Al-Nas

Surah 114 of the Quran
سُورَةُ النَّاسِ
An-Nas
The Mankind
ClassificationMeccan
Other namesThe People
PositionJuzʼ 30
Hizb no.60
No. of verses6
No. of Rukus1
No. of SajdahsNone
No. of words20
No. of letters80
Closing pages from a Mamluk Qur'an with chapter 113 and 114 in muhaqqaq script. Cairo, c. 1360-1380. Chester Beatty Library

Al-Nas or Mankind (Arabic: ٱلنَّاس, romanizedan-nās) is the 114th and last chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an. It is a short six-verse invocation.

The chapter takes its name from the word "people" or "mankind" (al-nas), which recurs throughout the chapter. This and the preceding chapter, Al-Falaq ("Daybreak"), are known Al-Mu'awwidhatayn ("the Refuges"): dealing with roughly the same theme, they form a natural pair.

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the believed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is an earlier "Meccan surah", which indicates a revelation in Mecca rather than Medina. Early Muslims were persecuted in Mecca where Muhammed was not a leader, and not persecuted in Medina, where he was a protected leader.

There is a Sunnah tradition of reading this chapter for the sick or before sleeping.