Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's commentary on the last two Suras of the Qur'an is found in the central part of his work entitled Badā'i' al-Fawā'id. Those chapters were, however, published separately under the significant title of 'Išrūna sabab-an li-daf' al-siḥr, al-ḥasad, al-'ayn wa-al-taḥarruz min al-Šayṭān min hilāl tafsīr sūratay al- mu'awwiḏatayn li-l-imām Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (Twenty Ways to Repel Magic, Envy, the Evil Eye and Satan's Assault through Commentary on the Two Protecting Suras by Ibn Qayyim al- Jawziyya). The healing and apotropaic use of these two Suras is justified in certain ḥadīts attributed to the Prophet that Ibn Qayyim mentions at the beginning of his discussion. Muhammad, who at first resorted to other, unspecified rituals, is said to have started using Surahs 113 and 114 to cure his illness as soon as they were revealed to him by God. In the light of the ḥadīts, the Ḥanbalite scholar invites to use the Protective Suras and other verses as invocations against deceases and the evil. In this paper, I attempt to examine the author's attitude towards magic, on the basis of his theological and spiritual vision and references in his other works.