قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١
qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-nāsi
1. Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
سورة الناس
Here is Surah An-Nas (“Mankind”) in transliteration: each of its 6 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.
Letters with a bar (ā, ī, ū) are long, ʿ marks the letter ʿayn, ḥ, ṣ, ḍ, ṭ, ẓ the emphatic letters. Hover over or tap an Arabic word to see its meaning.
Tajweed rules
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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