114:1
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ﴿١﴾
SAY: "I seek refuge with the Sustainer of men, -
പറയുക: മനുഷ്യരുടെ നാഥനോട് ഞാൻ ശരണം തേടുന്നു,
114:2
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ﴿٢﴾
"the Sovereign of men,
മനുഷ്യരുടെ അധിപനോട്,
114:3
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ﴿٣﴾
"the God of men,
മനുഷ്യരുടെ ദൈവത്തോട്,
114:4
مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ﴿٤﴾
"from the evil of the whispering, elusive tempter
ഒളിച്ചുനിന്നു ദുർമന്ത്രണം നടത്തുന്നവന്റെ തിന്മയിൽ നിന്ന്,
114:5
ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ﴿٥﴾
"who whispers in the hearts of men1 -
മനുഷ്യരുടെ മനസ്സുകളിൽ ദുർമന്ത്രണം നടത്തുന്നവന്റെ,
114:6
مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ﴿٦﴾
"from all [temptation to evil by] invisible forces as well as men,"2
അദൃശ്യ ശക്തികളിൽ പെട്ടവരിൽ നിന്നും മനുഷ്യരിൽ നിന്നും (ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ദുർപ്രേരണകളിൽ നിന്ന്).
Footnotes by Muhammad Asad
- 1. I.e., "Satan" in the widest meaning of this designation, as pointed out by Razi (quoted in surah 14, note 31).
- 2. The above is perhaps the oldest Qur'anic mention of the term and concept of al-jinnah (synonymous with al-jinn), which has been tentatively explained in Appendix III. In the above context, the term probably denotes the intangible, mysterious forces of nature to which man's psyche is exposed, and which sometimes make it difficult for us to discern between right and wrong, However, in the light of this last verse of the last surah of the Qur'an it is also possible to conclude that the "invisible forces" from which we are told to seek refuge with God are the temptations to evil emanating from the blindness of our own hearts, from our gross appetites, and from the erroneous notions and false values that may have been handed down to us by our predecessors.