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The Qur'an (Oxford World's Classics)

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(445)<br />

113. DAYBREAK<br />

A Meccan sura used as an invocation against evil.<br />

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy<br />

1 Say [Prophet], ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak 2 against the<br />

harm in what He has created, 3 the harm in the night when darkness<br />

gathers, 4 the harm in witches when they blow on knots, a 5 the harm<br />

in the envier when he envies.’<br />

a Said to be a means of practising witchcraft and casting spells.

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