The Koran/Sura CXIII — The Daybreak

Sura CXIII — The Daybreak

by Rev. G. Margoliouth, M.A.

Mecca or Medina — 5 Verses

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

SAY: I betake me for refuge to the Lord of the DAY BREAK

Against the mischiefs of his creation;

And against the mischief of the night when it overtaketh me;

And against the mischief of weird women;^[40]

And against the mischief of the envier when he envieth.

^[40]Lit. who blow on knots. According to some commentators an allusion to a species of charm. Comp. Virg. Ec. vi. But the reference more probably is to women in general, who disconcert schemes as thread is disentangled by blowing upon it. Suras cxiii. are called the el mouwwidhetani, or preservative chapters, are engraved on amulets, etc.