Qur'an 90:4 Al-Balad
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
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What it says
This is what the oaths were sworn for. Man was made inside hardship rather than made and then handed some. The strain is part of the construction, which means a life without it is not a life that went right but a life that has not started.
Word by word
لَقَدْ laqad certainly · خَلَقْنَا khalaqnā We created · ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ al-insāna man · فِى fī in · كَبَدٍ kabad hardship and strain
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