Ismail ibn Musa Menk - How to Protect Yourself from Evil

About this lecture

In this lecture, Sheikh Ismail ibn Musa Menk explains how Muslims can protect themselves from spiritual harms — including magic, the evil eye, jealousy, and the whispers of Shaytan — by understanding and regularly reciting the last two surahs of the Quran, Al-Falaq and An-Nas. Drawing on the well-known incident of magic performed against the Prophet ﷺ and the revelation of eleven verses that undid eleven knots, Sheikh Menk unpacks each verse's meaning and the categories of evil we are seeking refuge from. He emphasises that consistent daily recitation of these surahs, along with Ayatul Kursi, is a prophetic practice every believer must make a priority morning and evening.