The word · The Qur’an
الاسْتِعاذَة
Isti'adhah
Saying I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaytan before beginning to recite.
Also written · Istiadha · Isti'aadhah · Ta'awwudh · Taawudh · Taawwuz · Auzubillah · Audhu billahi · A'udhu billah · Aoozubillah · Isteaza · seeking refuge · Taawuz · Istiazah
The meaning
What Isti'adhah means in Islam
The Qur'an instructs it directly: when you recite the Qur'an, seek refuge with Allah from Shaytan the rejected. It is said once at the start of a sitting, not before every verse, and it is not itself part of the Qur'an. Most scholars treat it as strongly recommended rather than obligatory.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- BasmalahThe opening line In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, found before nearly every surah.بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحيم
- TilawahReciting the Qur'an aloud, following its words closely rather than merely reading over them.التِّلاوَة
- TajwidThe rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.التَّجْويد
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HifzMemorising the Qur'an by heart, traditionally with a teacher who hears you every day.الحِفْظ
- Jam' al-Qur'anThe gathering of the Qur'an into one written volume, carried out under Abu Bakr and then Uthman.جَمْعُ القُرْآن
- MufassirA scholar who writes or teaches tafsir, trained in Arabic, the readings, the Sunnah and the occasions.المُفَسِّر
- Qira'atThe canonical ways of reciting the Qur'an, each carried by chain from the Prophet through a named reader.القِراءات
- TadabburSlow reflection on the Qur'an, letting a verse work on you instead of passing over it.التَّدَبُّر