Ayatul Kursi

The Verse of the Throne

Translation: English Translation - Noor International Center

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلۡحَيُّ ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚ لَا تَأۡخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٞ وَلَا نَوۡمٞۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِي يَشۡفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚ يَعۡلَمُ مَا بَيۡنَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَمَا خَلۡفَهُمۡۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنۡ عِلۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَۚ وَسِعَ كُرۡسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفۡظُهُمَاۚ وَهُوَ ٱلۡعَلِيُّ ٱلۡعَظِيمُ ٢٥٥

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-hayyul-qayyūmu lā ta'khudhuhū sinatun walā nawmul lahū mā fis-samāwāti wamā fil-ardi man dhal-ladhī yashfa'u 'indahū illā bi idhnihī ya'lamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuhītūna bishay'im min 'ilmihī illā bimā shā'a wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arda walā ya'ūduhū hifzuhumā wahuwal-'aliyyul-'azīm

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living,98 the Self-Sustaining.99 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,100 and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī101 extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High,102 the Most Great.103

Footnotes

98 Whose life is perfect, complete and eternal, without beginning or end, and through whom all created life originated and continues.

99 Dependent on none for His existence while being the sustainer and administrator of all created existence.

100 Allāh's knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.

101 Chair or footstool. It is not to be confused with al-ʿArsh (the Throne) , which is infinitely higher and greater than al-Kursī.

102 Above all of His creations and superior to them in essence, rank and position.

103 Whose greatness is unlimited, beyond description or imagination.

The transliteration is a reading aid written by Qabas from the Arabic. Learn the Arabic letters and tajweed for the exact pronunciation.

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Questions

Where is Ayatul Kursi in the Quran?

Ayatul Kursi is in Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:255.