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Ayat al-Kursi in Arabic with meaning

After every fard salah, before sleeping, and in the morning and evening.

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

Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-ḥayyul-qayyūm, lā ta'khudhuhū sinatun wa lā nawm, lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, man dhal-ladhī yashfa'u 'indahū illā bi idhnih, ya'lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi shay'im min 'ilmihī illā bimā shā', wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā ya'ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwal-'aliyyul-'aẓīm

Allah: there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they grasp nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and guarding them does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Most Great.

Source: Qur'an 2:255

When to say it

After every fard salah, before sleeping, and in the morning and evening.

Good to know

  • The Prophet ﷺ called it the greatest verse in the Qur'an (Sahih Muslim).
  • Recited before sleep, a guardian from Allah stays with you until morning (Sahih al-Bukhari).

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Ayat al-Kursi

What is the ayat al-kursi?
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huwal-ḥayyul-qayyūm, lā ta'khudhuhū sinatun wa lā nawm, lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ, man dhal-ladhī yashfa'u 'indahū illā bi idhnih, ya'lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi shay'im min 'ilmihī illā bimā shā', wasi'a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā ya'ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwal-'aliyyul-'aẓīm — "Allah: there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they grasp nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and guarding them does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Most Great."
Where is it from?
It is from the Qur'an, Qur'an 2:255.
When should I say it?
After every fard salah, before sleeping, and in the morning and evening.

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