Surat Al-Falaq (The Daybreak) - سورة الفلق

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

113:1

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Sahih International

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

Say: ‘I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak, the morning,

113:2

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Sahih International

From the evil of that which He created

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

from the evil of what He has created, of obligated animate beings and non-obligated ones and from all inanimates, such as poison and so on;

113:3

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Sahih International

And from the evil of darkness when it settles

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and from the evil of darkness when it gathers, that is, [from] night when it becomes dark and the moon when it is absent,

113:4

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Sahih International

And from the evil of the blowers in knots

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and from the evil of the women-blowers, sorceresses who blow, on knots, which they knot into strings, blowing into them [certain] words, but without spittle; however, al-Zamakhsharī says, ‘with this [spittle]’ — [sorceresses] such as the daughters of the said Labīd —

113:5

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Sahih International

And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

and from the evil of an envier when he envies’, [when] he manifests his envy and behaves in accordance with it — such as the mentioned Labīd from among the Jews who were envious of the Prophet (s); the mention of these three [elements of evil] which are [already] subsumed by [the statement] ‘of what He has created’, is because of the severity of their evil.