His wealth shall not avail him, nor what he has earned !
He shall broil in a fire that flames,[1] and his wife carrying faggots ! — 5 on her neck a cord of palm fibres.
The Chapter of Unity.[2]
(CXII. Place of origin doubtful.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Say, ' He is God alone !
God the Eternal !
He begets not and is not begotten !
Nor is there like unto Him any one !'
The Chapter of the Daybreak. .
(CXIII. Place of origin doubtful.)
In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Say, ' I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what He has created ; and from the evil of the night when it cometh on;[3] and from the evil of the blowers upon knots;[4] 5 and from the evil of the envious when he envies.'
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was the nickname of 'Abd el 'Huzza, uncle of Mohammed, and a bitter opponent of Islam.
- ↑ A pun upon his name.
- ↑ The chapter is generally known in Arabic by the name of El Olds, ' clearing oneself ' i. e. of belief in any but one God.
- ↑ Or, according to a traditional explanation given by the prophet to 'Ayeshah, ' the moon when it is eclipsed. '
- ↑ Witches who make knots in string and blow upon them, uttering at the same time some magical formula and the name of the persons they wish to injure.
