Quran 50:16 — Qaaf, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We created man––We know what his soul whispers to him: We are closer to him than his jugular vein––
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِ
walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We indeed created man; and We know what his soul whispers within him, and We are nearer to him than the jugular vein.
- Muhammad Asad
- 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.
- Sahih International
- And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnā | We created | خلق |
| 3 | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insāna | man | أنس |
| 4 | وَنَعْلَمُwanaʿlamu | and We know | علم |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | تُوَسْوِسُtuwaswisu | whispers | وسوس |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | to him | — |
| 8 | نَفْسُهُۥ ۖnafsuhu | his soul | نفس |
| 9 | وَنَحْنُwanaḥnu | and We | — |
| 10 | أَقْرَبُaqrabu | (are) nearer | قرب |
| 11 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to him | — |
| 12 | مِنْmin | than | — |
| 13 | حَبْلِḥabli | (his) jugular vein | حبل |
| 14 | ٱلْوَرِيدِl-warīdi | (his) jugular vein | ورد |