Surah 114

An-Nās

الناس

6 verses · Meccan

Key structural observations

The surah is structured around an interior topography: the ṣadr is a threshold, the qalb the sanctum, and the whisper works by occupying the first in order to reach the second.
Its triple invocation — Rabb, Malik, Ilāh — reinstalls the centre before naming the threat, so that the parasite is dethroned by reordered allegiance rather than by panic.
The surah's key reversal is that not every thought that sounds like 'me' is truly mine; refuge begins when the interior is illuminated enough to distinguish passing whisper from rightful self.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

مَلِكِ النَّاسِ

إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ

مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ

الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ

مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ