سورة الفلق
بِسمِ ٱلله الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيـمِ
ﻣﻜﻴﺔ أو ﻣﺪﻧﻴﺔ وﺁﻳﺎﺗﻬﺎ ﺧﻤﺲ ﻧﺰﻟﺖ هﺬﻩ اﻟﺴﻮرة واﻟﺘﻲ ﺑﻌﺪهﺎ ﻟﻤﺎ ﺳﺤﺮ ﻟﺒﻴﺪ اﻟﻴﻬﻮدي اﻟﻨﺒﻲ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ و ﺳﻠﻢ ﻓﻲ وﺗﺮ ﺑﻪ إﺣﺪى ﻋﺸﺮة ﻋﻘﺪة ﻓﺄﻋﻠﻤﻪ اﷲ ﺑﺬﻟﻚ وﺑﻤﺤﻠﻪ ﻓﺄﺣﻀﺮ ﺑﻴﻦ ﻳﺪﻳﻪ ﺻﻠﻰ اﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ و ﺳﻠﻢ وأﻣﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﺘﻌﻮذ ﺑﺎﻟﺴﻮرﺗﻴﻦ ﻓﻜﺎن آﻠﻤﺎ ﻗﺮأ ﺁﻳﺔ ﻣﻨﻬﺎ اﻧﺤﻠﺖ ﻋﻘﺪة ووﺟﺪ ﺧﻔﺔ ﺣﺘﻰ اﻧﺤﻠﺖ اﻟﻌﻘﺪ آﻠﻬﺎ وﻗﺎم آﺄﻧﻤﺎ ﻧﺸﻂ ﻣﻦ ﻋﻘﺎل
This sura is either Makkan or Madinan and has 5 ayats. Both it and the one after it were revealed when Labid the Jew bewitched the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, using a string with twelve knots in it. Allah informed him of that and of where it was. Someone appeared before him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and commanded him to recite the two suras. Each time he recited an ayat of them, a knot was released and he experienced relief, until all the knots were undone, when her rose as if released from a hobble.
{ قُلْ أَعُوذ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَق } الصُّبْح
1. Say: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of Daybreak,
{ مِنْ شَرّ مَا خَلَقَ } مِنْ حَيَوَان مُكَلَّف وَغَيْر مُكَلَّف وَجَمَاد كَالسُّمِّ وَغَيْر ذَلِكَ
2. …from the evil of what He has created – both domesticated animals and wild animals and inanimate things like poison and suchlike,
{ وَمِنْ شَرّ غَاسِق إِذَا وَقَبَ } أَيْ اللَّيْل إِذَا أَظْلَمَ وَالْقَمَر إِذَا غَابَ
3. …and from the evil of the darkness when it gathers – the night when it gets dark and the moon when it is invisible,
{ وَمِنْ شَرّ النَّفَّاثَات } السَّوَاحِر تَنْفُث { فِي الْعُقَد } الَّتِي تَعْقِدهَا فِي الْخَيْط تَنْفُخ فِيهَا بِشَيْءٍ تَقُولهُ مِنْ غَيْر رِيق وَقَالَ الزَّمَخْشَرِيّ مَعَهُ كَبَنَاتِ لَبِيد الْمَذْكُور
4. …and from the evil of women who blow on knots – witches who blow on their knots tied in pieces of string. It is a kind of blowing like spitting without actual spittle. According to az-Zamakhshari, it means people like the daughters of Labid,
{ وَمِنْ شَرّ حَاسِد إِذَا حَسَدَ } أَظْهَر حَسَدَهُ وَعَمِلَ بِمُقْتَضَاهُ كَلَبِيد الْمَذْكُور مِنْ الْيَهُود الْحَاسِدِينَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَذِكْر الثَّلَاثَة الشَّامِل لَهَا مَا خَلَقَ بَعْده لِشِدَّةِ شَرّهَا
5. …and from the evil of an envier when he envies.’ – One who shows his envy and acts on it as Labid did for the Jews who envied the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.