Surah Qaf (ق) • The Letter "Qaf"

Quran 50:16

50:16

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.

— Saheeh International

We created man––We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We have created man, and We know what his ownself whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 26Page 519meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānaman
وَنَعْلَمُwanaʿlamuand We know
مَاmāwhat
تُوَسْوِسُtuwaswisuwhispers
بِهِۦbihito him
نَفْسُهُۥۖnafsuhuhis soul
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuand We
أَقْرَبُaqrabu(are) nearer
إِلَيْهِilayhito him
مِنْminthan
حَبْلِḥabli(his) jugular vein
ٱلْوَرِيدِl-warīdi(his) jugular vein