قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ١

Beseech: ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak (or Who brought the universe into existence with an explosion extremely fast),

مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ٢

From the evil influence (and harmfulness) of everything that He has created,

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ٣

And (in particular) from the evil of the murky night when (its) darkness prevails,

وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ٤

And from the evil of those women (and men) who practise magic on knots by blowing,

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ٥

And from the mischief of every envious person when he envies.’