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Qur'an Studies
Ayat al-Qursi
Ayat al-Qursi 2:255-57
b'ismillaah ir-rahmaan ir-raheem
in the name of God the most merciful the compassionate.
allaa hu laa ilaaa ha illaa hoo, al-hayyu ul-qayyum,
Allahu - no god except Him (huu or resonance), the enlivening the self sufficient
[He is this resonance that is alone and unique in being able to enliven to grace]
laa ta^khudhuhu sinatuw wa laa naum.
no overtaking (by) slumber (torpor) and not sleeping (always awake and aware)
lahu maa fi is-saamaawaati wa al-ard.
by Him (is) whatever (is) in the heavens and the earth
man dha alladhee yashfa^u ^inda huu illa bi idhnih.
then when (are) any interceding (by what) He posses except by His permission
[He is the only intercessor, and He can share that if He wants to]
ya^lamu maa bayna aydee heem wa maa khalfa hum,
(He) knows what (is) destined before they (know) and what (was) behind (history)
[He knows what was supposed to be done, compared to what was actually done]
wa laa yuhiytuuna bi shaa^i min ^ilmi hee
and nothing (is) encompassed (understood) in anything (except) from His divine see
[all knowledge and experience has its origination in His knowledge and experience]
illa bi maa shaa^a.
except in what He wills
[He is the absolute sovereign who decides]
wasi^a kursiyyu hu us-samaawaati wa al-ard.
encompassed (within, by) His throne and dominion (are) the heavens and the earth
[He alone controls how grace comes to the heavens and the earth]
wa laa ya^uudu hu hifzhu humaa,
and (He is) not (ever) tired or bored (with) preserving and sustaining them
wa huwa al-^aliyyu ul-^azheem. (255)
and He (is) the absolute highest, the tremendous (in effacacy)
laa ikraaha fi id-deen.
no compulsion in the religion
(karaha is hate, ikraha is doing something you dislike, usually by force)
qattabayya ir-rushdu min al-ghayy.
distict (separated)(are) the errorless from the corrupt (ways)
fa may yakfur bi it-taaquuti wa yu^mim bi illaahi -
then if (you) disbelieve in the idolatries and believe and in God
fa qad istamas ka bi il-^urwati al-wuthqa la anfisaama laha.
and then he obtains in that grip the solid (with) no breaking in that
wa allaahu samii^un a^leem. (256)
and God is all-hearing and all-knowing
allaahu waliy ulladheena aamanuu.
God (is) friend and protector of those (who) believe
yukhriju hum min azh-zhulumaati ila an-noor.
(He) exits them from the gloom (darkness) into the light
wa alladhi kafaruuu awliyaa^u hum at-taaghuutu -
and (for) those (that) disbelieve their friends and protectors (are) the idols
(false gods and ideas)
yukhrijuuna hum min an-noori ila azh-zhulimaat.
(He) exits them from the light into the gloom of darkness (false practices and
degradation)
uulaaa^ika ashaab un-naari hum fiyhaa khalidoon. (257)
those are companions (of) the fire (and) they (are) in her forever.
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