The Koran (Rodwell)/VI

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The Koran (1909)
by Muhammad, translated by John Medows Rodwell, edited by Ernest Rhys

[VI.]
SURA CXIII.—THE DAYBREAK

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First published in 1861; second edition 1876; this edition first issued March 1909; this 4th printing issued September 1915.

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SURA CXIII.—THE DAYBREAK1909John Medows Rodwell

[VI.]
SURA CXIII.–THE DAYBREAK
Mecca or Medina.–5 Verses

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Say: I betake me for refuge to the Lord of the DAY-BREAK
Against the mischiefs of his creation;
And against the mischief of the night when it overtaketh me;
And against the mischief of weird women;^[1]
And against the mischief of the envier when he envieth.

↑ Lit. who blow on knots. According to some commentators an allusion to a species of charm. Comp. Virg. Ec. vi. But the reference more
probably is to women in general, who disconcert schemes as thread is disentangled by blowing upon it. Suras cxiii. cxiv. are called the el mouwwidhetani, or preservative chapters, are engraved on amulets, etc.

[1] Lit. who blow on knots. According to some commentators an allusion to a species of charm. Comp. Virg. Ec. vi. But the reference more
probably is to women in general, who disconcert schemes as thread is disentangled by blowing upon it. Suras cxiii. cxiv. are called the el mouwwidhetani, or preservative chapters, are engraved on amulets, etc.

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