CALLIGRAPHY: THE 3 QUL’s

The ‘Three Quls’ are the last three chapters (surahs) in the Qur’an. They are commonly known as:
Surah Al-Ikhlaṣ
Surah Al-Falaq
Surah Al-Nas

These last 3 Surahs are the strongest protection against envy, evil eye, magic and jinn. It is Sunnah to read them three times in the morning and evening, three times before going to sleep, once after every Salah, and when one is ill.

SURAH AL-IKHLAS
Surah Al-Ikhlas is the 112th Surah of the Qur’an. It is titled in English “Sincerity” and composed of 4 verses. In the hadith of Sahih Bukhari 5015, it mentions Surah Ikhlas as being equal to a third of the Qur’an.


قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Qul huwal laahu ahad
Say, He is Allah, who is one

ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ
Allah hus-samad
Allah, the eternal refuge

لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ
Lam yalid wa lam yoolad
He neither begets nor is born

وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ
Wa lam yakul-lahoo kufuan ahad
Nor is there to Him any equivalent

SURAH AL-FALAQ
Surah Al-Falaq or The Daybreak / Dawn is the 113th surah of the Qu’ran. It is a brief five ayat surah, asking Allah SWT for protection from the evil:


قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ
Qul a’oozu bi rabbil-falaq
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak,
مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
Min sharri maa khalaq
from the evil of whatever He has created,

وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ
Wa min sharri ghaasiqin izaa waqab
and from the evil of the night when it grows dark,

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ
Wa min sharrin-naffaa-saati fil ‘uqad
and from the evil of those ˹witches casting spells by˺ blowing onto knots,

وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ
Wa min sharri hassidin izza hasad
and from the evil of an envier when they envy.”

SURAH AL-NAS
The Surah is the 114th and last chapter (surah) of the Qu’ran and was revealed in Mecca. The Surah title means “Mankind” and consists of six short verses.


قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ
Qul ’a‘ūdhu birabbi n-nās
Say, “I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ
Maliki n-nās
The Sovereign of mankind

إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ
ilāhi n-nās
The God of mankind

مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ
Min sharri l-waswāsi l-khannās
From the evil of the retreating whisperer

ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ
al ladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūri n-nās
Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind

مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ
Mina l-jinnati wannās
From among the jinn and mankind

Note: (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) S.W.T – “May He be praised and exalted”