سورة الناس، الآية ٤
مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ٤
min sharri l-waswāsi l-khanāsi
From the evil of the retreating whisperer2016 -
[2016] i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers Allāh.
Verse 4 of Surah An-Nas (114:4), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 604 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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“From the evils of Satan who whispers to the human when he is neglectful of the remembrance of Allah, or delays in it when he remembers.”
from the harm of the lurking whisperer2,
[2] Which disappears when one remembers Allah.
"From the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering in one’s heart after one remembers Allâh).3
[3] (V.114:4) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: Allâh’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "The (Hell) Fire is surrounded by all kinds of desires and passions, while Paradise is surrounded by all kinds of disliked undesirable things."* (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No.494).
* Inordinate desires and animalistic passions lead to the Fire while self-control, perseverance, chastity and all other virtues, and the obedience to Allâh and His Messengerصلى الله عليه وسلم lead to Paradise. What leads to Hell is easy to do while what leads to Paradise is difficult to do.
From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,
From the mischief of the Whisperer (of Evil), who withdraws (after his whisper),-
From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Shaitan),
From the evil of the constantly slinking whisperer,
"Verses were revealed to me, the like of which has never been seen; Al-Mu‘awwidhatayn."
أُنْزِلَتْ - عَلَىَّ آيَاتٌ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ قَطُّ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ "
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَٰطِينَ ٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلْجِنِّ يُوحِى بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ ٱلْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ
And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy - devils from mankind and jinn, inspiring to one another decorative speech in delusion. But if your Lord had willed, they would not have done it, so leave them and that which they invent.
