The word · The heart
المُعَوِّذَتَان
Mu'awwidhatayn
The last two surahs of the Qur'an, al-Falaq and al-Nas, recited for protection.
Also written · Muawwidhatain · Muawwithatain · Muawwizatain · Muawwidhat · Al-Falaq · Surah Falaq · An-Nas · Surah Nas · Last two surahs · Three quls · Protection surahs · Qul surahs
The meaning
What Mu'awwidhatayn means in Islam
The Prophet peace be upon him said verses had been revealed the like of which had never been seen, and then recited these two, in Muslim. He blew into his hands with them and with al-Ikhlas before sleeping and wiped over his body, in Bukhari, and taught that reciting the three surahs morning and evening suffices a person against everything, in a report collected by Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi. They are the core of any ruqya, and a person says them over themselves without needing a specialist.
Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- RuqyaReciting Qur'an and prophetic supplications over a sick or afflicted person as treatment.الرُّقْيَة
- AdhkarThe set remembrances of the day: morning, evening, sleeping, waking, eating, travel and distress.الأَذْكَار
- 'AynThe evil eye: real harm that can follow an admiring or an envious look.العَيْن
- SihrSorcery: real in its effect, but powerless to harm anyone except by Allah's permission.السِّحْر
More from The heart
- 'AfwPardon: dropping a wrong you are owed, without the other person having to earn it.العَفْو
- GhibahMentioning something about a person, behind their back, that they would dislike hearing.الغِيبَة
- Kaba'irMajor sins: the ones the texts single out with a punishment, a curse, or a warning of the Fire.الكَبَائِر
- NamimahCarrying words between people in a way that sets them against each other.النَّمِيمَة
- Sakha'Generosity: giving easily, before being asked, without making the receiver pay in dignity.السَّخَاء
- TamimahAn amulet worn for protection, whose ruling depends on what has been put inside it.التَّمِيمَة