114:1. Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of humankind,

114:2. the Sovereign of humankind,

114:3. the God of humankind,

114:4. from the harm [and mischief] of the insidious whisperer

114:5. who whispers into the hearts of humankind,

114:6. from among the jinn and humankind.^{1The insidious whisperers or devils who try to tempt people to do evil or mislead them may be jinn or humans: «j. devils from among humankind and jinn., .js (ul-An'dm 6: H2)}

This soorah refers to seeking refuge with the Lord and God of humankind from the Shaytan who is the source and cause of all evil.In his efforts to tempt people and do evil, he whispers into their hearts, making evil fair-seeming to them and showing it to them in a good image, motivating them to do it.

And he makes goodness ill-seeming to them, tries to put them off it, and presents a false image of it to them.

This is how he always is, whispering and withdrawing; he retreats when a person remembers his Lord and seeks His help to ward him off.

So the individual should seek help, seek refuge and seek protection in the Lordship of Allah over all people, for He is the Lord of all people and all people come under His Lordship and Sovereignty, and He holds the forelock of every living being. And he should seek help, seek refuge and seek protection in the divinity of Allah, by worshipping Him, which is the purpose for which He has created them, and this purpose cannot be fulfilled except by warding off the evil of their enemy, who wants to cut them off and prevent them from worshipping Allah, and wants to make them among his party so that they will become inhabitants of the blazing fire.

Waswcis (devilish whispers) may be caused by the jinn or by humans, hence Allah says: ﴾from among the jinn and humankind﴿.

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, first and last, outwardly and inwardly.

We ask Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) to perfect His blessing and to forgive sins of ours that form a barrier between us and many of His blessings, and to forgive our errors and desires that have distracted us from reflecting upon His signs and revelations.

We hope that He will not deprive us of the goodness of that which is with Him because of our bad deeds, for no one despairs of the mercy of Allah except people who are given to disbelief and who have gone astray.

May Allah send blessings and peace upon His Messenger Muhammad (ﷺ) and upon all his family and Companions, blessingsand peace that are constant and ongoing at all times. Praise be to Allah, by Whose blessings righteous deeds are attained.

This commentary on the Book of Allah has been completed with His help and support, by the author ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn Nasir ibn ‘Abdullah, who is known as Ibn Sa‘di (may Allah forgive him, his parents and all the Muslims), at the beginning of Rabee* al-Awwal 1344 AH.

This is the end of the commentary on Soorat an-Nas.

All praise and thanks are for Allah, and may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). his family, and his Companions abundantly until the Day of Judgement.

♦.yr