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Is the recitation of "A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytanir-rajeem" (I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan) a verse from the Quran?

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The الاستعاذة (seeking refuge) is not a verse from the Holy Quran by scholarly consensus. It is the reciter's utterance: "A'udhu billahi minash-shaitanir-rajim" (I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the rejected).

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