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سُورَةُ الفَلَقِ · 113:5
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وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

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And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

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Introduction

This is āyah 5 of Sūrat Al-Falaq (The Daybreak), the 20th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 30. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
20 of 114
Surah
Al-Falaq (113)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The Position of Ibn Mas'ud concerning Al-Mu'awwidhatayn Imam Ahmad recorded from Zirr bin Hubaysh that Ubayy bin Ka'b told him that Ibn Mas'ud did not record the Mu'awwidhatayn in his Mushaf (copy of the Qur'an). So Ubayy said, "I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed me that Jibril said to him, قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ (Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of Al-Falaq.")(113:1) So he said it. And Jibril said to him, قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ (Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.")(114:1) So he said it. Therefore, we say what the Prophet ﷺ said." The Virtues of Surahs Al-Falaq and An-Nas In his Sahih, Muslim recorded on the authority of 'Uqbah bin 'Amir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, أَلَمْ تَرَ آيَاتٍ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ قَطُّ: (Do you not see that there have been Ayat revealed to me tonight the like of which has n…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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