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Qaf 16

Ayah 16 of 45 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُۥۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِيدِ ١٦

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer1 to him than [his] jugular vein.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 In absolute knowledge of everything about him. "We" has also been interpreted to mean the angels who are mentioned in the following verse.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. خَلَقۡنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَmanl-insāna
  4. وَنَعۡلَمُand We knowwanaʿlamu
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. تُوَسۡوِسُwhisperstuwaswisu
  7. بِهِۦto himbihi
  8. نَفۡسُهُۥۖhis soulnafsuhu
  9. وَنَحۡنُand Wewanaḥnu
  10. أَقۡرَبُ(are) neareraqrabu
  11. إِلَيۡهِto himilayhi
  12. مِنۡthanmin
  13. حَبۡلِ(his) jugular veinḥabli
  14. ٱلۡوَرِيدِ(his) jugular veinl-warīdi

Tafsir

And I have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and I am closer to him than [his] jugular vein. Verily, I created the human and I know the thoughts and desires that pass his mind. I am closer to him than the vein that is present in his neck and connected to his heart.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran