Tafseer Al-Mu'awwidhatayn Explanation of Surah Falak Surah Nas

A tafseer (commentary & explanation) of surahs Falaq and Nas. Although these two Surahs of the Qur'an are separate entities and are written in the Mushaf also under separate names, yet they are so deeply related mutually and their contents so closely resemble each other's that they have been designated by a common name Mu'awwidhatayn (the two Surahs in which refuge with Allah has been sought). Imam Baihaqi in Dala'il an-Nubuwwat has written that these Surahs were revealed together, that is why the combined name of both is Mu'awwidhatayn. We are writing the same one Introduction to both, for they discuss and deal with just the same matters and topics. However, they will be explained and commented on separately below.

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• Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

TAFSEERAL-MU'AWWIDHATAYNExplanation ofSurah al-Falaq Surah an-NasIBN AL-QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYAHالفردوسAL-FIRDOUSAL-FIRDOUS LTD. LONDONISBN 1-87426-377-99 781874 263777Table of ContentsPreface by the Editor.........A Biography of the Author.............Surat Al-Falaq...........689Chapter One: The Meaning and Definition of Al-Isti'adhah....... 14Chapter Two: The One In Whom We Take Refuge......................18. Chapter Three: The Evil from which Refuge is taken in Allah... 20Chapter Four: Seeking Refuge in Allah against Present and Potential Evil.................... 25Chapter Five: Supplication for Seeking Refuge against all Sources of Evil............Chapter Six: Taking Refuge in Allah from the First Evil as mentioned in Surat al-Falaq.......2728Chapter Seven: The ProphetCompletely Eliminated anyConcept of Relating Evil to Allah ......... 34Chapter Eight: Taking Refuge in Allah from the Evil of all that is Created................ 39Chapter Nine: Taking Refuge in Allah from the Second Evil Mentioned in Surat al-Falaq..............413Surat Al-Falaqو الله الرحمن الرحيمقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي المُقدِ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَنBismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem(In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)(Say: "I seek refuge in Allah, the Lord of the daybreak,from the evil of what He has created,and from the evil of the darkening (night) as it comes with its darkness,and from the evil of those who practise witchcraft when they blow on knots, and from the evil of the envier when he envies.)11 Surat al-Falaq.9