A Meccan sura used as an invocation against evil.
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
1 Say [Prophet], ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak 2 against the harm in what He has created, 3 the harm in the night when darkness gathers, 4 the harm in witches when they blow on knots, [a] 5 the harm in the envier when he envies.’
Footnotes
a. Said to be a means of practicing witchcraft and casting spells.
The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)
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