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Surah Qaf, Verse 16

سورة ق، الآية ١٦

50:16 Juz 26 Hizb 52 Page 519 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 50:16

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِ ۝١٦

Transliteration

walaqad khalaqnā l-insāna wanaʿlamu mā tuwaswisu bihi nafsuhu wanaḥnu aqrabu ilayhi min ḥabli l-warīdi

Translation

And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer1528 to him than [his] jugular vein.

Notes

[1528] In absolute knowledge of everything about him. "We" has also been interpreted to mean the angels who are mentioned in the following verse.

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Verse 16 of Surah Qaf (50:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 26, on page 519 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

And I have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and I am closer to him than [his] jugular vein. Verily, I created the human and I know the thoughts and desires that pass his mind. I am closer to him than the vein that is present in his neck and connected to his heart.

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Other translations of verse 16

We have created man and know what his soul whispers within him, for We are closer to him than his jugular vein8.

Notes

[8] i.e., We have absolute knowledge of everything about him, or Our angels are closer to him, as mentioned in the next verse.

And indeed We have created man, and We know what his ownself whispers to him. And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein (by Our Knowledge).

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

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.

And certainly We created man, and We know what his mind suggests to him, and We are nearer to him than his life-vein.

And indeed We already created man, and We know whatever his self whispers within him, and We are nearer to him than the jugular vein.

Verse 16 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
  2. خَلَقْنَا khalaqnā We created خ ل ق
  3. ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ l-insāna man أ ن س
  4. وَنَعْلَمُ wanaʿlamu and We know ع ل م
  5. مَا mā what
  6. تُوَسْوِسُ tuwaswisu whispers و س و س
  7. بِهِۦ bihi to him
  8. نَفْسُهُۥ nafsuhu his soul ن ف س
  9. وَنَحْنُ wanaḥnu and We
  10. أَقْرَبُ aqrabu (are) nearer ق ر ب
  11. إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to him
  12. مِنْ min than
  13. حَبْلِ ḥabli (his) jugular vein ح ب ل
  14. ٱلْوَرِيدِ l-warīdi (his) jugular vein و ر د

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:85

    وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنكُمْ وَلَٰكِن لَّا تُبْصِرُونَ

    And We [i.e., Our angels] are nearer to him than you, but you do not see -

  • Al-Hijr 15:9

    إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ

    Indeed, it is We who sent down the message [i.e., the Qur’ān], and indeed, We will be its guardian.

  • Al-Isra 17:13–14

    وَكُلَّ إِنسَٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَٰهُ طَٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ كِتَٰبًا يَلْقَىٰهُ مَنشُورًا …

    And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open. …

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:39

    يَمْحُوا۟ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثْبِتُ وَعِندَهُۥٓ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ

    Allāh eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.

  • Maryam 19:38

    أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    How [clearly] they will hear and see the Day they come to Us, but the wrongdoers today are in clear error.

  • As-Sajdah 32:12

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا۟ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَٱرْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

    If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work righteousness. Indeed, we are [now] certain."

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