﴿ وَنَفْسٍۢ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا ﴾

“Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be,”

وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّاهَا (and by the soul, and the One who made it well,...91:7) If, in this phrase, the particle ma is taken to function as infinitival particle, it signifies 'by the human soul and its perfection'. If ma is taken in the sense of man , it signifies 'by the soul and the One who proportioned it'. The