Ayat al-Kursi before sleep
Quran 2:255 · Sahih al-Bukhari 2311
Arabic with meaning.
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
Meaning in English
Allah: there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. Everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him without His permission? He knows what is before them and what lies behind them. They grasp none of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and earth. Preserving them does not weary Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent.
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اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
Allah: there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer.
لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ
Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him.
لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
Everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to Him.
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
Who can intercede with Him without His permission?
يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ
He knows what is before them and what lies behind them.
وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ
They grasp none of His knowledge except what He wills.
وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ
His Kursi extends over the heavens and earth.
وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
Preserving them does not weary Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent.
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Allahu la ilaha illa huwa-l-hayyu-l-qayyum. La takhudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm. Lahu ma fi-s-samawati wa ma fi-l-ard. Man dha-lladhi yashfau indahu illa bi-idhnih. Yalamu ma bayna aydihim wa ma khalfahum. Wa la yuhituna bi-shayin min ilmihi illa bi-ma sha. Wasia kursiyyuhu-s-samawati wa-l-ard. Wa la yauduhu hifzuhuma wa huwa-l-aliyyu-l-azim.
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Occasion and source context
This entry follows the bedtime context in Bukhari 2311. Other collections cite separate reports for other occasions; those reports are not silently combined here. The displayed Arabic is Quran 2:255 without adding the introductory refuge formula to the verse.
Repetition in the sources
The linked bedtime narration describes reciting Ayat al-Kursi on going to bed. The entry does not prescribe a memorisation quota or promise an outcome independently of its source context.
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Sources.
Quran 2:255 · Sahih al-Bukhari 2311Read the source wording and referenceIslamQA · Du’a before SleepingAnswer 145543 · Supporting explanation, not a review of HalaqaLife With Allah · Before sleep adhkarCollection reference and further readingQuran · Al-Baqarah 2:255Additional source context · Not a review of HalaqaSave & share.
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