121 - The special merit of the last two surahs

عَنْ عُقبةَ بنِ عَامرٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ : «أَلَمْ تَرَ آيَاتٍ أُنْزِلَتِ اللَّيْلَةَ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ قَطُّ: ﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ﴾ [الفلق: 1]، و ﴿قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ﴾ [الناس: 1]»

Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:

Have you not seen that tonight certain verses have been revealed, the like of which have never been known? ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak’, and ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind’..

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Summary of Meaning

The Prophet mentions that the last two surahs of the Qur’an, The Daybreak and Mankind, are unique. Nothing is like them either in the scriptures given to earlier prophets or in what people use to expel evil spirits.

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