وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ وَنَعۡلَمُ مَا تُوَسۡوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفۡسُهُۥۖ وَنَحۡنُ أَقۡرَبُ إِلَيۡهِ مِنۡ حَبۡلِ ٱلۡوَرِيدِ ١٦
Walaqad khalaqnal-insāna wana'lamu mā tuwaswisu bihī nafsuhū wanahnu aqrabu ilayhi min hablil-warīd
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer1528 to him than [his] jugular vein.
Footnotes
1528 In absolute knowledge of everything about him. "We" has also been interpreted to mean the angels who are mentioned in the following verse.