Chapter 36
Remembrance 2 from Chapter 36
Seeking protection from shayṭān after the opening du‘ā’
Arabic
Romanisation
A‘ūdhu bi-llāhi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm. A‘ūdhu bi-llāhi-s-Samī‘i-l-‘Alīmi mina-sh-shayṭāni-r-rajīm.
Context
The meaning of this, according to the majority of the ‘ulamā’, is: “If you intend to recite the Qur’ān, seek the protection. . ..” The preferred words for seeking protection are: I seek protection in Allah from Shayṭān the rejected. One may also say: I seek protection in Allah, the All-Hearing and the All-Knowing, from Shayṭān the rejected; there is no harm in this, but the better-known and preferred of these formulae is the first.