سَيَصۡلَىٰ نَارٗا ذَاتَ لَهَبٖ
He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame
وَٱمۡرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلۡحَطَبِ
And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood.[1]
1- She used to put thorns in the Prophet's path and slander him (). The word "firewood" was used by the Arabs to allude to slander and backbiting.
فِي جِيدِهَا حَبۡلٞ مِّن مَّسَدِۭ
Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Say, "He is AllŒh, [who is] One,[1]
1- Alone, without another, indivisible with absolute and permanent unity and distinct from all else. The one and only true deity, unique in His essence, attributes and deeds.
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ
AllŒh, the Eternal Refuge.[1]
1- He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return.
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ
He neither begets nor is born,
وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak
مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
From the evil of that which He created
وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ
And from the evil of darkness when it settles
وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَٰتِ فِي ٱلۡعُقَدِ
And from the evil of the blowers in knots[1]
1- i.e., those who practice magic.
وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ
And from the evil of an envier when he envies."
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ
The Sovereign of mankind,
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ
The God of mankind,
مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ
From the evil of the retreating whisperer[1] -
1- i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers AllŒh.
ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -
مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
From among the jinn and mankind".[1]
1- Evil prompters may be from men as well as from jinn.
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