"Audhu billahi minash shaytanirrajeem"

Bismi Llaahi l-raḥmaani l-raḥeem

1. Qul aAAoothu birabbi alnnasi;

   Say (recognize, realize, comprehend, experience): “I seek refuge in the Rabb (the reality of the Names comprising the essence) of the Nas (mankind).”

2. Maliki alnnasi;

   “The Sovereign of man,” (The Malik, the One whose sovereignty and administration is absolute over Nas, mankind.)

3. Ilahi alnnasi;

   “The God of man,” (The reality of Uluhiyya that resides within the essence of every human, with which he subsists his existence, and mistakenly thinks this state pertains to a god outside of himself!)

4. Min sharri alwaswasi alkhannasi;

   “From the evil of the whisperer that covertly pervades then retreats, and reduces man to corporeality.”

5. Allathee yuwaswisu fee sudoori alnnasi;

   “That which whispers illusory thoughts into man’s consciousness about man’s essential reality.”

6. Mina aljinnati wa alnnasm;

   “From among the jinni (invisible forces) and man!”