Session 3: Last Three Surahs — SMA Quran — Qur'an Reflections & Tadabur with Ahmed Elemam

Session 03 — The Last Three Surahs

Complete Translation

سورة الإخلاص

Surah Al-Ikhlas — Sincerity

Meccan · 4 Ayahs · Juz' 30

1

قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

Say, "He is Allah, the One."

2

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ

Allah, the Eternal Refuge.

3

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ

He neither begets nor is born,

4

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

nor is there to Him any equivalent.

سورة الفلق

Surah Al-Falaq — The Daybreak

Meccan · 5 Ayahs · Juz' 30

1

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ

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

2

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

from the evil of that which He created,

3

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ

and from the evil of darkness when it settles,

4

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ

and from the evil of the blowers in knots,

5

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

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

سورة الناس

Surah An-Nas — Mankind

Meccan · 6 Ayahs · Juz' 30

1

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

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

2

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

the Sovereign of mankind,

3

إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

the God of mankind,

4

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

from the evil of the retreating whisperer,

5

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

who whispers in the breasts of mankind,

6

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

from among the jinn and mankind."

Session 03 — Tadabur Guide

Key Word Definitions

Explore the root meanings of key words across the last three surahs of the Qur'an: Al-Ikhlas (Sincerity), Al-Falaq (The Daybreak), and An-Nas (Mankind).

الإخلاص · الفلق · الناس — Word-by-Word Definitions

12 key words explored with Arabic and English definitions

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أَحَدٌ

Aḥad

The absolutely singular One; uniqueness admitting no second

Al-Ikhlas · Ayah 1

الصَّمَدُ

Al-Ṣamad

The Eternal Refuge; the Master to whom all turn in need

Al-Ikhlas · Ayah 2

كُفُوًا

Kufuwan

Equivalent, peer, or match; none is His equal

Al-Ikhlas · Ayah 4

الْفَلَقِ

Al-Falaq

The splitting open; daybreak cleaving through darkness

Al-Falaq · Ayah 1

غَاسِقٍ

Ghāsiq

Intense darkness; the night when it becomes deeply dark

Al-Falaq · Ayah 3

حَاسِدٍ

Ḥāsid

An envier; one who wishes blessings removed from another

Al-Falaq · Ayah 5

الْوَسْوَاسِ

Al-Waswās

The persistent whisperer; faint harmful suggestions in the soul

An-Nas · Ayah 4

الْخَنَّاسِ

Al-Khannās

The retreater; who shrinks back when Allah is remembered

An-Nas · Ayah 4

صُدُورِ

Ṣudūr

Breasts/chests; the seat of the heart and battlefield of whispers

An-Nas · Ayah 5

الْجِنَّةِ

Al-Jinnah

The jinn; beings concealed from sight, from the root "to hide"

An-Nas · Ayah 6

رَبّ · مَلِك · إِلَٰه

Rabb · Malik · Ilāh

Lord, Sovereign, God: the three ascending divine attributes

An-Nas · Ayahs 1-3

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