Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses
Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 16
عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ : "إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَىْ عَامٍ أَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلاَ يُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ ".
Al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr reported that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: ‘Allah wrote a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth. From it He sent down two verses with which He sealed Sūrat al-Baqarah. They are not recited in a house for three nights without a devil coming near it.’
Translation notes
"إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَىْ عَامٍ أَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلاَ يُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ ".
The Arabic clause has a negation followed by فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ, and its relation to the recitation is unclear in this wording. The English witness resolves it as a promise that no devil comes near a house where the verses are recited for three nights.
What is the negation’s scope in this clause, and does the witness’s positive protective reading accurately reflect this Arabic occurrence?