Another Meccan sura commonly used as an invocation against evil.
In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
1 Say, ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of people, 2 the Controller [a] of people, 3 the God of people, 4 against the harm of the slinking whisperer–– 5 who whispers into the hearts of people–– 6 whether they be jinn or people.’
Footnotes
a. Or ‘King’ or ‘Master’.
The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)
The Qur'an / a new translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem, copyright © 2004 Oxford World's Classics (Oxford University Press). Used by permission. All rights reserved.