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Chapter 113

The Daybreakal-Falaq ( الفلق )

5 verses • revealed at Meccan

»The surah that opens with the mention of God as the Lord of The Daybreak and that teaches one to seek refuge in Him from the evil in creation and from all who envy the blessings of God in others. It takes its name from “the daybreak” (al-falaq) mentioned in verse 1. The surah is used as an invocation against evil.«

The surah is also known as The Dawn, The Rising Day

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ

Muhammad Asad: In The Name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace:

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قُل أَعوذُ بِرَبِّ الفَلَقِ

Muhammad Asad

WHEREAS most of the commentators assign this and the next surah to the early part of the Mecca period, some authorities (e.g., Razi, Ibn Kathir) consider them to have been revealed at Medina, while yet others (e.g., Baghawi, Zamakhshari, Baydawi) leave the question open. On the basis of the scant evidence available to us it appears probable that both these surahs are of early Meccan origin.
SAY: "I seek refuge with the Sustainer of the rising dawn,1
  • The term al-falaq ("the light of dawn" or "the rising dawn") is often used tropically to describe "the emergence of the truth after [a period of] uncertainty" (Taj al-'Arus): hence, the appellation "Sustainer of the rising dawn" implies that God is the source of all cognition of truth, and that one's "seeking refuge" with Him is synonymous with striving after truth.