Friday, October 24, 2008

Surat Alfalaq

SURA 113 AL-FALAQ:

Transliteration:
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Bismillahi-rrahmani-rraheem

"Qul a'outhu bi rabbi-lfalaq.
Min sharri ma khalaq.
wa min sharri ghasiqin itha waqab.
wa min sharri-nnafathaty fi-l'uqad
Wa min sharri Hhassidin itha Hhassad."

Meanings of words:

-Qul = say
-a'outhu= I seek refuge
-bi = with
-rabb = Lord
-al-falaq = dawn
-min = from
-sharr = evil(mischief)
-ma = of what
-khalaq = (He) created
-ghasiqin =darkness
-itha = as(it)
-waqab = spreads
-naffathat= those who blow(witches)
-fi= in(here it is understood as on)
-al'ouqad= the knots
-Hhassid =the envious one
-hhassad = practices envy

*our trust in Allah is the refuge from every kind of fear and superstition,every kind of danger and evil.Three special kinds of mischief are specified in these verses,
Against which our best guard is our trust in Allah,the Light of the heavens and the earth:
1)physical dangers typified by darkness.
2)physical dangers within us,typified by secret arts.
3)physical dangers from without us,resulting from a perverted will,which seeks to destroy any good that we enjoy.
wallahu a'alam

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