Mu'awwidhatayn
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[edit] Introduction
The mu'awwadhitayn (المعوذتين), sometimes translated "suras of refuge", is an Arabic term referring to suras al-Falaq and an-Nas of the Qur'an, two consecutive short prayers which begin "Say: I seek refuge in the Lord...". Although these two Surahs of the Qur'an are separate entities and are written in the Mushaf also under separate names, yet they are so deeply related mutually and their contents so closely resemble each other's that they have been designated by a common name Mu'awwidhitayn (the two Surahs in which refuge with Allah has been sought). Imam Baihaqi in Dala'il an-Nubuwwat has written that these two [[Makkan sura]|Makkan]s Surahs were revealed together, that is why the combined name of both is Mu'awwidhitayn. There is a Sunnah tradition from Muhammad of reading them over the sick or before sleeping.
[edit] Period of Revelation
Hadrat Hasan Basri, 'Ikrimah, 'Ata' and Jabir bin Zaid say that these Surahs are Makki. A tradition from Hadrat 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas also supports the same view. However, according to another tradition from him, it is Madani and the same view is held also by Hadrat 'Abdullah bin Zubair and Qatadah. One of the traditions which strengthens this second view is the Hadith which Muslim, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal have related on the authority of Hadrat 'Uqbah bin 'Amir. He says that the Mohummad one day said to him: "Do you know what kind of verses have been revealed to me tonight? — these matchless verses are *A'udhu bi-Rabbil-falaq* and *A'udhu bi-Rabbin-nas*. This Hadith is used as an argument for these Surahs to be Madani because Hadrat 'Uqbah bin 'Amir had become a Muslim in Madinah after the hijrah, as related by Abu Da'ud and Nasa'i on the basis of his own statement. Other traditions which have lent strength to this view are those related by Ibn Sa'd, Muhiyy-us-Sunnah Baghawi, Imam Nasafi, Imam Baihaqi, Hafiz Ibn Hajar, Hafiz Badr-uddin 'Ayni, 'Abd bin Humaid and others to the effect that these Surahs were revealed when the Jews had worked magic on Mohummad in Madinah and he had fallen ill under its effect.
[edit] See also
- List of Islamic terms in Arabic
- Surah Al-Falaq
- Surah Al-Nas
[edit] External links
- Towards Understanding the Quran English translation of Tafheemul Quran by Abul Ala Maududi
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir The Tafsir of Al-Mu`awwidhatayn by Imam Ibn Kathir
- Commentary on the Al-Mu`awwidhatayn
