Ayatul Kursi in English: word by word, transliteration
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:255 · آية الكرسي · 1 verse · 50 words
Ayatul Kursi, also written Ayat al-Kursi, is verse 255 of Surah Al-Baqarah. Below is the Arabic with a recitation you can repeat, the transliteration and English translation, and the meaning of every word.
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Verse 255
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ
Transliteration al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayu l-qayūmu lā takhudhuhu sinatun walā nawmun lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idh'nihi yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bishayin min ʿil'mihi illā bimā shāa wasiʿa kur'siyyuhu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa walā yaūduhu ḥif'ẓuhumā wahuwa l-ʿaliyu l-ʿaẓīmu
English Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. 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 Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
- ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
- لَآlā(there is) no
- إِلَـٰهَilāhaGod
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- هُوَhuwaHim
- ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayuthe Ever-Living
- ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚl-qayūmuthe Sustainer of all that exists
- لَاlāNot
- تَأْخُذُهُۥtakhudhuhuovertakes Him
- سِنَةٌۭsinatunslumber
- وَلَاwalā[and] not
- نَوْمٌۭ ۚnawmunsleep
- لَّهُۥlahuTo Him (belongs)
- مَاmāwhat(ever)
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
- وَمَاwamāand what(ever)
- فِىfī(is) in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍithe earth
- مَنmanWho
- ذَاdhā(is) the one
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīwho
- يَشْفَعُyashfaʿucan intercede
- عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚbi-idh'nihiby His permission
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
- مَاmāwhat
- بَيْنَbayna(is)
- أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimbefore them
- وَمَاwamāand what
- خَلْفَهُمْ ۖkhalfahum(is) behind them
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- يُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūnathey encompass
- بِشَىْءٍۢbishayinanything
- مِّنْminof
- عِلْمِهِۦٓʿil'mihiHis Knowledge
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِمَاbimā[of] what
- شَآءَ ۚshāaHe willed
- وَسِعَwasiʿaExtends
- كُرْسِيُّهُkur'siyyuhuHis Seat
- ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(to) the heavens
- وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖwal-arḍaand the earth
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- يَـُٔودُهُۥyaūduhutires Him
- حِفْظُهُمَا ۚḥif'ẓuhumā(the) guarding of both of them
- وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
- ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu(is) the Most High
- ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe Most Great
More to memorize: the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah · the 4 Quls · Juz Amma.
Word by word and transliteration: Quran.com. English translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Alafasy, from EveryAyah.com. MyDugsi is a learning aid, not a replacement for a qualified teacher.