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Surah 50. Qaf, Ayah 16

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

Walaqad khalaqn a alins a na wanaAAlamu m a tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wana h nu aqrabu ilayhi min h abli alwareed i

NOW, VERILY, it is We who have created man, and We know what his innermost self whispers within him: for We are closer to him than his neck-vein.

- Mohammad Asad

We created man, We know the prompting of his soul, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Indeed, 'it is' We 'Who' created humankind and 'fully' know what their souls whisper to them, and We are closer to them than 'their' jugular vein.

- Mustafa Khattab

We verily created a man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

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. ⁴⁹⁵²

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali