Editing Ta'awwudh

{{Short description|Arabic phrase asking for God's protection}}
The '''Ta`awwudh''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: تعوذ) is the phrase '''''A`ūdhu billāhi min ash-shaitāni r-rajīmi''''' (أَعُوْذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّـيْطٰنِ الرَّجِيْمِ). This is an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] sentence meaning "I seek refuge in [[God in Islam|Allah]] from [[Devil (Islam)|Shaitan]], [[Damnation#Religious|the accursed one]]".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pantić |first1=Nikola |title=Sufism in Ottoman Damascus: Religion, Magic, and the Eighteenth-Century Networks of the Holy |date=29 September 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-96261-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KPREAAAQBAJ&dq=Ta%60awwudh&pg=PT96 |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> It is often recited by [[Muslim]]s before reciting the [[Qur'an]] and before beginning a task. It is often followed by the [[Basmala]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Press |first1=Raqeem |title=Salat: The Muslim Prayer Book |date=1 January 2016 |publisher=Islam International Publications Ltd |isbn=978-1-84880-856-0 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7u9DwAAQBAJ&dq=Ta%60awwudh&pg=PA35 |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> 
Ta'awwudh and [[basmalah]] are pronounced along with the formulation of the niyyah (intention).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Glassé |first1=Cyril |title=The New Encyclopedia of Islam |date=2001 |publisher=Rowman Altamira |isbn=978-0-7591-0190-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=focLrox-frUC&dq=Ta%60awwudh&pg=PA157 |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The recitation of ta`awwudh is considered a subcategory of [[dua]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tümkaya |first1=Erkan |title=Migrant Lives: Experiences of ʿAlawiness in Germany |date=29 December 2023 |publisher=Springer Nature|page=113 |isbn=978-3-662-68448-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJjrEAAAQBAJ&dq=Ta%60awwudh&pg=PA113 |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> It is also described in the [[hadith]] as a supplication to reduce or remove [[anger|rage or wrath]].

==See also==
* [[List of Islamic terms in Arabic]]
* [[Alhamdu lillah]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Dhikr]]
[[Category:Arabic words and phrases]]

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