(Arabic: الناس, romanized: al-nās) is the 114th and last chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an. It is a short six-verse invocation.
- [1] Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
- The Sovereign of mankind.
- The God of mankind,
- From the evil of the retreating whisperer –
- Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind –
- From among the jinn and mankind."[2]
The chapter takes its name from the word "men", "people" or "mankind" (al-nās), which recurs throughout the chapter. Together with the preceding chapter, Al-Falaq ("Daybreak"), they are known as "the Refuges" (Al-Mu'awwidhatayn); dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair. Regarding the timing and contextual background of the supposed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Mecca, instead of later in Medina.
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