11/4/2009

Virtues and Tafsir of Ayat-al-Kursi (the verse of the Throne)

Surah Baqarah: 255

Allahu la ilaha illa huwa, Al -Haiyul-Qaiyum La ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm lahu ma fi as-samawati wa ma fil-'ard Man dhal-ladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnihi Ya'lamu ma

bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum wa la yuhituna bi shai'in min 'ilmihi illa bima sha'a Wasi'a kursiyuhus-samawati wal ard wa la ya'uduhu hifdhuhuma wa Hu wal 'Aliyul-Adheem

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Translation
Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither slumber, nor sleep overtake Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter . And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Virtues of Ayat-al-Kursi
The greatest ayah in the Book of Allah This ayah has a tongue and two lips with which she praises the King (Allah) next to the leg of the Throne

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Virtues of Ayat-al-Kursi (contd)

No harm touches you if you recite this ayah

Whenever you go to bed, recite Ayat-alKursi till you finish the whole verse. (If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you, and no Shaytan will come near you till morning.

Allahs greatest name is in this ayah

Allahs greatest name, if He was supplicated with it, He answers the supplication, is in 3 surahs Al Baqarah, Al Imran and Ta-Ha 2:255, 3:1-2, 20:111

Al-Hayyul-Qayyuum The Ever Living, the One

who sustains and protects all that exists

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Allah ! None has the right to be worshipped but He

Allah is the One and Only Lord of all creation

Establishes Tawheed of Uloohiyyah

Obliges us to be worshippers of none but Allah

The Ever Living, the One who sustains and protects all that exists

Allah never dies no beginning, no end All creation is in need of Allah He is in need of nothing created He oversees everything: provides for it, preserves it, watches over it etc.

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Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him

No shortcoming, unawareness or ignorance He is aware of and controls what every soul earns Sleep is stronger than slumber They contradict the quality of self-subsisting Allah does not sleep, and it does not befit His majesty that He sleeps..

To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth

Everyone is a servant for Allah, a part of His kingdom
There is none in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most Beneficent (Allh) as a slave. Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full counting. And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any helper, or protector or defender). (19:93-95)

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Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His permission ?
Allahs Greatness, Pride and Grace No one dares to intercede with Him on behalf of another except by His permission .Raise your head, speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.

He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the hereafter
His perfect knowledge of all creation; past, present and future Weakness of human beings and the limitations of their knowledge

Makes us avoid arrogance and selfsatisfaction

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And they will never compass anything of His knowledge except that which He wills
No one attains any part of Allahs knowledge or His attributes except what Allah conveys and allows.

His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth

Kursi is the footstool If the seven heavens and the seven earths were flattened and laid side by side, they would add up to the size of a ring in a desert, compared to the Kursi

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And He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them

Does not burden Him to protect the heavens and the earth and all that is between them

And He is the Most High, the Most Great

We realize our own worth and fear Allah as He should be feared

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One last virtue

The one who recites it after each of the obligatory prayers, then death will be the only thing preventing him from entering paradise.

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Jazzak Allah khair !

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