113. Sūrat al-Falaq

١١٣۔ سُورَةُ الفَلَق

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113.1 Seek refuge with God from all evils.

١١٣۔١ مقطع في سُورَةُ الفَلَق

quran:113:1 – In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak  

Say: ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak, the morning,
القرآن:١١٣:١ – بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ  

{قل أعوذ برب الفلق} الصبح.
quran:113:2 –

From the evil of that which He created  

from the evil of what He has created, of obligated animate beings and non-obligated ones and from all inanimates, such as poison and so on;
القرآن:١١٣:٢ –

مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ  

{من شر ما خلق} من حيوان مكلف وغير مكلف وجماد كالسم وغير ذلك.
quran:113:3 –

And from the evil of darkness when it settles  

and from the evil of darkness when it gathers, that is, ˹from˺ night when it becomes dark and the moon when it is absent,
القرآن:١١٣:٣ –

وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ  

{ومن شر غاسق إذا وقب} أي الليل إذا أظلم والقمر إذا غاب.
quran:113:4 –

And from the evil of the blowers in knots  

and from the evil of the women-blowers, sorceresses who blow, on knots, which they knot into strings, blowing into them ˹certain˺ words, but without spittle; however, al-Zamakhsharī says, ‘with this ˹spittle˺’ — ˹sorceresses˺ such as the daughters of the said Labīd —
القرآن:١١٣:٤ –

وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ  

{ومن شر النفاثات} السواحر تنفث {في العقد} التي تعقدها في الخيط تنفخ فيها بشيء تقوله من غير ريق، وقال الزمخشري معه كبنات لبيد المذكور.
quran:113:5 –

And from the evil of an envier when he envies."  

and from the evil of an envier when he envies’, ˹when˺ he manifests his envy and behaves in accordance with it — such as the mentioned Labīd from among the Jews who were envious of the Prophet (s); the mention of these three ˹elements of evil˺ which are ˹already˺ subsumed by ˹the statement˺ ‘of what He has created’, is because of the severity of their evil. Meccan or Medinese, consisting of 6 verses. (An-Nâs)
القرآن:١١٣:٥ –

وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ  

{ومن شر حاسد إذا حسد} أظهر حسده وعمل بمقتضاه، كلبيد المذكور من اليهود الحاسدين للنبي ﷺ ، وذكر الثلاثة الشامل لها ما خلق بعده لشدة شرها.