Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 126
Arabic hadith text
اللّهُـمَّ إِنا نَجْـعَلُكَ في نُحـورِهِـم، وَنَعـوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرورِهـمْ
Translation
O Allah, we place You before them, and seek refuge in You from their evils.
Translation notes
اللّهُـمَّ إِنا نَجْـعَلُكَ في نُحـورِهِـم
The idiom literally says ‘we place You in their nuḥūr’ (chests/throats); the witness interprets it as asking Allah to restrain them by their necks.
Which contextual rendering best conveys the idiom in this supplication?