113. Sūrat Al-Falaq · The Daybreak

Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

SAY: "I seek refuge with the Sustainer of the rising dawn,

Say you, 'I take refuge with the Lord of Daybreak.

Beseech: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak (or Who brought the universe into existence with an explosion extremely fast)

from the evil of whatever He has created,

From the evil of that which He created;

"from the evil of aught that He has created,

From the evil of all creatures;

From the evil influence (and harmfulness) of everything that He has created

and from the evil of the night when it grows dark,

From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,

"and from the evil of the black darkness whenever it descends,

And from the evil of the darkening one when it sets.

And (in particular) from the evil of the murky night when (its) darkness prevails

and from the evil of those ˹witches casting spells by˺ blowing onto knots,

And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,

"and from the evil of all human beings bent on occult endeavours,

And from the evil of those women who blow in the knots.

And from the evil of those women (and men) who practise magic on knots by blowing

and from the evil of an envier when they envy.”

And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

"and from the evil of the envious when he envies."

And from the evil of the envier when he envies me.

And from the mischief of every envious person when he envies.