الناس
Mankind
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
qul aʿūdhu birabbi l-nāsi
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
maliki l-nāsi
The Sovereign of mankind,
ilāhi l-nāsi
The God of mankind,
min sharri l-waswāsi l-khanāsi
From the evil of the retreating whisperer -
alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri l-nāsi
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -
mina l-jinati wal-nāsi
From among the jinn and mankind".