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الفلق

113. Al-Falaq

The Dawn · Meccan · 5 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

113:1

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ ﴿١﴾

Qul aʿūdhu birabbi al-falaq

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

113:2

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ﴿٢﴾

Min sharri mā khalaq

From the evil of that which He created;

113:3

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ﴿٣﴾

Wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab

From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,

113:4

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ ﴿٤﴾

Wamin sharri an-naffāthāti fī al-ʿuqad

And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,

113:5

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ﴿٥﴾

Wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad

And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.