المعوذات: الإخلاص والفلق والناس
Al-Mu’awwidhat: Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas (Surahs Al-Ikhlas to An-Nas (112 to 114)) in transliteration: the 15 verses in Arabic, in Latin letters and in English. Play the recitation to follow the pronunciation word by word.
Al-Mu’awwidhat: Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas: translation and explanation The whole of Surah Al-Ikhlas in transliteration
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ١
qul huwa l-lahu aḥadun
1. Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,2011
[2011] Alone, without another, indivisible with absolute and permanent unity and distinct from all else. The one and only true deity, unique in His essence, attributes and deeds.
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ ٢
al-lahu l-ṣamadu
2. Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.2012
[2012] He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return.
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ٣
lam yalid walam yūlad
3. He neither begets nor is born,
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ٤
walam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥadun
4. Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ ١
qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaqi
1. Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak
مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ٢
min sharri mā khalaqa
2. From the evil of that which He created
وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ٣
wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqaba
3. And from the evil of darkness when it settles
وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ ٤
wamin sharri l-nafāthāti fī l-ʿuqadi
4. And from the evil of the blowers in knots2014
[2014] i.e., those who practice magic.
وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ٥
wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasada
5. And from the evil of an envier when he envies."
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١
qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-nāsi
1. Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢
maliki l-nāsi
2. The Sovereign of mankind,
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٣
ilāhi l-nāsi
3. The God of mankind,
مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ٤
min sharri l-waswāsi l-khanāsi
4. From the evil of the retreating whisperer2016 -
[2016] i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers Allāh.
ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥
alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri l-nāsi
5. Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -
مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ٦
mina l-jinati wal-nāsi
6. From among the jinn and mankind."2017
[2017] Evil prompters may be from men as well as from jinn.
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