Also recommended for: Before sleeping | Ruquiya | Sick/Evil eye | Guarding empty home

TRANSLITERATION

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem 114:1 Qul a’uzu-bi rab’binn naas. 114:2 Malik’inn naas. 114:3 Ilaa hin’naas. 114:5 Min shar’ril waas-wa-asil khan’naas. 114:6 Al lazee yu’was wi’su fee sudoo-rin naas. 114:7 Minal jin’nati wan naas.

TRANSLATION

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful 114.1 Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind. 114.2 He Sovereign of mankind. 114.3 The God of mankind. 114.4 From the evil of the retreating whisperer. 114.5 Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind. 114.6 From among the jinn and mankind.

BENEFIT AND VIRTUE

Abdullah bin Khubaib r.a reported, The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Recite Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas, three times at dawn and dusk. It will suffice you in all respects.”The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was known to recite these chapters of the Quran every night before he went to sleep. He would cup his hands, recite the chapters into them, and then pass his hands all over his body. He صلى الله عليه وسلم was also known to recite these verses anytime he was ill. Such that when he was so ill that he couldn’t recite them by himself, his wife, Aisha r.a reported that she used to recite them and rub them all over his body.