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).
~ Al-Qaf:16
Tafsir al-Jalalayn
And verily We created man and We know (wa-na‘lamu is a
circumstantial qualifier with an implicit [preceding] nahnu) what (mā relates
to the verbal action) his soul whispers to him, [what] it speaks [to him] (the
bi- [of bihi, ‘him’] is extra, or it is [required] for the intransitive verb to
become transitive [and take a direct object]; the [suffixed] personal pronoun
[in bihi, ‘him’] refers to man); and We are nearer to him, in knowing [him],
than his jugular vein (habli’l-warīdi: the genitive annexation is explicative;
al-warīdān are two [principal] veins on either side of the neck).
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