1
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿1﴾
کہو کہ میں لوگوں کے پروردگار کی پناہ مانگتا ہوں
Tafsir — verse 1
Seek refuge with the Lord of mankind — your Nurturer who raised and sustains you.
Surah 114 of 114 • 6 verses • Makki
سُوْرَةُ النَّاسِ
Surah An-Naas (Mankind)
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
2
مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿2﴾
(یعنی) لوگوں کے حقیقی بادشاہ کی
Tafsir — verse 2
King of mankind — all kingship is His; no power benefits or harms without Him.
3
إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿3﴾
لوگوں کے معبود برحق کی
Tafsir — verse 3
God of mankind — worship’s refuge: divinity belongs to Him alone.
4
مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ ﴿4﴾
(شیطان) وسوسہ انداز کی برائی سے جو (خدا کا نام سن کر) پیچھے ہٹ جاتا ہے
Tafsir — verse 4
From the retreating whisperer — Satan whispers at heedlessness and retreats at remembrance.
5
ٱلَّذِي يُوَسۡوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ ﴿5﴾
جو لوگوں کے دلوں میں وسوسے ڈالتا ہے
Tafsir — verse 5
Who whispers into chests — the battlefield is the heart; guard its entrances.
6
مِنَ ٱلۡجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ ﴿6﴾
وہ جنّات میں سے (ہو) یا انسانوں میں سے
Tafsir — verse 6
Among jinn and men — whisperers are both unseen and human; weigh every voice by revelation.
Arabic: Uthmani script. Urdu meaning: Fateh Muhammad Jalandhry • English: The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab • Hindi: Suhel Farooq Khan • Text via quran-api (fawazahmed0) • Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, Abdul Basit, Mahmoud Al-Husary, Maher Al-Muaiqly & Muhammad Al-Minshawi via EveryAyah — choose your reciter above. Translation audio: English (Sahih International, Ibrahim Walk) & Urdu (Shamshad Ali Khan) via EveryAyah; Hindi uses your device's voice reader and needs internet voices on some phones. Spoken translation wording may differ slightly from the displayed text. Educational content — not a fatwa. See methodology.
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About Surah An-Naas (Mankind)
Surah An-Naas is surah 114 of 114 — 6 verses, Makki. Read it above in Arabic with Urdu, English and Hindi translation, transliteration and audio, or continue to all 114 surahs and the full Quran with 30 paras.
Tafsir summary
Mankind: refuge with the Lord, King and God of mankind — from the retreating whisperer among jinn and men.
Key themes: Lordship, kingship, divinity • Whisperer • Refuge
- Verse 1: Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.
- Verse 4: From the evil of the retreating whisperer.
Summary: Hikmah Noor editorial. For rulings and detail see classical tafsir (Ibn Kathir, Jalalayn) and consult scholars — our methodology.
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Surah An-Naas (Mankind) has 6 verses and is Makki (revealed in Mecca).
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What is Surah An-Naas about?
Mankind: refuge with the Lord, King and God of mankind — from the retreating whisperer among jinn and men. Key themes: Lordship, kingship, divinity, Whisperer, Refuge.