Qaf
50. Qāf
ق
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وَلَقَدْ
خَلَقْنَا
الْإِنسَانَ
وَنَعْلَمُ
مَا
تُوَسْوِسُ
بِهِ
نَفْسُهُ
وَنَحْنُ
أَقْرَبُ
إِلَيْهِ
مِنْ
حَبْلِ
الْوَرِيدِ
wa-la-qad khalaqnā l-ʾinsāna wa-naʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wa-naḥnu ʾaqrabu ʾilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi
It was We Who created man, and We know what dark suggestions his soul makes to him: for We are nearer to him than (his) jugular vein.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Certainly We have created man and We know to what his soul tempts him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.
