation; then why do you not take lesson?