One of the causes of decline was discussed in وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ, which explained that nations are ruined when they fall into disarray and their power is decentralised. Therefore, Muslims should continue praying to Allah Almighty to save them from such a fate...
وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ And also from the mischief of every persistently envious person. (6) Key Word Analysis of Wa...
As already explained in the lexical analysis, العَقْدُ signifies الوَلَايَةُ عَلَى البَلَدِ that is, the governance, rule and authority of...
وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ And to save me from the mischief of all those who blow upon the knots of mutual...
It has previously been explained in the commentary of قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ * مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (Qul A‘ūdhu bi Rabb al-Falaq min...
وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ And to be protected against all the mischiefs of the one that causes darkness when it overspreads. Key Word...
Sūrah (Chapter) al-Falaq and Sūrah (Chapter) al-Nās are also referred to as al-Mu‘awwidhatān,i.e. those chapters...
ο قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ اَلْفَلَقِ ο مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ We enjoin Muslims of all times that you continuously proclaim...
As previously mentioned in the commentary on Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ, the final three chapters are collectively a summary of the Holy As previously mentioned in the...
There is a narration in Muslim, al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasā’ī: ‘Upon receiving the revelation of Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al...
سورَةُ الْفَلَقِ مَدَنِيَّةٌ وَهِيَ سِتُّ آيَاتٍ مَعَ البَسْمَلَةِ Sūrah al-Falaq is of Medinan origin. Including bismillāh, it has six...
Commentators say that the verse: وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدُۢ (wa lam yakun lahū kufuwan aḥad) is placed here to reiterate and emphasise the...
وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَد And He [Allah] has no partner (with respect to His attributes). Key Word Analysis كُفُوًا (Kufuwan) الْکُفُؤُ (al...
لَمۡ يَلِدۡ وَلَمۡ يُولَدۡ Allah begets not, nor is He begotten (4) Commentary In the first verse of Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ, قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ, the...
ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ[Allah al-Ṣamad] – Ṣamad refers to that Being Who does not depend on anything or anyone else, but all things are dependent...
