<p><strong>Al-Nās</strong> or <strong>Mankind</strong> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: الناس, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: <em>an-nās</em>) is the 114th and last chapter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%ABrah" title="Sūrah"><em>sūrah</em></a>) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a>. It is a short six-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayah" title="Ayah">verse</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invocation" title="Invocation">invocation</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%9D" title=""></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nas#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind. The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer – Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind – From among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn" title="Jinn">jinn</a> and mankind."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nas#cite_note-2">[2]</a></p>
<p>The chapter takes its name from the word "men", "people" or "mankind" (<em>al-nās</em>), which recurs throughout the chapter. This and the preceding chapter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Falaq" title="Al-Falaq">Al-Falaq</a> ("Daybreak"), are known as "the Refuges" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27awwidhatayn" title="Al-Mu'awwidhatayn"><em>Al-Mu'awwidhatayn</em></a>): dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair.</p>
<p>Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_in_Islam" title="Revelation in Islam">revelation</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asb%C4%81b_al-nuz%C5%ABl" title="Asbāb al-nuzūl"><em>asbāb al-nuzūl</em></a>), it is an earlier "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meccan_surah" title="Meccan surah">Meccan surah</a>", which indicates a revelation in Mecca rather than Medina. Early Muslims were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_the_Muslims" title="Persecution of the Muslims">persecuted</a> in Mecca where Muhammed was not a leader, and not persecuted in Medina, where he was a protected leader.</p>
<p>There is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnah" title="Sunnah">Sunnah</a> tradition of reading this chapter for the sick or before sleeping.</p>
![<p><strong>Al-Nās</strong> or <strong>Mankind</strong> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: الناس, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: <em>an-nās</em>) is the 114th and last chapter (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%ABrah" title="Sūrah"><em>sūrah</em></a>) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a>. It is a short six-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayah" title="Ayah">verse</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invocation" title="Invocation">invocation</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%9D" title=""></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nas#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, The Sovereign of mankind. The God of mankind, From the evil of the retreating whisperer – Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind – From among the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn" title="Jinn">jinn</a> and mankind."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nas#cite_note-2">[2]</a></p>
<p>The chapter takes its name from the word "men", "people" or "mankind" (<em>al-nās</em>), which recurs throughout the chapter. This and the preceding chapter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Falaq" title="Al-Falaq">Al-Falaq</a> ("Daybreak"), are known as "the Refuges" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27awwidhatayn" title="Al-Mu'awwidhatayn"><em>Al-Mu'awwidhatayn</em></a>): dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair.</p>
<p>Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_in_Islam" title="Revelation in Islam">revelation</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asb%C4%81b_al-nuz%C5%ABl" title="Asbāb al-nuzūl"><em>asbāb al-nuzūl</em></a>), it is an earlier "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meccan_surah" title="Meccan surah">Meccan surah</a>", which indicates a revelation in Mecca rather than Medina. Early Muslims were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_the_Muslims" title="Persecution of the Muslims">persecuted</a> in Mecca where Muhammed was not a leader, and not persecuted in Medina, where he was a protected leader.</p>
<p>There is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnah" title="Sunnah">Sunnah</a> tradition of reading this chapter for the sick or before sleeping.</p>](https://us-central1-podcastguru-217d6.cloudfunctions.net/gcf_get_image?image_url=https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts112/v4/7f/42/9f/7f429fa6-b442-04ef-6213-49e6dc9b673a/mza_13314045761938776276.jpg/600x600bb.jpg&width=300&height=300&api_key=xqFmUFX5BHLBTA)
