Rasool Allah -saww said: If you had said in the evening: I seek refuge in the perfect words of God from the مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ evil of what He -azwj has Created , it would not have harmed you.
[18] وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ {3} And from evil of darkness when it spreads [113:3] الشيباني، في (نهج البيان): عن علي (عليه السلام)، أنه قال: «الغاسق إذا وقب، هو الليل إذا أدبر Al-Shaybani, in Nahj Al-Balagah, ‘From Ali -asws , he -asws said: And from evil of darkness when it spreads [113:3] , it is the night (in the pit) when it departs’.
[19] VERSE 4 وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ {4} And from evil of the blowers into the knots [113:4] فضل بن يسار قال: سمعت أبا جعفر (ع) يقول: إن رسول الله (ص) اشتكى شكوى شديدة، ووجع وجعا شديدا، فأتاه جبرائيل وميكائيل (ع)، فقعد جبرائيل (ع) عند رأسه، وميكائيل عند رجليه، فعوذه جبرائيل بقل أعوذ برب الفلق، وعوذه ميكائيل بقل أعوذ برب الناس. Al-Fadhl Bin Yasar said: ‘I heard Abu Ja’far -asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww complained strongly about extreme soreness and pain.
Jibraeel -as and Mikaeel -as came to him -saww . Jibraeel -as sat near his -saww head, and Mikaeel -as near his -saww feet. So Jibraeel -as sought Refuge by saying: Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of Al-Falaq [113:1] (Surah Al-Falaq), and Mikaeel -as sought Refuge by saying: Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of the people [114:1] (Surah Al Naas).
[20] فِي تَفْسِيرِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: كَانَ سَبَبُ نُزُولِ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ أَنَّهُ وُعِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَنَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِهَاتَيْنِ السُّورَتَيْنِ فَعَوَّذَهُ بِهِمَا In Tafseer of Ali Bin Ibrahim – ‘It is narrated to me from Bakrr Bin Muhammad, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The reason for the Revelation of ‘ Al-Mawuzatayn ’ (113-114) was that Rasool-Allah -saww was feverish, so Jibraeel -as descended unto him with these two Surahs (Al-Falaq & Al Naas), and sought Refuge for him -saww with these two’’.