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quran:114:4

From the evil of the retreating whisperer -  

from the evil of the slinking whisperer, Satan — he is referred to by the name of the action ˹waswasa˺ on account of his repeated engaging in it — who slinks ˹away˺ and recoils from the heart whenever God is mentioned,
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مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ  

{من شر الوسواس} الشيطان سمي بالحدث لكثرة ملابسته له {الخناس} لأنه يخنس ويتأخر عن القلب كلما ذكر الله.