Surat An-Nas
“Mankind”
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)1( ‫اس‬
ِ َّ‫ب الن‬
ِ ‫قُ ْل أَعُوذُ ِب َر‬
1. Say: "I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind,
)2( ‫اس‬
ِ َّ‫َم ِل ِك الن‬
2. "The King of mankind,
)3( ‫اس‬
ِ َّ‫إِلَ ِه الن‬
3. "The Ilah (God) of mankind,
)4( ‫اس‬
ْ ‫ِمن ش َِر ا ْل َو‬
ِ َّ‫اس ا ْل َخن‬
ِ ‫س َو‬
4. "From the evil of the whisperer (devil who whispers evil
in the hearts of men) who withdraws (from his whispering
in one's heart after one remembers Allah) ,
)5( ‫اس‬
ُ ‫س فِي‬
ْ ‫الَّذِي يُ َو‬
ِ َّ‫ُور الن‬
ُ ‫س ِو‬
ِ ‫صد‬
5. "Who whispers in the breasts of mankind,
)6( ‫اس‬
ِ َّ‫ِم َن ا ْل ِجنَّ ِة َو الن‬
6. "Of jinns and men."
• Tafsir Surat An-Nas:
• (‫(ق ل أعوذ برب الناس ملك الناس إله الناس‬:
Allah ( )is guiding His Prophet ) ( and his
nation to seek the refuge with Him with
believing in His attributes meanings (Lord,
The King, God) to get the protection from the
hidden evil whispers. The more humble we
will be the more protection we will have
which will make our enemies withdraw.
• )‫ (من شر الوسواس الخناس‬Allah described these evil
whispers: they will withdraw once we hold
fast to Allah.
Al-Mu`tamir bin Sulayman reported that his
father said, "It has been mentioned to me
that Shaytan is Al-Waswas. He blows into
the heart of the Son of Adam when he is sad
and when he is happy. But when he (man)
remembers Allah, Shaytan withdraws.”
(The whisperer) "He is Shaytan. He whispers
and then when he is disobeyed, he
withdraws. Narrated Ibn Abbas ( ),the
Messenger of Allah ( ) said: “The devil who
is squatting (perched) upon the heart of the
Son of Adam. So when he(man) becomes
absentminded and heedless he whispers.
Then, when he (man) remembers Allah he
withdraws.'‘. (Mishkat Al-Masabeeh, AlAlbani Sahih 2221).
)‫(من الجنة والناس‬: this explanatory of Allah's statement, The evil
whispers are coming from jinn and human,(from Jinn to
human and Jinn) and( from human to human and Jinn),
as Allah said:
َ ُ‫نس يَعُوذ‬
َ ‫َوأَنَّهُ ك‬
)‫) (الجن‬6( ‫ون ِب ِر َجا ٍل ِم َن ا ْل ِج ِن فَ َزادُو ُه ْم َر َهقًا‬
ِ ‫اْل‬
ِ ْ ‫َان ِر َجا ٌل ِم َن‬
6. And verily, there were men among mankind who took
shelter with the masculine among the jinns, but they
(jinns) increased them (mankind) in sin and disbelief.(AlJinn 72)
َ ‫اط‬
ُ ‫وحي بَ ْع‬
‫ض‬
َ ‫عد ًُّوا‬
َ ٍ ‫َو َكذَ ِل َك َجعَ ْلنَا ِلك ُِل نِبِي‬
ِ ُ‫نس َوا ْل ِج ِن ي‬
ِ َ‫شي‬
ٍ ‫ض ُه ْم إِلَى بَ ْع‬
ِ ‫اْل‬
ِ ‫ين‬
ُ ‫ف ا ْلقَ ْو ِل‬
)‫ األنعام‬112( ‫ورا‬
َ ‫ُز ْخ ُر‬
ً ‫غ ُر‬
112. And so We have appointed for every Prophet enemies Shayatin (devils) among mankind and jinns, inspiring one
another with adorned speech as a delusion (or by way of
deception). (Al-An’am 6)
So Allah clarifies for us who are our enemies. Some human
whisperers may come in many forms: Evil friends, bad advisors,
king's consultants, temptation sellers (obscene magazine, talks,
film), stirrers(gossipers) and so on.
Remember ! That this battle will never end except after death.
Seek the refuge of Allah continuously the Lord, The King and God
who told us in (Surat Al-Hijr: 39,40) on the tongue of Iblis:
َ ‫ض َوأل ُ ْغ ِويَنَّ ُه ْم أَجْ َم ِع‬
‫ ِإالَّ ِعبَاد ََك ِم ْن ُه ُم‬،)39( ‫ين‬
ِ ‫ب ِب َمآ أ َ ْغ َو ْيتَنِي أل ُ َز ِينَ َّن لَ ُه ْم فِي األ َ ْر‬
ِ ‫قَا َل َر‬
َ ‫ا ْل ُم ْخلَ ِص‬
)‫) (الحجر‬40( ‫ين‬
• 39. [Iblis (Satan)] said: "O my Lord! Because you misled me, I
shall indeed adorn the path of error for them (mankind) on the
earth, and I shall mislead them all.
• 40. "Except Your chosen, (guided) slaves among them.”) Al-Hijr
15)
Although He gave the permission to Satan to fight the Son of
Adam, but He grasp his forelock.
• The Names of Surat An-Nas:
1) Surat An-Nas: Because it starts with a verse contains the
word( Aln-Nas) and it is been repeated for five times.
2) Surat (‫)ق ل أعوذ برب الناس‬:
It was narrated that Uqbah bin Amir said: “The Messenger
of Allah said: Do you not see verses that have been
revealed tonight, the like of which has never been seen?
(They are:) Say: I seek refuge with (Allah), the Lord of the
daybreak, and: Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of
mankind”. (Muslim 814)
3) Surat Al-Mu'awwadhatayn (with Surat Al-Falaq).
It was narrated that Uqbah Bin Amir said: “The Messenger
of Allah said to me: There have been revealed to me
verses the like of which has never been seen (they are) :
Al-Mu’awwidhatain”. (Muslim 815)
• Diligence Names of this Sura:
1) Al-Muqqashqeshatain (with Al-Falaq): [AlSsakawi & Al-soyote].
2) Al-MushaqSheqatain (with Al-Falaq): [AlQurtubi & Al-Zamakhshari].
Because they clear the heart from Hypocrisy.
• The virtues of this Sura:
1) Reciting during sickness
Narrated Aishah : Whenever Allah’s
Messenger became sick, he would recite
Mu’awwidhat (Surat Al-Falaq and Surat AnNas) and then blow his breath over his body.
When he became seriously ill, I used to recite
(These two surah) and rub his hands over his
body, hoping for its blessings.(Al-Bukhari
5016)
2) Before sleeping:
Narrated Aishah : Whenever the Prophet went
to bed every night, he used to cup his hands together
and blow over it after reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat
Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas, and then rub his hands
over whatever parts of his body he was able to rub,
starting with his head face and front of his body. He
used to do that three times. (Al-Bukhari 5017)
3) The like of which has never been seen.
It was narrated that Uqbah bin Amir said: “The
Messenger of Allah said: Do you not see verses
that have been revealed tonight, the like of which
has never been seen? (They are:) Say: I seek refuge
with (Allah), the Lord of the daybreak, and: Say: I
seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind”.
(Muslim 814)
* Stage of revealation:
It's Makkeyyah (Before Hijrah) and its revealed
after Al-Falaq and Al-Iklas.
• The cause of revealation:
Narrated Aisha : A man called Labid bin AlA’sam from the tribe of Bani Zuraiq worked magic
on Allah’s Messenger till Allah’s Messenger
started imagining that he had done a thing that he
had not really done. One day or one night he was
with us, he invoked Allah and invoked for a long
period, and then said, “O Aisha! Do you know that
Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I
have asked Him about?
Two men came to me and one of them sat near my head
and the other near my feet. One of them said to his
companion, What is the desease of this man?” The other
replied, “He is under the effect of magic.” The first one
asked, Who has worked the magic on him?’ The other
replied, Labid bin Al-A’sam.’ The first one asked, What
material did he use?” The other replied, “A comb and the
hairs stuck to it and the skin of pollen of a male date
palm.” The first one asked, “Where is that?” The other
replied, “(That is) in the well of Dharwan”. So Allah’s
Messenger along with some of his companions went
there and came back saying, “O’Aishah, the colour of its
water is like the infusion of Hinna leaves. The tops of the
date-palm trees near it are like the heads of the devils.” I
asked. “O Allah’s Messenger? Why did you not show it?”
He said, “Since Allah cured me, I disliked to let evil spread
among the people.” Then he ordered that the well be
filled up with earth. (Al-Bukhari 5763)
• The theme of this Sura:
• Holding fast to Allah from the hidden evil that
He has created (seeking the refuge from the
hidden evil which enters from a place where the
person likes (his desires, lusts ).
• The relation between Surat An-Nas and it's
theme:
• This Sura is talking about three attributes of
Allah:
• Lord: Lordship
• The King: Mighty, Sovereignty.
• Ilah (God): Divinity.
These are three attributes from the attributes of
the Lord, the Mighty and Majestic. They are
lordship, sovereignty and divinity. Thus, He is the
Lord of everything, the King of everything and the
God of everything. All things are created by Him,
owned by Him, and subservient to Him.
Therefore, He commands whoever is seeking
protection to seek refuge with the One Who has
these attributes from the evil of the whisperer
who withdraws. This (the whisperer) is the devil
that is assigned to man. For verily, there is not
any of the Children of Adam except that he has a
companion that beautifies wicked deeds for him.
This devil will go to any lengths to confuse and
confound him. The only person who is safe is He
Whom Allah protects. (Ibn Katheer)
• The relation between beginning of Surat An-Nas and
it's end:
Allah said in Surat An-Nisa’:
َ ‫ان‬
ُ ‫س‬
‫ض ِعيفًا‬
َ ‫َو ُخ ِل‬
َ ‫اْلن‬
ِ ‫ق‬
28. and man was created weak. (An-Nisa' 4)
)‫)(النساء‬28(
Inspite of all what Allah has given the human, he is
still weak, and he has many desires. He can not resist
(fight) Jinn, human whispers and the self who adorn
temptations, without seeking refuge with his Lord,
the King and Ilah(God).
Allah is so merciful because He taught us how to
protect us from all of our enemies.
The relation between the theme of Surat An-Nas and the
theme of its previous Sura (Al-Falaq):
• Allah ( )ordered us in Surat Al-Falaq to seek refuge from:
1. The evil of what He has created.
2. The evil of the night when it advances with its darkness.
3. The evil of blowers in knots (the witches).
4. The evil of the envier when he envies.
• and He mentioned in Surat An-Nas: seeking the refuge
from the evil of satan (jinn) and from human kind.
→ Seeking the refuge from the external and the internal
evils.
• That's why they are both called: Al-Mu'awwathatain
• The relation between the parts of Surat An-Nas
and its theme:
• Allah ( )ordered His prophet ( )to seek the
refuge with Allah( ) from the evil of the
whisperers which could mischief the
Messenger's ( ) works and his guidance to
people. This is a a sign from Allah to His prophet
( ) that He will protect him from the
whisperers, so he can complete his call (Da’wa)
to Allah.
• It's also a lesson for all Muslims to seek the
refuge like their prophet( ). (the more we seek
refuge the more safe we will be.)
The reason of the repetition of the word (AnNas):
1) The Lord of the people is honoring them by this
repetition and guiding them to seek refuge with
Allah, their Lord, The king and God.
2) Allah is talking to them.( the prophet is a human)
• The relation between the beginnig of Surat AnNas and Surat Al-Falaq:
• In Surat Al-Falaq: Allah( ) has guided His
prophet ( ) and his nation to seek refuge with
their Lord (one attribute) from four lesions:
(the evil of all what He has created, darkness,
blowers in knots (Sorcerers) and the envier).
But
• In Surat An-Nas: Allah ( ) has guided His prophet
and his nation to seek refuge with Allah (with three
attributes: TheLord, TheKing, God) from one lesion:
the evil whisperer).
• Why?
• In Surat Al-Falaq: the required matter of seeking the
refuge is the safety of self and body ( external).
• In Surat An-Nas: the required matter of seeking the
refuge is the safety in one's faith. This is a warning:
that the harm in one's faith even if it's minor is
greater and more serious than the harm in one's body
even if it is big.
The more important thing you want, the more
humble you should be.
• The relation between Surat An-Nas (the end of
Al- Qur'an) and Surat Al-Fatiha (as the beginning
of Al-Qur'an):
1) Allah has created us in this life to test us as in
Surat Al-Mulk:
ُ ‫ع َم ًًل َو ُه َو ا ْلعَ ِز‬
‫يز‬
َ ‫س ُن‬
َ َ‫الَّ ِذي َخل‬
َ ‫ق ا ْل َم ْوتَ َوا ْل َحيَاةَ ِليَ ْبلُ َو ُك ْم أ َيُّ ُك ْم أ َ ْح‬
)‫) (الملك‬2( ‫ور‬
ُ ُ‫ا ْلغَف‬
2. Who has created death and life, that He may
test you which of you is best in deed. And He is
the All-Mighty, the Oft-Forgiving. (Al-Mulk 67)
every one will enter every test with two voices
inside him:
One voice will call him to the truth and with this
voice he has to ask the help from Allah to guide
him to follow it (which is in Surat Al-Fatiha ( ‫وإياك‬
‫)نستعين‬. The other voice is pulling him to
falsehood. With this voice every one has to seek
the refuge with Allah (As in Surat An-Nas).
So the life is between seeking help (Al-Fatiha)
and seeking refuge (An-Nas).
That means: The solution (to succeed in all the
tests) is in this book (The Quran) which starts
with Al-Fatiha and ends with An-Nas.
2) Al-Fatiha Starts with three most beautiful names (Lord,
King, God) same are in (An-Nas):
a) We have to learn their meanings, live under their
shades and have them as a way of life.
b) After these names in Al-Fatiha Allah guided us to ask
Him Al-Hedaya (the guidance to the straight way) which
will take you to paradise.
• And in An-Nas: we are seeking the refuge from evil
whispers which will save us from Hellfire. That is the
great success as Allah said in Surat Al-Imran 185):
َ َ‫فَ َمن ُز ْح ِز َح ع َِن النَّ ِار َوأ ُ ْد ِخ َل ا ْل َجنَّةَ فَقَ ْد ف‬
• )‫) (آل عمران‬185( ‫از‬
185. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and
admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. (Ale-Imran
3)
• that means: Before asking our requests we have to
introduce the beautiful Praise To Allah.
• The more needs and requirements you want, the
more humble we should be (by increasing the Praise
to our Lord, The King and God.)
3) Both Suras are unique as reported in the following
two Hadiths: The Messenger of Allah ( ) said to Uqba
bin Amer ( ) "O Uqba bin Amer, Do you want me to
teach you Suras which haven't been revealed like
them neither in Torah nor in Al-Zabour nor in the
Gospel nor in Al-Furqan" Don't let any night comes
without reciting them: they are: (Qul Huaa Allah
Ahad, Qul A'utho beRabi Al-Falaq, Qul A'utho
beRabbi An-Nas). (‫ صحيح‬6/859 ‫ السلسلة الصحيحة‬-‫)األلباني‬
And in another Hadith:
The Prophet Mohammad ( ) said to Obay bin
Ka'b ( ) : (Allah has not revealed neither in
Torah nor in Injil (Gospel) like Umm Al-Quran,
the seven of Al-Mathani. It's been divided
between Allah and between His worshipper, and
my worshipper will get what he asked." ‫صحيح‬
5560 ‫الجامع‬
So the Quran Starts with a Sura, that has not
been revealed like it, and ended with two Suras,
there haven't been revealed like them, to
combine between the best starting and ending.
4) Allah has ordered people to start reciting the
Quran with (‫ )أعوذ باهلل من الشيطان الرجيم‬as in Surat AnNahl:
َ ‫فَ ِإذَا قَ َرأْتَ ا ْلقُ ْر‬
)‫)(النحل‬98( ‫الر ِج ِيم‬
َّ ‫اّلل ِم َن ال‬
ِ ‫ست َ ِع ْذ ِب‬
ْ ‫آن فَا‬
َّ ‫ان‬
ِ ‫ش ْي َط‬
98. So when you want to recite the Qur'an, seek
refuge with Allah from Shaitan (Satan), the
outcast (the cursed one). (16. An-Nahl)
and end with Al-Falaq and An-Nas to seek the
refuge with Allah at the beginning and at the
end of reciting Quran, Allah is the only One who
can protect us from the beginning to the end.
• Lessons from Surat An-Nas:
1) Necessity of asking Allah's refuge from the evil
whispers of Al-Jinn and Humankind. It is confirmed in
Sahih Muslim that he (the Prophet ) said, “There is not
a single one of you except that his companion (a devil)
has been assigned to him.) They (the Companions) said,
‘What about you, O Messenger of Allah?'' He replied.
Yes However, Allah has helped me against him and he
has accepted Islam. Thus, he only commands me to do
good.”)( Muslim 2814)
Narrated Safiyya bint Huyai: While Allah’s Messenger
was in I’tikaf, I called on him at night and having had a
talk with him, I got up to depart. He got up also to
accompany me to my dwelling place, which was then
in the house of Usama bin Zaid. Two Ansari men
passed by, and when they saw the Prophet said (to
them). “Don’t hurry! It is Safiyya, the daughter of
Huyai (i.e., my wife).” They said, “Glorified be Allah! O
Allah’s Messenger! (You are fat away from any
suspicion?)” He said, “Satan circulates in a human
being as blood circulates in it, and I was afraid that
Satan might put an evil thought (or something in your
hearts”. (Al-Bukhari 3281)
2) Affirmation of the three names of Allah:
Lord (‫(الرب‬, The King (‫ )الملك‬and God (‫)اْلله‬.
3) Allah is Merciful because he told us about
our enemies to be aware of them.(battle)
4) Bad evil whispers might come from human
and Satan (Jinn).
• The Lord (Ar-Rabb):
• It's been mentioned more than 900 times.
• The meaning of this name: [there is no proper
equivalent for Rabb in English Language]. We use
Lord as the nearest to Rabb.
• It means the One and the Only Lord for all the
universe, its Creator, Owner, Organizer, Provider,
Master, Planner, Sustainer, Cherisher, Giver of
security. The One who disposes the affair of all things,
the One who nurtures worshippers, The One who
bestows His Grace on creatures, the One who sustains
and protects all the exists and it has a meaning of:
upbringing people (raising up) from deficiency to
perfection.
• It can be a descriptive to others by adding it to them,
and it never comes alone except for Allah the
Lord.(land lord)
• Ibn Al-Qayyem )‫ (رحمه هللا‬said:" His Lordship to the world
includes: to dispose and manage it, every day He is
engaged in some affair (such as giving honor or
disgrace to some, life or death to some), Create,
Provide Sustenance, Give and Prevent and handle
matters as He wills."
Also there is a special nurturing to righteous as Ibn
Sa'dy said: "Towards His special worshippers by
reforming their hearts, their Souls and their
behaviors. That’s why most of prayers (invocations)
came with this name (Lord) as all the Prophets ( )
invoke their Lord with this name (Adam and Eve,
Noah, Moses, Josef, Zachariah, Suleiman, The wife of
Imran, The Righteous worshippers, our Prophet( )
and so on.
• The impact of believing in this name (Lord):
1) Our Lord created us and never left us neglected but He
taught us about his names and attributes and about what
may benefit us in this life and in the Hereafter.
2) Worshipping Him alone and join non with Him, because the
one who possess the keys of every thing, He alone deserves
to be worshiped.
3) The name (Lord) includes all Allah's names, which means
that the impact of all the names can be shown in the impact
of this name.
4) Being pleased with Him as a Lord and pleased with all His
command and prohibitions. The feeling of pleasure will be
followed with tasting the sweetness of faith.
Then the acts of worship will be easy and one will perform
it with pleasure.
5) Loving Allah with all our hearts loving what he loves and
hating what he hates.
6) Depend on the Lord in managing all the matters because
He is the Only One who benefits and harms, to Him alone
belongs the treasures of the heavens and the earth.
7) Seek the refuge with Allah the Lord by invoking Him with
humility, asking Him all what we need, Never giving up
hope of Allah's Mercy and despair from others.
8) As in the Hadith: Our Prophet forbids us to call the
master my Lord Narrated Abu Hurairah The Prophet
said: “You should not say, ‘Feed you lord (Rabbaka), help
your lord in performing ablution, or give water to your
lord’ but should say, ‘My master (e.g. feed your master
instead of lord) (Saiyidi)’, or ‘My guardian (Maulai)’, and
one should not say, ‘My slave (‘Abdi)’, or ‘My girl-slave
(Amati)’, but should say, ‘My lad (Fatai)’, ‘My lass (Fatati)’,
and ‘My boy (Ghulami)”.
to single to Allah alone with worship.
• The King:
• It was mentioned in the Quran 5 times.
• It comes also in the Sunna as in the long Hadith: (The
Prophet of Allah ( ) used to start his prayer
• When he got up to pray at night, he said: “Wajjahtu wajhia
lilladhi fatarassamawati wal-arda hanifan wa ma ana min alMushrikin, inna salatin wa nusuke wa mahyaya wa mamati
lillahi rabbil-alamin, la sharika lahu wa bidhalika umirtu wa
ana min al-muslimin. Allahumma antal-maliku la ilaha illa
ant, anta rabbi, wa ana abduka zalamtu nafsi wa’taraftu
bidhanbi faghfirli dhunubi jami’an, innahu la yaghfir adhdhunuba illa ant. Wahadini li-ahsanil akhlaqi la yahdi liahsaniha illa ant, wasrif anni sayyi’aha, la yasrifu anni
sayyi’aha illa ant. Labaika wasa’daika, wal-khairu kulluhu
beiyadaika, wash-sharru laisa ilaik, wa ana bika wa ilaik,
tabarakta wa ta’alaita astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaik”
•
‫ إن صالتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي هلل‬،‫وجهت وجهي للذي فطر السموات واألرض حنيفا وما أنا من المشركين‬
،‫ أنت ربي وأنا عبدك‬،‫ اللهم انت الملك ال إله إال أنت‬.‫ ال شريك لهن وبذلك أمرت وأنا من المسلمين‬،‫رب العالمين‬
‫ ال‬،‫ واهدني ألحسن األخالق‬،‫ إنه ال يغفر الذنوب إال أنت‬،‫ظلمت نفسي واعترفت بذنبي فاغفر لي ذنوبي جميعا‬
،‫ والخير كله بيديك‬،‫ لبيك وسعديك‬،‫ ال يصرف عني سيئها إال أنت‬،‫ واصرف عني سيئها‬،‫يهدي ألحسنها إال أنت‬
.‫ أستغفرك وأتوب إليك‬،‫ تباركت وتعالت‬،‫ وأنا بك وإليك‬،‫والشر ليس إليك‬
(I have turned my face in submission to the One who
originated the heavens and the earth, and I am not one of
the idolators. Verily, my salat (prayer), my sacrifice, my
living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the Alamin
(mankind, jinn and all that exists). He has no partner. And
of this I have been commanded, and I am one of the
Muslims. O Allah, You are the sovereign, there is none
worthy of worship but You. You are my Lord and I am Your
slave. I have wronged myself and I admit my sin, so
forgive me all my sins, for no one can forgive sins except
You. Guide me to the best of conduct, for none can guide
to that except You. Remove from me my evil deeds, for
none can remove them except You. Here I am at Your
service, all goodness is in Your hand and evil cannot be
attributed to You. My existence is due to You and my
return is to You. Blessed and exalted are You, I seek Your
forgiveness and I repent to You”. (Muslim 771)
It was narrated that Abdullah bin Mas’ud said: “A Jewish
scholar came to the Messenger of Allah and said: “O
Muhammad, or O Abul-Qasim- on the Day of
Resurrection Allah will carry the heavens on one finger,
the earths on one finger, the mountains and trees on
one finger, the water and soil on one finger, and the rest
of creation on one finger, then He will shake them and
will say: “I am the sovereign, I am the Sovereign.” The
Messenger of Allah smiled, liking what the Jewish
scholar said and confirming it. then he recited: They
made not a just estimate of Allah such as is due to Him.
And on the Day of Resurrection the whole of the earth
will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be
rolled up in His Right Hand. Glorified is He, and Exalted
is He above all that they associated as partners with
Him!”. (Muslim 2786)
• The meaning of this name:
• Ibn Jarir said: "The King who is no one above
Him and every thing is below Him".
• Ibn Al-Qayyem )‫ (رحمه هللا‬said: "Allah has the real
dominion and this name involves all the
perfect attributes, because its impossible to
prove the real dominion to whom doesn't
have life, Ability, Will, Power, Hearing,
Seeing, Talking, Acting, Ordering, Forbidding,
Rewarding with honor and so on.
• Allah is the Only Owner of the of the Day of Recompense and
this life as Allah said in Surat Al-Fatiha (‫)مالك يوم الدين‬: The Only
owner and the Only Ruling Judge of the Day of Resurrection,
because there might be people who claims that they Own
palaces, gold, silver and lands, but they don't know that they
have been lent to them, One day it might be taken from them
or they might leave it.
on the Day of Resurrection, the whole dominion belongs to
Allah. As in Surat Al-Furqan:
‫) الفرقان‬26( ‫لرحْ َم ِن‬
ُّ ‫ا ْل ُم ْلكُ يَ ْو َمئِ ٍذ ا ْل َح‬
َّ ‫ق ِل‬
26. The sovereignty on that Day will be the true (sovereignty),
belonging to the Most Beneficent (Allah). (Al-Furqan 25)
• All the kings in this world are not true kings and also their
kingdoms are not true and if some one becomes king this is
because Allah wills that.
• The impacts of the name (The King):
• Because He is the only One who disposes the affairs
in His dominion as He wills according to His
Knowledge, Wisdom, Mercy and Justice, Praise be to
Him for His Sovereignty, Creating and for all His
attributes and acts. He is not such that any thing in
the heavens or in the earth escapes Him and He is
able to do every thing. He owns the treasures of the
heavens and earth. He owns every thing, the most
supreme:
1) All love, fear and hope must be to him alone.
2) Holding fast to Allah asking Him the help, seeking
refuge as all of us are been owned to him.
3) No one deserves to be worshipped but Allah the true
King.
4) Depend on Him in every minor or major matter.
5) Ask Allah the sustenance and feel satisfied with what He gives and
prevents. There is not a thing but with Allah the stores.
Hadith: Abu Dharr Jundub ibn Junada reported from the Prophet( ),,
in what is related from what Allah ( )said:” O My slaves, if the first
of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were equal
in evil like the heart of the most evil man among you, that would
not detract anything from My dominion. O My slaves, if the first
of you and the last of you, your humans and your jinn, were to
stand on a single plain and ask of Me and I were to give each one
what he asked for, that would not cause any loss to Me greater
than what is lost when a needle is dipped into the sea. O My
slaves, it is only your actions that I am recording for you, then I
will requite you for them. Whoever finds it to be good, let him
praise Allah, and whoever finds it to be otherwise, let him blame
no one but himself.” (Muslim 2577)
6) Show humbleness in spite of all what you have.
7) Trust His justice (That’s why there are verses
have the name King with the name Al-Quddus
(The Holy and the One Free from all defects To
show that He is a King and Irresistible
(Supreme)), Handle matters as He wills and His
actions are free from injustice (He is a King with
Free of inequity).
8) Believing in The decree (the Qadar), nothing
happens or will happen without His permission.
9) Believing in His wisdom. He created His
creatures not in vain.
10) Being patient when we see the injustice of
some rulers in this life and believe that Allahthe real King- is the Irresistible (supreme)
above His slaves including the King of this
world, tyrants and arrogant, who
transgressed (all bounds in disbelief and
disobedience, and has behaved as an
arrogant and as tyrant) so He destroyed them
and they became lessons to people who
came after.
11) Glorifying Allah as in many invocations and
supplications as in these three Hadiths.
• Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas : Whenever the Prophet got up at night to
offer the Tahajjud prayer, he used to say: “Allahumma lakal-hamd
anta Qaiyimussamawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Wa lakal-hamdu,
lakal mulkus-samawati wal-ard wa man fihinna. Wa lakal-hamd,
anta Nurus-smawati wal-ard. Antal-Haq wa wa’dukal-haq, wa
liqa’uka haq, wa qualuka haq, wal-Jannatu haq wan-naru haq
wannabiyy-una haq, wa Muhammadun haq, was-sa’atu haq,
Allahumma laka aslamtu wabika amantu, wa elaika tawakkaltu, wa
ilaika anbtu wa bika khasamtu, wa ilaika hakamtu, faghfir li ma
qaddamtu wama akhartu wama asrartu wama a’lantu, antalMuqaddim wa Antal-Mu’akh-khir, la ilaha illa anta (or la Ilaha
ghairuka). (Al-Bukhari 1120)
‫ ولك الحمد أنت نور السموات‬،‫اللهم لك الحمد أنت قيوم السموات واألرض ومن فيهن‬
،‫ والنار حق‬،‫ والجنة حق‬،‫ وكلك حق‬،‫ ولقاؤك حق‬،‫ ووعدك الحق‬،‫ أنت الحق‬،‫واألرض‬
‫ اللهم لك أسلمت وبك‬،‫ والساعة حق‬،‫ ومحمد صلى هللا عليه وسم حق‬،‫والنبيون حق‬
‫ فاغفر لي ما قدمت وما‬،‫ وأليك حاكمت‬،‫ وبك خاصمت‬،‫ وإليك أنبت‬،‫ وعليك توكلت‬،‫آمنت‬
‫ أنت المقدم وأنت المؤخر ال إله إال أنت ( أو ال إله‬،‫أخرت وما أسررت وما أعلنت‬
.)‫غيرك‬
• Narrated Warrad, the freed slave of AlMughira bin Sh’ba; Al-Mughira wrote to
Mu’awiya bin Abu Sufyan that Allah’s
Messenger use to say at the end of every
salat (prayer) after the Taslim: “La Ilaha
illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu; lahu mulu,
wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa ala kulli shai’in
Qadir. Allahumma la mani’a lima a’taita, wa
la mu’tiya lima man’ta, wa la yanfa’u dhatjaddi minkal-jaddu”.
(Al-Bukhri 6630)
• The name (AI-Elah) God:
• All the rest of the names are involved in the
meaning of Al-Ilah name. some of the
scholars said about the name Allah had come
from Al-Ilah "It's the greatest name".
• Ibn Al-Qayyem (‫ )رحمه هللا‬said: "Allah has added all
His beautiful names to this Glorified name as
in Surat Al-A'raf (180 chapter 7):
‫) االعراف‬180( ‫سنَى فَا ْدعُوهُ ِب َها‬
ِ ِ ‫َو‬
ْ ‫س َماء ا ْل ُح‬
ْ َ ‫ّلل األ‬
180. And (all) the Most Beautiful Names belong
to Allah.(Al-A’raf 7)
• The meaning of this name:
• Whom the hearts deify Him with love and most
greatness, implore Him in all One's matters and
needs, deserves to be worshipped alone, non in
the heavens and the earth but comes unto the
Most Gracious (Allah) as a slave and who
deserves all the complete descriptions.
He alone has all the divinity because He has the
descriptions of Glory and Greatness, the Ever
living, the One who Sustains and Protects all the
exists, Merciful, no one compass any thing of His
knowledge except that which He wills, the most
Generous whose all the rest are in need of Him.
• No one shall have this name except Allah.
• The impacts of this name:
1) Love Him the most more than one self , money,
family, children and so on, and love all what He
loves, hate all what He hates.
Narrated Anas The Prophet said, “Whoever
possesses the following three qualities will taste the
sweetness of faith: a) The one to whom Allah and
His Messenger Muhammad become dearer than
anything else.
b) Who loves a person and he loves him only for
Allah’s sake. C) Who hates to revert to disbelief
(atheism) after Allah has brought him out (saved
him) from it, as he hates to be thrown in fire.” (AlBukhari 216)
2) Glorify Allah the Majesty, holding fast to
Him and purify the religion for Him by
worshipping none but Him and do good for
His sake only.
3) Purify all the acts of obedience to Him who
deserves all honor, power and glory, being
attached to Him only because His Majesty
and Honor will remain forever and what so
ever is on it (the earth) will perish.
4) The hearts will find the rest and relief in their God (AlIlah) because they believe in the Oneness of Him, IslamicMontheism and then Al-Ilah will guide the hearts to the
true faith with certainty.
5) All the effects of the other names and attributes are for
this name also.
6) Single Allah with love, Allegiance, Judgment and seeking
the judge as Allah said in:
)‫ األنعام‬114( ً‫صًل‬
ِ ‫أَفَغَ ْي َر‬
َّ َ‫اب ُمف‬
َ َ ‫اّلل أ َ ْبت َ ِغي َح َك ًما َو ُه َو الَّ ِذي أَنَ َز َل ِإلَ ْي ُك ُم ا ْل ِكت‬
114. [Say (O Muhammad )] "Shall I seek a judge other than
Allah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book
(The Qur'an)(Al-An’am 6)
َ َ ‫قُ ْل أ‬
14 (‫ض َو ُه َو يُ ْط ِع ُم َوالَ يُ ْطعَ ُم‬
ِ ‫اوا‬
ِ ‫غ ْي َر‬
ِ َ‫اّلل أَت َّ ِخذُ َو ِليًّا ف‬
َّ ‫اط ِر ال‬
ِ ‫ت َواأل َ ْر‬
َ ‫س َم‬
)‫األنعام‬
14. Say (O Muhammad ): "Shall I take as a Wali (helper,
protector, etc.) any other than Allah, the Creator of the
heavens and the earth? And it is He Who feeds but is not
fed.“(Al-An’am 6)
• Some benefits of Surat An-Nas:
1) We have to seek refuge (all the time) with
Allah from Satan who is trying to cut our
way (worshipping) to Him.
Allah who created us weak (as in Surat An-Nesa'a 28)
َ ‫َان‬
َ ‫ان ك‬
)‫)(النساء‬76( ‫ض ِعيفًا‬
َّ ‫إِ َّن َك ْيدَ ال‬
ِ ‫ش ْي َط‬
76. Ever feeble indeed is the plot of Shaitan (Satan). (AnNisa' 4)
and also Satan is weak (as in Surat An-Nesa'a 76)
َ ‫ان‬
ُ ‫س‬
)‫)(النساء‬28( ‫ض ِعيفًا‬
َ ‫َو ُخ ِل‬
َ ‫اْلن‬
ِ ‫ق‬
28. and man was created weak. (An-Nisa' 4)
So despite of our weakness, Allah ( ) showed us the way to
protect our selves from Satan: once we seek the refuge
with Allah we will gain power to win overcome Satan who
started his battle with Adam centuries ago. We have to
prepare ourselves always by increasing our faith and
continuing in remembering Allah.
• Satan Is weak because the atmost thing he can do is just
(Whispering) as Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas
said, "A man came to the Prophet and said, `O Messenger
of Allah! Sometimes I say things to myself that I would
rather fall from the sky than say (aloud openly). ' The
Prophet said,
(Allah is Most Great! Allah is Most Great! All praise is due
to Allah Who sent his (Shaytan's) plot back as only a
whisper.)'' Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i also recorded this
Hadith.
2) The whispers of the human are more serious
and more dangerous due to their nearness
and difficult to realize their danger because
they are from the same kind.
3) The sequence in Surat An-Nas (Lord, The
King, God):
– Rabb: is a name for Allah and others (and they
are plenty)
– The King: is a name of Allah and others but Kings
are less than (Al-Murabboun) .
– God (Al-Ilah): is one.
• So it's a renunciative sequence.
5)
Allah said in Surat An-Nas:
(‫(من شر الوسواس الخناس‬
From the (evil) whispers
but in Surat Fussilat:
ٌ ‫ان نَ ْز‬
َ ‫نز‬
َ َ‫َو ِإ َّما ي‬
)‫)(فصلت‬36( ‫س ِمي ُع ا ْلعَ ِلي ُم‬
َّ ‫غنَّ َك ِم َن ال‬
ِ َّ ‫ست َ ِع ْذ ِب‬
ْ ‫غ فَا‬
َّ ‫اّلل ِإنَّهُ ُه َو ال‬
ِ ‫ش ْي َط‬
36. And if Shaitan (Satan) tries to turn you away (O Muhammad ) (from doing
good, etc.), then seek refuge in Allah. Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the AllKnower.)Fussilat 41)
from (Satan) not (evil), because Satan is evil in all his matters but (Al-Jinn
and An-Nas) may have good and bad works, as Allah said:
ُ ‫س‬
ُ ‫س‬
َ ‫ط‬
َ ‫ط‬
َ ‫س ِل ُم‬
)‫) (الجن‬15( ‫ون فَكَانُوا ِل َج َهنَّ َم َح َطبًا‬
َ ‫سلَ َم فَأ ُ ْولَئِكَ ت َ َح َّر ْوا َر‬
ِ ‫ َوأ َ َّما ا ْلقَا‬، )14( ‫شدًا‬
ْ َ ‫ون فَ َم ْن أ‬
ِ ‫ون َو ِمنَّا ا ْلقَا‬
ْ ‫َوأَنَّا ِمنَّا ا ْل ُم‬
14. 'And of us some are Muslims (who have submitted to Allah, after listening to this Qur'an),
and of us some are Al-Qasitun (disbelievers those who have deviated from the Right Path)'. And
whosoever has embraced Islam (i.e. has become a Muslim by submitting to Allah), then such
have sought the Right Path."
15. And as for the Qasitun (disbelievers who deviated from the Right Path), they shall be
firewood for Hell.(Al-Jinn 72)
6) In Surat An-Nas: Seeking the refuge in Allah
with three names from the evil whispers (one),
In Surat Al-Falaq one name from four external
evils which means that it's more serious and
dangerous on your faith and belief.
7) Allah said (‫)قل‬: to let the person confess his
weakness by his tongue and to show his need to
his Lord not just in his heart for many reasons:
a) To kill the arrogance and pride in once heart and
not to think himself self-sufficient.
b) That will lead to worship Allah, because the one
who is calling his Lord to seek His refuge will feel
shame to disobey Him.
8) Allah has mentioned Al-Jinn before An-Nas:
because Satan is the essential source for
whispers.
9) Allah mentioned (chests) not (hearts) in:
– The chest is wider than the heart and the heart is
inside the chest, once your chest is protected the
heart will be safe.
– Try to keep away from evil whispers.( don't wait till it
become closer. Do not try to get closer to all
temptations and trials.
10) (Whispers) means: It is hidden to show us that
its evil and bad. Good talk doesn't need to be in
a hidden way and no one will feel shame to
pronounce it.
• This is the end of the Tafsir Surat An-Nas. All
praise and thanks are due to Allah, the Lord
of all that exists.
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accuracy of this publication. If, however, any
errors are noticed by the reader, we would
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