What is meant by the vein of the jugular?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: I read in this surah the verse, may Allah preserve you,[Qaf 50:16] What is meant by the vein of the jugular in this verse?
Answer:
The vein of the jugular refers to the artery beside the neck. Every person has two arteries beside his neck, which are called the veins of the jugular, meaning the arteries through which the blood flows.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: I read in this surah the verse, may Allah preserve you,
And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein
وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ الْوَرِيدِAnswer:
The vein of the jugular refers to the artery beside the neck. Every person has two arteries beside his neck, which are called the veins of the jugular, meaning the arteries through which the blood flows.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4692] ما المراد بحبل الوريد؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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