An-Naas

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ

The Sovereign of mankind,

إِلَـٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

The God of mankind,

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ

From the evil of the retreating whisperer[2016] -

Note [2016] i.e., a devil who makes evil suggestions to man but disappears when one remembers Allāh.

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ

From among the jinn and mankind."[2017]

Note [2017] Evil prompters may be from men as well as from jinn.