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SURAH AL-FALAQ (THE DAWN)
This is a ‘Madani’ surah and it has 5 verses. It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that whoever recites this surah in the month of Ramadhan in any of his prayers, it is as if he has fasted in Mecca and he will get the reward for performing Hajj and ‘Umra.
Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) said that in the prayer of Shafa’a (in Salaatul-layl) one should recite surah al-Falaq in the first rak’aat and an-Naas in the second.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
قُلْ اَعُوْذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِۙ(1)
(1) Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,
مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَۙ(2)
(2) From the evil of what He has created,
وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ اِذَا وَقَبَۙ(3)
(3) And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes,
وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفّٰثٰتِ فِى الْعُقَدِۙ(4)
(4) And from the evil of those who blow on knots,
وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ اِذَا حَسَدَ(5)
(5) And from the evil of the envious when he envies