Al-Falaq

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Al-Falaq (Arabic: ٱلْفَلَقِ), is the 113th and penultimate chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an. Alongside the 114th surah (Al-Nas), it helps form the Al-Mu'awwidhatayn. Al-Falaq is a brief five ayat (verse) surah, asking God for protection from evil: ۝ Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak, ۝ From the evil of His creation ۝ And from the evil of darkness when it settles ۝ And from the evil of the blowers in knots ۝ And from the evil of an envier when he envies." Al-Falaq in Arabic language is (break apart; burst; cleave; fissure)[1] and was also explained as (creatures or creation) whereas it meant (Daybreak) in old explanations. However, this surah refer to God (رب الفلق) as the creator, who had created from nothing, the whole universe and all creatures, and we may understand that God almighty (as having complete power; omnipotent) had split the Nothingness (the zero) into two halves (positive and negative) and kept these two halves apart in the form of atoms by his eternal power which...

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