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English Translation: Page 604
Sûrat Al-Ikhlâs or At-Tauhîd
(The Purity) CXII
In the Name of Allâh,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1.
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم): "He is Allâh,
(the) One. [1]
2.
" Allâh-us-Samad (السيد
الذي يصمد
إليه في
الحاجات) [Allâh the Self-Sufficient
Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor drinks)].
3.
"He begets not, nor was He begotten. [2]
4.
"And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him."
Sûrat Al-Falaq
(The Daybreak) CXIII
In the Name of Allâh,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1.
Say: "I seek refuge with (Allâh), the Lord of the daybreak,
2.
"From the evil of what He has created,
3.
"And from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its
darkness; (or the moon as it sets or goes away),
4.
"And from the evil of those who practise witchcraft when they
blow in the knots,
5.
"And from the evil of the envier when he envies."
Sûrat An-Nâs
(Mankind) CXIV
In the Name of Allâh,
the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1.
Say: "I seek refuge with (Allâh) the Lord of mankind, [3]
2.
"The King of mankind - [4]
3.
"The Ilâh (God) of mankind,
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 Allâh). [5]
5.
"Who whispers in the breasts of mankind.
6.
"Of jinn and men."
[1]
(V.112:1) See Tauhîd in the Glossary (Appendix).
[2]
(V.112:3)
A) Narrated Mu‘âdh bin Jabal رضي
الله عنه: The Prophet
صلى الله عليه
وسلم said, "O Mu‘âdh! Do you know what Allâh’s
Right upon His slaves is?" I said, "Allâh and His Messenger know
better." The Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم said, "To worship
Him (Allâh) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allâh). Do you know
what their right upon Him is?" I replied, "Allâh and His Messenger
know better." The Prophet صلى
الله عليه
وسلم said, "Not to punish them (if they did
so)." [Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.9, Hadith No.470].
B) Narrated Abu Sa‘îd Al-Khudrî رضي
الله عنه: A man heard another man
reciting: ‘Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allâh, (the) One." (112:1) And
he recited it repeatedly. When it was morning, he went to the Prophet
صلى الله عليه
وسلم and informed him about that as if he considered
that the recitation of that Sûrah by itself was not enough. Allâh’s
Messenger صلى الله
عليه وسلم said, "By Him in
Whose Hand my soul is, it is equal to one-third of the Our’ân." [Sahih
Al-Bukhari, Vol.9, Hadith No.471].
C) Narrated ‘Âishah رضي الله
عنها: The Prophet صلى
الله عليه
وسلم sent (an army unit) under the command of a man who
used to lead his companions in the prayers and would finish his recitation with
(the Sûrah 112): ‘Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allâh, (the)
One.’" (112:1). When they returned (from the battle), they mentioned that
to the Prophet صلى الله
عليه وسلم. He said (to them),
"Ask him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I do so
because it mentions the Qualities of the Most Gracious and I love to recite it
(in my prayer)." The Prophet صلى
الله عليه
وسلم said (to them). "Tell him that Allâh loves
him." [Sahih Al Bukhari, Vol.9, Hadith No. 472].
[3]
(V.114:1) Narrated ‘Âishah رضي الله
عنها: whenever Allâh’s Messenger
صلى الله عليه
وسلم went to bed, he used to recite Sûrat Al-Ikhlâs
(112), Sûrat Al-Falaq (113) and Sûrat An-Nâs (114) and then blow on his palms
and pass them over his face and those parts of his body that his hands could
reach. And when he fell ill, he used to order me to do like that for him. (Sahih
Al-Bukhari, Vol.7, Hadith No.644).
[4]
(V.114:2) The Statement of Allâh عز وجل: ‘The
King of mankind.’ Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي
الله عنه: The Prophet
صلى الله عليه
وسلم said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allâh will
grasp the whole (planet of) earth (by His Hand) and shall roll up the heaven
with His Right Hand and say, ‘I am the King. Where are the kings of the
earth?’" (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol.9, Hadith No.479).
[5]
(V.114:4) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي
الله عنه: Allâh’s Messenger
صلى الله عليه
وسلم said, "The (Hell) Fire is surrounded by all
kinds of desires and passions, while Paradise is surrounded by all kinds of
disliked undesirable things."* (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No.494).
* Inordinate desires and animalistic passions lead to the Fire while
self-control, perseverance, chastity and all other virtues, and the obedience to
Allâh and His Messengerصلى الله
عليه وسلم lead to Paradise. What
leads to Hell is easy to do while what leads to Paradise is difficult to do.
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