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Al-Mu‘awwidhat: Surahs Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas with translation and tafsir
Surah Al-Ikhlas
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ ٤
4. And there is none comparable unto Him.
Surah Al-Falaq
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ ١
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak
وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ٣
3. From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,
وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ ٤
4. And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,
وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ٥
5. And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.
Surah An-Nas
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١
1. Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ٤
4. From the evil of the sneaking whisperer,
ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥
5. Who whispereth in the hearts of mankind,
Tafsir from Al-Mukhtasar (Concise Tafsir of the Noble Quran)
1. Say, O Messenger: He is Allah who is alone in being a deity. There is no deity except Him.
2. He is the master to whom belongs all sovereignty and perfect, beautiful qualities. The one to whom all creation turn to.
3. The one who did not give birth to anyone, nor did anyone give birth to Him. So He has no offspring – may He be glorified – nor any parent.
4. Nor does He have any equal from His creation.
1. Say, O Messenger: “I seek refuge in the Lord of the morning and I seek His protection.”
2. “From the evils of the harms of all creation.”
3. “And I seek refuge in Allah from the evils that appear in the night, i.e. harmful creatures and bandits.”
4. “And I seek His refuge from the evils of the sorceresses who blow onto knots.”
5. “And I seek His refuge from the evil of the jealous one when he acts out his jealousy.”
1. Say, O Messenger: “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind and seek His protection.”
2. “The King of the people, who does whatever He wishes with them. They do not have any real king other than Him.”
3. “He is their rightful deity; they do not have any rightful deity except Him.”
4. “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.”
5. “He whispers to the hearts of people.”
6. “And he could be from the humankind or from the Jinn.”
Hadith on its virtue
عن عقبة بن عامر رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: «أَلَمْ تَرَ آيَاتٍ أُنْزِلَتِ اللَّيْلَةَ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ قَطُّ: {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ}».
Meaning: “Have you not seen verses revealed tonight, the like of which has never been seen? ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak’ and ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.’”
Sahih Muslim 814
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ.
Meaning: Every night when the Prophet ﷺ went to bed, he would cup his hands, blow into them and recite Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq and An-Nas, then wipe over as much of his body as he could, beginning with his head, face and the front of his body. He did this three times.
Sahih al-Bukhari 5017
وقال رسول الله ﷺ في {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ}: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ».
Meaning: And he ﷺ said of Al-Ikhlas: “By Him in whose hand is my soul, it is equal to a third of the Quran.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 5013
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Quran text (Uthmani script) from the Tanzil Project — Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Translation: M. Pickthall (public domain), text via Tanzil.net. Tafsir: Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim (English), Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies, quoted verbatim from QuranEnc.com (edition available October 2026). Hadith texts are quoted from the cited collections via Sunnah.com; the English meanings are our own brief rendering. See our sources.