Al-Falaq
| الفلق Al-Falaq The Daybreak |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Other names | Dawn The Rising Dawn |
| Position | Juzʼ 30 |
| Number of verses | 5 |
| Number of words | 23 |
| Number of letters | 71 |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Sūrat al-Falaq (Arabic: سورة الفلق, "Dawn, Daybreak") is the 113th surah of the Qur'an. It is a brief five verse invocation, asking Allah for protection from the evil of Satan. This surah and the 114th (and last) surah in the Qur'an, an-Nas, are collectively referred to as al-Mu'awwidhatayn.
The word "al-Falaq" in the first verse, a generic term referring to the process of 'splitting', has been restricted in most translations to one particular type of splitting, namely 'daybreak' or 'dawn'.[1]
Verse 4 refers to one of soothsayer techniques to partially tie a knot, utter a curse and spit into the knot and pull it tight. In the pre-Islamic period, soothsayers claimed the power to cause various illnesses. According to soothsayers the knot had to be found and untied before the curse could be lifted. This practice is condemned in verse 4.[2]
This sura, along with the following sura, Sura 114, begins with 'I seek refuge', which is why both are referred to as al-Mu'awwidhatayn.
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