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YUSUFALI : 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.

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

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

M& HILALI : 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).