that, according to the majority of scholars, when you wish to start the recitation you should seek refuge with Allah.
Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn said: One seeks refuge at the very beginning of every recitation, saying, “from Satan, the accursed.”
10 – “I seek refuge in Allah” means: I flee to Allah, Exalted is He, and cling to Him for protection.
11 – The preferred wording of the taʿawwudh is: “I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed.” Another form—“I seek refuge in Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from Satan, the accursed”—is also reported and is permissible, yet the first is the better-known and preferred version.
12 – “From Satan” refers to the rebellious, defiant one—whether from the jinn or from humankind.
13 – “ The accursed” means the one who has been pelted and expelled, driven far from Allah’s mercy. The supplicant is therefore saying: “Do not give him power over me in anything that harms my religion or my worldly life, and do not let him divert me from whatever benefits me in both realms.” Whoever seeks refuge with Allah has indeed taken shelter in an unassailable stronghold and has grasped Allah’s strength and power against an enemy who strives to sever his bond with his Lord and hurl him into the abysses of evil and destruction.
14 – From his hams (whispers): a kind of madness and seizure that befalls a person, after which, upon regaining consciousness, his reason returns to him.
15 – From his nafth (spitting): this denotes the condemned practice of sorcery. Ibn al-Qayyim, commenting on Allah’s words, “and from the evil of those women who blow on knots” (Surah al-Falaq 113:4), said: “It is the evil of sorcery, for those who blow on knots are the female sorcerers who tie threads and blow on each knot until the spell they desire is bound.” Nafth is a blow mingled with slight moisture—less than a full spit and midway between mere blowing and spitting.
16 – From his nafh (inflating): arrogance, for Satan puffs a person up through his whispers so that he sees himself as great and regards others with contempt, thereby increasing his own self-importance and pride.