Al-Nas
Al-Nās or Mankind (Arabic: الناس, romanized: an-nās) is the 114th and last chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an. It is a short six-verse invocation.
- Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
- The Sovereign of mankind.
- The God of mankind,
- From the evil of the retreating whisperer –
- Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind –
- From among the jinn and mankind."
| سورۃ ٱلنَّاس Al-Nās Mankind | |
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| Classification | Meccan |
| Other names | The Men, People |
| Position | Juzʼ 30 |
| No. of verses | 6 |
| No. of words | 20 |
| No. of letters | 80 |
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The chapter takes its name from the word "men", "people" or "mankind" (al-nās), which recurs throughout the chapter. This and the preceding chapter, Al-Falaq ("Daybreak"), are known as "the Refuges" (Al-Mu'awwidhatayn): dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair.
Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which indicates a revelation in Mecca rather than Medina. Early Muslims were persecuted in Mecca where Muhammed was not a leader, and not persecuted in Medina, where he was a protected leader.
There is a Sunnah tradition of reading this chapter for the sick or before sleeping.