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Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side

Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · -610 to -632 (revelation); Qur'an as compiled afterward primary

passage 865 of 866 · Chapter 1: > Chapter 113:

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in brief
It curses Abu Lahab (“father of flame”), saying he will perish, his wealth will not help him, he will burn in a blazing fire, and his wife will carry fuel with a twisted rope around her neck.

AL-FALAQ (THE DAYBREAK, DAWN) Total Verses: 5 Revealed At: MAKKA


In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

113.001 Y: Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn,

P: Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the Daybreak

S: Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn,

113.002 Y: From the mischief of created things;

P: From the evil of that which He created;

S: From the evil of what He has created,

113.003 Y: From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads;

P: From the evil of the darkness when it is intense,

S: And from the evil of the utterly dark night when it comes,

113.004 Y: From the mischief of those who practise secret arts;

P: And from the evil of malignant witchcraft,

S: And from the evil of those who blow on knots,

113.005 Y: And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy.

P: And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

S: And from the evil of the envious when he envies


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topics: crime and punishment · heresy, orthodoxy, and schism · the problem of evil and theodicy

Three translations of the Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side · Ali, Abdullah Yusuf; Pickthall, Marmaduke William; Shakir, M. H. · 610–632 BCE