Section 1: Verses 1–6
Thematic progression across verses 1–6
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ 1
Qul a'uzu birabbin naas
Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ 2
Malikin naas
The King of mankind
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ 3
Ilaahin naas
The God of mankind
مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ 4
Min sharril was waasil khannaas
From the evil of the sneaky whisperer
ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ 5
Al lazee yuwas wisu fee sudoorin naas
Who whispers into the hearts of people
مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ 6
Minal jinnati wan naas
From among jinn and among people.”
Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context
Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah An-Naas.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، أُرَاهُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ فَنَفَثَ فِيهِمَا، وَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا: قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا رَأْسَهُ وَوَجْهَهُ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ، يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ.
"When Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) went to his mattress each night, he joined the palms of his hands, then breathed into them and recited into them: “Say: ‘He is Allah, One !' (Al-Qur'an;114:1), Then he passed them over as much of his body as he could, beginning with his head and his face and the front of his body, doing that three times.”