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114. An-Naas

Mankind · Meccan · 6 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

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

114:1

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿١﴾

Qul aʿūdhu birabbi an-nās

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

114:2

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٢﴾

Maliki an-nās

The King of mankind,

114:3

إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٣﴾

Ilāhi an-nās

The god of mankind,

114:4

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ﴿٤﴾

Min sharri al-waswāsi al-khannās

From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,

114:5

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٥﴾

Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri an-nās

Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,

114:6

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ﴿٦﴾

Mina al-jinnati wan-nās

Of the jinn and of mankind.

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.