4 Qul: The Four Quls

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 109:1

   قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ۝١

   Qul ya ayyuha alkafiroona

   Say, "O disbelievers,

2. 109:2

   لَآ أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ۝٢

   La aʿbudu ma taʿbudoona

   I do not worship what you worship.

3. 109:3

   وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ۝٣

   Wala antum ʿabidoona ma aʿbudu

   Nor are you worshippers of what I worship.

4. 109:4

   وَلَآ أَنَا۠ عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ۝٤

   Wala ana ʿabidun ma ʿabadtum

   Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship.

5. 109:5

   وَلَآ أَنتُمْ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعْبُدُ۝٥

   Wala antum ʿabidoona ma aʿbudu

   Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship.

6. 109:6

   لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ۝٦

   Lakum deenukum waliya deeni

   For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 112:1

   قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ۝١

   Qul huwa Allahu ahadun

   Say, "He is Allāh, [who is] One,²⁰¹¹

   Notes

   [2011] Alone, without another, indivisible with absolute and permanent unity and distinct from all else. The one and only true deity, unique in His essence, attributes and deeds.
2. 112:2

   ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ۝٢

   Allahu alssamadu

   Allāh, the Eternal Refuge.²⁰¹²

   Notes

   [2012] He who is absolute, perfect, complete, essential, self-sufficient and sufficient to meet the needs of all creation; the one eternally and constantly required and sought, depended upon by all existence and to whom all matters will ultimately return.
3. 112:3

   لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ۝٣

   Lam yalid walam yooladu

   He neither begets nor is born,

4. 112:4

   وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ۝٤

   Walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahadun

   Nor is there to Him any equivalent."

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 113:1

   قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ۝١

   Qul aʿoothu birabbi alfalaqi

   Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

2. 113:2

   مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ۝٢

   Min sharri ma khalaqa

   From the evil of that which He created

3. 113:3

   وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ۝٣

   Wamin sharri ghasiqin itha waqaba

   And from the evil of darkness when it settles

4. 113:4

   وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ۝٤

   Wamin sharri alnnaffathati fee alʿuqadi

   And from the evil of the blowers in knots²⁰¹⁴

   Notes

   [2014] i.e., those who practice magic.
5. 113:5

   وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ۝٥

   Wamin sharri hasidin itha hasada

   And from the evil of an envier when he envies."

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 114:1

   قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ۝١

   Qul aʿoothu birabbi alnnasi

   Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

2. 114:2

   مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ۝٢

   Maliki alnnasi

   The Sovereign of mankind,

3. 114:3

   إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ۝٣

   Ilahi alnnasi

   The God of mankind,

4. 114:4

   مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ۝٤

   Min sharri alwaswasi alkhannasi

   From the evil of the retreating whisperer²⁰¹⁶ -

   Notes

   [2016] i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers Allāh.
5. 114:5

   ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ۝٥

   Allathee yuwaswisu fee sudoori alnnasi

   Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

6. 114:6

   مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ۝٦

   Mina aljinnati wa alnnasm

   From among the jinn and mankind."²⁰¹⁷

   Notes

   [2017] Evil prompters may be from men as well as from jinn.