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This will be a blog to collect notes of my readings of the Quran, and musings about Islam in general.

I endeavour to understand the Quran through Quranism. This often leads to interpretations of the Quran which radically differ from traditional readings. They are not intended to replace traditional readings, they only represent my own thoughts.

These notes are incomplete, and will remain so.

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๏ Say, “I seek refuge with the Lord of the people, (1) sovereign of the people, (2) a god of the people. (3) Against the evil of the whisperer – al-waswās, the distant – al-khanās! (4) The one who whispers in the chests of the people; (5) he is from the concealed and he is from the people.” (6) ๏

— al-nās, 114/1-6

The term – al-nās – the people, which is repeated several times here, is contrasted against two words: al-waswās – the whisperer, and al-khanās – the distant.

The people oppose the whispering, the covert, duplicitous conduct, that which entices people by appealing to their fears and base desires.

The one who whispers is remote, distant – khanās – from God.

In this chapter, al-nās are not just people, they are people of intimacy. Intimate with the dīn; they speak and act with transparency and honesty, neither succumbing to nor engaging in whispering. They are not distant or remote.

This chapter is a request to God from the believer to protect the intimacy of al-nās.

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