(بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ* اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ* لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ* وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ﴾.) (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ* مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ* وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ* وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ* وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ﴾.) (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ* مَلِكِ النَّاسِ* إِلَهِ النَّاسِ* مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ* الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ* مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ﴾)
qul huwa l-lahu aḥadun al-lahu l-ṣamadu lam yalid walam yūlad walam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥadun qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaqi min sharri mā khalaqa wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqaba wamin sharri l-nafāthāti fī l-ʿuqadi wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasada qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-nāsi maliki l-nāsi ilāhi l-nāsi min sharri l-waswāsi l-khanāsi alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri l-nāsi mina l-jinati wal-nāsi
Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One, Allāh, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent." Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak From the evil of that which He created And from the evil of darkness when it settles And from the evil of the blowers in knots And from the evil of an envier when he envies." Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind, The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer - Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind - From among the jinn and mankind".
Hisn al-Muslim 27 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 27
Translation: Saheeh International via quran.com API v4, edition 20
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Context & meaning
Three separate passages are gathered here, and each opens with the same instruction: Say. The first defines the One being turned to — One, the Eternal Refuge, neither begetting nor begotten, with no equivalent anywhere. The second and third turn from definition to flight, naming what refuge is sought from: the evil of everything He created, of darkness once it settles, of those who blow on knots, and of an envier at the moment envy actually stirs in him. The last passage addresses Him three ways — Lord, Sovereign and God of mankind — before naming the whisperer.
When & how to recite
Its chapter assigns these words to morning and to evening alike.
Reflection
The final passage locates the danger inside rather than outside: something that retreats and returns, whispering into the breasts of people. It then widens again in its closing clause, saying this whisperer comes from among both jinn and mankind.
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Common questions
What is the source for this?
The entry is filed at Hisn al-Muslim 27:76.
What does this supplication actually say?
Rendered in English: “Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One, Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.
Is there a transliteration?
For those reading it without Arabic script: “qul huwa l-lahu aḥadun al-lahu l-ṣamadu lam yalid walam yūlad walam yakun lahu kufuwan aḥadun qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-falaqi min sharri mā khalaqa wamin sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqaba wamin sharri l-nafāthāti fī l-ʿuqadi wamin sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasada qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-nāsi maliki l-nāsi ilāhi l-nāsi min sharri l-waswāsi l-khanāsi alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri l-nāsi mina l-jinati wal-nāsi”
When should you say it?
Its chapter assigns these words to morning and to evening alike. The final passage locates the danger inside rather than outside: something that retreats and returns, whispering into the breasts of people.