قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ ١
qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaqi
1. Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak
Surah Al-Falaq transliteration
سورة الفلق
Here is Surah Al-Falaq (“The Daybreak”) in transliteration: each of its 5 verses in Arabic, then in Latin letters (one Latin word for each Arabic word) and translated into English. Start the recitation: each word lights up as it is pronounced.
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Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi
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
Notes
[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."
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