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Ayat al-Kursi, the Throne Verse · 2:255

Surah 2 · Al-Baqara (The Cow) · Medinan · Juz 3 · Mushaf page 42

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Word by word

  1. ٱللَّهُAllah
  2. لَآ(there is) no
  3. إِلَٰهَGod
  4. إِلَّاexcept
  5. هُوَHim
  6. ٱلْحَىُّthe Ever-Living
  7. ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚthe Sustainer of all that exists
  8. لَاNot
  9. تَأْخُذُهُۥovertakes Him
  10. سِنَةٌۭslumber
  11. وَلَا[and] not
  12. نَوْمٌۭ ۚsleep
  13. لَّهُۥTo Him (belongs)
  14. مَاwhat(ever)
  15. فِى(is) in
  16. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavens
  17. وَمَاand what(ever)
  18. فِى(is) in
  19. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗthe earth
  20. مَنWho
  21. ذَا(is) the one
  22. ٱلَّذِىwho
  23. يَشْفَعُcan intercede
  24. عِندَهُۥٓwith Him
  25. إِلَّاexcept
  26. بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚby His permission
  27. يَعْلَمُHe knows
  28. مَاwhat
  29. بَيْنَ(is)
  30. أَيْدِيهِمْbefore them
  31. وَمَاand what
  32. خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ(is) behind them
  33. وَلَاAnd not
  34. يُحِيطُونَthey encompass
  35. بِشَىْءٍۢanything
  36. مِّنْof
  37. عِلْمِهِۦٓHis Knowledge
  38. إِلَّاexcept
  39. بِمَا[of] what
  40. شَآءَ ۚHe willed
  41. وَسِعَExtends
  42. كُرْسِيُّهُHis Seat
  43. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(to) the heavens
  44. وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖand the earth
  45. وَلَاAnd not
  46. يَـُٔودُهُۥtires Him
  47. حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ(the) guarding of both of them
  48. وَهُوَAnd He
  49. ٱلْعَلِىُّ(is) the Most High
  50. ٱلْعَظِيمُthe Most Great

Word-by-word translation: Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh & Kausar Khatri

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