And from his narration on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah’s saying (Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of Daybreak): ‘(Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of Daybreak) He says: Say, O Muhammad, I seek protection, and it is said: I seek refuge, in the Lord […]
(From the evil of that which He created) from the evil of any from among His creation that possesses evil;
(From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,
And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,
Say, �I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak,He said:Truly God, Exalted is He, commanded him [the Prophet] in these two sūras [113 and 114] to take refuge (iʿtiṣām) in Him, seek help (istiʿāna) from Him, and show [his] need (faqr) for Him.He was asked, �What is showing [one�s] need?� He replied:It is the […]
from the evil of that which He has created,from man and jinn. This is because Labīd b. Aʿṣam al-Yahūdī cast into the well of Banū Bayāḍa a spell against the Prophet, who used to frequent it. [One day as] he headed towards [the well] the spell [cast against him] possessed him and the Prophet became […]
and from the evil of darkness when it gathers,That is to say, when night falls, or it has been said that it means when the darkness intensifies. It has also been said [that it means]: when night first encroaches on [lit. �penetrates,� dakhala] the day, [that is], when night is just beginning, devils among the […]
and from the evil of the envier when he envies.�This means the Jews who envied the Prophet to the point that they practised sorcery against him. Ibn ʿAbbās said: In this verse [is a reference to] the lower self of a human being [lit. son of Adam] ⸢and his eye (wa ʿaynuhu)⸣. His words: Exalted […]
Which was revealed in Makkah The Position of Ibn Mas`ud concerning Al-Mu`awwidhatayn Imam Ahmad recorded from Zirr bin Hubaysh that Ubayy bin Ka`b told him that Ibn Mas`ud did not record the Mu`awwidhatayn in his Mushaf (copy of the Qur’an). So Ubayy said, “I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed me that Jibril […]
Which was revealed in Makkah The Position of Ibn Mas`ud concerning Al-Mu`awwidhatayn Imam Ahmad recorded from Zirr bin Hubaysh that Ubayy bin Ka`b told him that Ibn Mas`ud did not record the Mu`awwidhatayn in his Mushaf (copy of the Qur’an). So Ubayy said, “I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed me that Jibril […]