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Quran Maqasid

Surah Qaf, verse 16

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ولقد خلقنا الانسان ونعلم ما توسوس به نفسه ونحن اقرب اليه من حبل الوريد

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.

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  • Verse 16 of 45
  • Juz 26
  • Page 519

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. خَلَقْنَاWe createdkhalaqnā
  3. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَmanl-insāna
  4. وَنَعْلَمُand We knowwanaʿlamu
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. تُوَسْوِسُwhisperstuwaswisu
  7. بِهِۦto himbihi
  8. نَفْسُهُۥ ۖhis soulnafsuhu
  9. وَنَحْنُand Wewanaḥnu
  10. أَقْرَبُ(are) neareraqrabu
  11. إِلَيْهِto himilayhi
  12. مِنْthanmin
  13. حَبْلِ(his) jugular veinḥabli
  14. ٱلْوَرِيدِ(his) jugular veinl-warīdi

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