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Al-Qalam

50:16

Qaf 16

Surah Qaf (ق), verse 16 — reference 50:16. Arabic text with optional translation and free audio on Al-Qalam.

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.