﴿ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴾

“Verily, We have created man into [a life of] pain, toil and trial.”

We certainly created man in travail (kabad).That is, in [a state of] difficulty (mashaqqa) and hardship (shidda).He [also] said:Kabad also means erectness (intiṣāb) � that is, �We have created him in the belly [of his mother] keeping him erect�. This resembles Mujāhid�s saying: �The child sits in the belly of its mother in a upright position corresponding to the uprightness of the mother, and an angel is delegated, when the mother lies on her side, to raise up the child�s head and if it was not for that it would drown in blood.�His words, Exalted is He: