114:1
قُلْ اَعُوْذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
Surah 114 of 114 · Makkah · Juz 30
Surah An-Nas
Mankind
الناس6 ayahs
Revealed in Makkah
Translation: Saheeh International
About Surah An-Nas
The Quran ends with a request for protection. An-Nas is the second of the two surahs of refuge and the last in the arrangement of the mushaf. Where Al-Falaq asks for shelter from harm arriving from outside, this one asks for shelter from something that gets in. The word nas, meaning mankind, occurs five times across six short ayahs and gives the surah its name.
God is named three ways before the danger is named at all: Lord of mankind, Sovereign of mankind, God of mankind (114:1 to 114:3), covering care, authority and worship in turn. Only then does the threat appear, and there is only one of it. The retreating whisperer (114:4), a name taken to mean one who draws back and then returns, whispering into the chests of people (114:5). The last ayah adds that this whisperer may be of the jinn or of mankind (114:6), so the Quran's closing word leaves a reader watchful of suggestion from other people as well as from the unseen. It is recited with its companion surah in the nightly practice Aisha described, reported in Sahih al-Bukhari.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
114:2
مَلِكِ النَّاسِ
The Sovereign of mankind,
114:3
اِلٰهِ النَّاسِ
The God of mankind,
114:4
مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ ۙ۬ الْخَنَّاسِ
From the evil of the retreating whisperer -
114:5
الَّذِیْ یُوَسْوِسُ فِیْ صُدُوْرِ النَّاسِ
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -
114:6
مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ
From among the jinn and mankind."
Surah An-Nas in the Quran, with the Arabic in IndoPak Nastaleeq, 6 ayahs, translation, word by word meaning and recitation. Recite it offline on your phone with the free Android app.