Al-Falaq

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1. Say, O Messenger: “I seek refuge in the Lord of the morning and I seek His protection.”

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

Compassionate, the Merciful: [113:1] Say: ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak, the morning, [113:2] 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; [113:3] and from the evil of darkness when it gathers, that is, [from] night when it becomes dark and the moon when it is absent, [113:4] 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-Zamakhsharl says, ‘with this [Spittle]…

Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

2. “From the evils of the harms of all creation.”

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

3. “And I seek refuge in Allah from the evils that appear in the night, i.e. harmful creatures and bandits.”

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

4. “And I seek His refuge from the evils of the sorceresses who blow onto knots.”

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Al-Mukhtasar

Tafsīr Center for Qur'anic Studies · Contemporary

5. “And I seek His refuge from the evil of the jealous one when he acts out his jealousy.”

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

al-Maḥallī & al-Suyūṭī · 864–911 AH / 1459–1505 CE

l-Zamakhsharl says, ‘with this [Spittle]’ — [sorceresses] such as the daughters of the said Labid — [113:5] and from the evil of an envier when he envies’, [when] he manifests his envy and behaves in ac¬ cordance with it — such as the mentioned Labid 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. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful: