The Holy Quran 113:4 — Surah Al-Falaq

Arabic text

وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ

Translation

"...from the evil of those souls (in this case-those women) who blow on knots (when engaging in black magic)..."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Women who blow on knots: by نَفّٰثٰتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ (“those who blow on knots”) are meant those women, or those groups, or those souls who, when practising sorcery, recite something over a sinew, a rope, a hair or the like, blow on it and tie a knot.

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