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Assalamualaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu which means the Peace, Mercy and Blessings of Almighty God be on All of you
Todays post is about seeking Protection from the Almighty God referred to as Allah, from the Evil Whisperings of the 'accursed satan'.
How do we do do that? That's what I'm going to share in todays post, about One of the Surahs/Chapters in the Quran which is the last One i.e, Surah An-Nas.
Surah An-Nas, the Last Surah and Surah Al-Falaq, the second last Surah i.e, 113th Number Chapter of the Quran, are together termed the 'mu'awwidhatayn'; dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair. There is a Sunnah (Prophet Muhammad's Ways which are commanded by Almighty God to Him) tradition of reading it over the sick/also sick with Black magic and before sleeping.
Before going into further details with this Surah, I feel it's Necessary to give a brief introduction of it first which is as follows:
Introduction of Surah An-Nas (Chapter of Mankind)
Surah (Chapter) An-Nas (Mankind), is the 114 (number)th and Last Surah(Chapter) of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book. It is a short 6 (number)-verse invocation, asking Allah for protection from the 'accursed satan'(the evil whisperer) also referred as 'khannas' in this Chapter. It is a Makkan Surah, meaning this Surah/Chapter of the Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Makkah.
Now the Surah/ Chapter An-Nas itself
Surah An-Nas
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Transliteration: Bismillaahir Raḥmaanir Raheem
In The Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful
Original Arabic Text of Surah An-Nas
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١ مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢ إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٣ مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ٤ ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ٦
English transliteration:
1.Qul a’oozu bi-Rabbin naas
2.Malikin-naas
3.Ilaahin-naas
4.Min sharril-waswaasil khannaas
5. Allazee yuwaswisu fee şudoorin-naas
6. Minal-jinnati wannaas.
English Translation of Surah An-Nas
1. “Say: I take refuge with the Lord of Mankind,"
2. “The King of Mankind,"
3. “The God of Mankind,"
4. “From the evil of the slinking whisperer,"
5. “Who whispers evil into the hearts of Mankind,"
6. “From among Jinn and Mankind.”
Explanation:
Here also, as in Surah Al-Falaq, a Prayer has been taught with a difference that in Surah Falaq various kinds of external evil are mentioned, but in this Surah, Surah An-Nas the evil of internal, hidden tempters is emphasized.
Three times the Protection of Allah is being sought, Seeking His protection three times through mentioning His three attributes .First one being, He is Rabb-un nas, i.e. Sustainer, Providence, Master of all mankind, Second attribute as Malikin nas i.e, King of all mankind; third, that He is Ilah-un-nas, i.e. real Deity of all mankind.
The word 'waswas' in 'waswas-il-khannas' means the one who whispers over and over again, and 'waswasa' means to whisper into someone's heart an evil suggestion over and over again in such a way or ways that the one who is being inspired may not feel that the whisperer is whispering an evil suggestion into his heart. 'Waswasah' by itself suggests repetition just as 'zalzalah' (meaning earthquake) contains the meaning of repetitive movement. Since man is not tempted by just one attempt but effort has to be made over and over again to seduce and tempt him, all such attempts are called 'waswasah' and the tempter 'waswas'. As for the word 'khannas' mentioned for Satan in the 4rth Verse of this Surah(Chapter), it is derived from 'khunus', which means to hide after appearing and to retreat after coming into view. Since 'khannas' is the intensive form, it would imply the one who behaves thus very frequently. Now, obviously the whisperer has to approach man for whispering again and again, and besides, when he is also described as 'khannas', the combination of the two words by itself gives the meaning that after whispering once he retreats and then again returns over and over again to repeat the act of whispering. In other words, when once he fails in his attempt to whisper evil, he withdraws, then he again returns to make the second and the third and the next attempt over and over again. After understanding the meaning of 'waswas-il-khannas', let us consider what is meant by seeking refuge from its evil. Its one meaning is that the seeker himself seeks God's refuge from its evil, i.e. from the evil lest it should whisper some evil suggestion into his own heart. The second meaning is that the caller to Truth seeks God's refuge from the evil of the one who whispers evil suggestions into the hearts of the people against himself. It is not in his own power to approach all the people in whose hearts evil suggestions are being whispered against himself individually and remove the misunderstandings of every person. It is also not right and proper for him that he should give up his mission of inviting others to Allah and should devote all his tune and energy to removing the misunderstanding created by the whisperer and to answering their accusations. It is also below his dignity that he should stoop to the level of his opponents. Therefore, Allah has instructed the caller to Truth to seek only His refuge from the evil of the wicked people, and then to attend single-mindedly to his work of invitation and mission. For it is not for him to deal with them but for Allah, who is Sustainer of men, King of,men, God of men. Here, one should also understand that an evil suggestion is the starting, point of evil act. When it affects a careless or heedless person, it creates in him a desire for evil. Then, further whisperings change the evil desire into an evil intention and evil purpose. When the evil suggestion grows in intensity, the intention becomes a resolution, which then culminates in the evil act. Therefore, the meaning of seeking God's refuge from the evil of the whisperer is that Allah should nip the evil in the bud. If seen from another aspect, the order of the evil of the whisperers seems to be this: first. they incite one to open unbelief, polytheism, or rebellion against Allah and His Messenger, and enmity of the righteous (godly) people. If they fail in this and a person does enter Allah's religion, they misguide him to some innovation. If they fail in this too, they tempt him to sin. If they do not succeed even in this, they inspire the man with the suggestion that there is no harm in indulging in minor sins, so that if he starts committing these freely, he is over burdened with sin. If one escapes from this too, in the last resort they try that one should keep the true religion confined to oneself, and should do nothing to make it prevail, but if a person defeats all these plans, the whole party of the devils from amongst men and jinn makes a common front against him incites and stirs up the people and makes them shower him with invective and accusation and slander, and defames him as widely as it can. Then, Satan comes to the believer and excites him to anger, saying: "It is cowardly of you to have borne all this insult: arise and clash with your opponents." This is the last and final device with Satan by which he tries to thwart the struggle of the caller to Truth and entangle him in difficulties and obstructions. If he succeeds in escaping from this too, Satan becomes powerless before him. About this same thing it has been said in the Qur'an: "If Satan ever excites you to anger, seek refuge with Allah." (Surah Al-A'raf: 200, Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 36); "Say: Lord, I seek refuge with You from the promptings of satans." (Al-Muminun: 97); "The fact is that if ever an evil suggestion from Satan so much as touches those, who are God-fearing people, they immediately get alerted and clearly see the right course they should adopt." (Al-A'raf: 201). And on this very basis about the people who escape from this last attack of Satan Allah says: "None can attain to this rank except those who are men of great good fortune." (Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 35). In this connection, another thing also should be kept in mind, and it is this: Evil suggestion is not whispered into the heart of man only from outside by the satans from among men and jinn, but also by the self of man from within. His own wrong theories misguide his intellect, his own unlawful motives and desires lead his power of discrimination, will and power of judgement astray, and it is not only the satans from outside but within then his satan of the self also beguiles him. This same thing has been expressed in the Qur'an, thus: "and We know the evil suggestions arising from his self." (Qaf:16). On this very basis, the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) in his well-known Sermon said: "We seek Allah's refuge from the evils of our self."
Todays post is about seeking Protection from the Almighty God referred to as Allah, from the Evil Whisperings of the 'accursed satan'.
How do we do do that? That's what I'm going to share in todays post, about One of the Surahs/Chapters in the Quran which is the last One i.e, Surah An-Nas.
Surah An-Nas, the Last Surah and Surah Al-Falaq, the second last Surah i.e, 113th Number Chapter of the Quran, are together termed the 'mu'awwidhatayn'; dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair. There is a Sunnah (Prophet Muhammad's Ways which are commanded by Almighty God to Him) tradition of reading it over the sick/also sick with Black magic and before sleeping.
Before going into further details with this Surah, I feel it's Necessary to give a brief introduction of it first which is as follows:
Introduction of Surah An-Nas (Chapter of Mankind)
Surah (Chapter) An-Nas (Mankind), is the 114 (number)th and Last Surah(Chapter) of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book. It is a short 6 (number)-verse invocation, asking Allah for protection from the 'accursed satan'(the evil whisperer) also referred as 'khannas' in this Chapter. It is a Makkan Surah, meaning this Surah/Chapter of the Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in Makkah.
Now the Surah/ Chapter An-Nas itself
Surah An-Nas
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Transliteration: Bismillaahir Raḥmaanir Raheem
In The Name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful
Original Arabic Text of Surah An-Nas
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١ مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٢ إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٣ مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ ٤ ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ٥ مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ٦
English transliteration:
1.Qul a’oozu bi-Rabbin naas
2.Malikin-naas
3.Ilaahin-naas
4.Min sharril-waswaasil khannaas
5. Allazee yuwaswisu fee şudoorin-naas
6. Minal-jinnati wannaas.
English Translation of Surah An-Nas
1. “Say: I take refuge with the Lord of Mankind,"
2. “The King of Mankind,"
3. “The God of Mankind,"
4. “From the evil of the slinking whisperer,"
5. “Who whispers evil into the hearts of Mankind,"
6. “From among Jinn and Mankind.”
Explanation:
Here also, as in Surah Al-Falaq, a Prayer has been taught with a difference that in Surah Falaq various kinds of external evil are mentioned, but in this Surah, Surah An-Nas the evil of internal, hidden tempters is emphasized.
Three times the Protection of Allah is being sought, Seeking His protection three times through mentioning His three attributes .First one being, He is Rabb-un nas, i.e. Sustainer, Providence, Master of all mankind, Second attribute as Malikin nas i.e, King of all mankind; third, that He is Ilah-un-nas, i.e. real Deity of all mankind.
The word 'waswas' in 'waswas-il-khannas' means the one who whispers over and over again, and 'waswasa' means to whisper into someone's heart an evil suggestion over and over again in such a way or ways that the one who is being inspired may not feel that the whisperer is whispering an evil suggestion into his heart. 'Waswasah' by itself suggests repetition just as 'zalzalah' (meaning earthquake) contains the meaning of repetitive movement. Since man is not tempted by just one attempt but effort has to be made over and over again to seduce and tempt him, all such attempts are called 'waswasah' and the tempter 'waswas'. As for the word 'khannas' mentioned for Satan in the 4rth Verse of this Surah(Chapter), it is derived from 'khunus', which means to hide after appearing and to retreat after coming into view. Since 'khannas' is the intensive form, it would imply the one who behaves thus very frequently. Now, obviously the whisperer has to approach man for whispering again and again, and besides, when he is also described as 'khannas', the combination of the two words by itself gives the meaning that after whispering once he retreats and then again returns over and over again to repeat the act of whispering. In other words, when once he fails in his attempt to whisper evil, he withdraws, then he again returns to make the second and the third and the next attempt over and over again. After understanding the meaning of 'waswas-il-khannas', let us consider what is meant by seeking refuge from its evil. Its one meaning is that the seeker himself seeks God's refuge from its evil, i.e. from the evil lest it should whisper some evil suggestion into his own heart. The second meaning is that the caller to Truth seeks God's refuge from the evil of the one who whispers evil suggestions into the hearts of the people against himself. It is not in his own power to approach all the people in whose hearts evil suggestions are being whispered against himself individually and remove the misunderstandings of every person. It is also not right and proper for him that he should give up his mission of inviting others to Allah and should devote all his tune and energy to removing the misunderstanding created by the whisperer and to answering their accusations. It is also below his dignity that he should stoop to the level of his opponents. Therefore, Allah has instructed the caller to Truth to seek only His refuge from the evil of the wicked people, and then to attend single-mindedly to his work of invitation and mission. For it is not for him to deal with them but for Allah, who is Sustainer of men, King of,men, God of men. Here, one should also understand that an evil suggestion is the starting, point of evil act. When it affects a careless or heedless person, it creates in him a desire for evil. Then, further whisperings change the evil desire into an evil intention and evil purpose. When the evil suggestion grows in intensity, the intention becomes a resolution, which then culminates in the evil act. Therefore, the meaning of seeking God's refuge from the evil of the whisperer is that Allah should nip the evil in the bud. If seen from another aspect, the order of the evil of the whisperers seems to be this: first. they incite one to open unbelief, polytheism, or rebellion against Allah and His Messenger, and enmity of the righteous (godly) people. If they fail in this and a person does enter Allah's religion, they misguide him to some innovation. If they fail in this too, they tempt him to sin. If they do not succeed even in this, they inspire the man with the suggestion that there is no harm in indulging in minor sins, so that if he starts committing these freely, he is over burdened with sin. If one escapes from this too, in the last resort they try that one should keep the true religion confined to oneself, and should do nothing to make it prevail, but if a person defeats all these plans, the whole party of the devils from amongst men and jinn makes a common front against him incites and stirs up the people and makes them shower him with invective and accusation and slander, and defames him as widely as it can. Then, Satan comes to the believer and excites him to anger, saying: "It is cowardly of you to have borne all this insult: arise and clash with your opponents." This is the last and final device with Satan by which he tries to thwart the struggle of the caller to Truth and entangle him in difficulties and obstructions. If he succeeds in escaping from this too, Satan becomes powerless before him. About this same thing it has been said in the Qur'an: "If Satan ever excites you to anger, seek refuge with Allah." (Surah Al-A'raf: 200, Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 36); "Say: Lord, I seek refuge with You from the promptings of satans." (Al-Muminun: 97); "The fact is that if ever an evil suggestion from Satan so much as touches those, who are God-fearing people, they immediately get alerted and clearly see the right course they should adopt." (Al-A'raf: 201). And on this very basis about the people who escape from this last attack of Satan Allah says: "None can attain to this rank except those who are men of great good fortune." (Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 35). In this connection, another thing also should be kept in mind, and it is this: Evil suggestion is not whispered into the heart of man only from outside by the satans from among men and jinn, but also by the self of man from within. His own wrong theories misguide his intellect, his own unlawful motives and desires lead his power of discrimination, will and power of judgement astray, and it is not only the satans from outside but within then his satan of the self also beguiles him. This same thing has been expressed in the Qur'an, thus: "and We know the evil suggestions arising from his self." (Qaf:16). On this very basis, the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) in his well-known Sermon said: "We seek Allah's refuge from the evils of our self."
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