Transliteration: Allahu la ilaha illa Huwa,
Al-Haiyul-Qaiyum La ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm, lahu ma fis-samawati wa ma
fil-'ard Man dhal-ladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnihi Ya'lamu ma baina
aidihim wa ma khalfahum, wa la yuhituna bi shai'im-min 'ilmihi illa bima sha'a
Wasi'a kursiyuhus-samawati wal ard, wa la ya'uduhu hifdhuhuma Wa Huwal
'Aliyyul-Adheem
Translation: "Allah! There is no god but He - the
Living, The Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him Nor Sleep. His
are all things In the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede In His
presence except As he permitteth? He knoweth What (appeareth to His creatures
As) Before or After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass Aught of his
knowledge Except as He willeth. His throne doth extend Over the heavens And on
earth, and He feeleth No fatigue in guarding And preserving them, For He is the
Most High. The Supreme (in glory)." [Surah al-Baqarah 2: 255]
Fadhail (Virtues) of
Ayat al Kursi and it’s benefits
1) Ubayy bin Ka'b (radiAllahu
anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Abu
Mundhir! Do you know which Ayah in Allah's Book is the
greatest? I said: 'Allah and His messenger know best.' He (peace be
upon him) again said: 'Do you know which Ayah in Allah's Book, according to
you, is the greatest?' I (Abu Mundhir) replied: ‘It is 'Allahu la
ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum'.[2:255].
Thereupon he (peace be upon
him) patted me in the chest and said, ' Rejoice by your knowledge, O Abu Mundhir!
(i.e, may this knowledge be a source of respect, honour and benefit to
you)'."
2) Abu
Umamah Al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said: Whosoever recites Ayat al Kursi after every
Prayer then nothing can stop him from entering Paradise except for death (i.e.
he will for sure enter paradise after death) [Sunnan Nasai’i al Kubra, (6/30),
At-Tabrani in his Al-Kabeer (8/114), Ibn Sunni in Amal al Yawm wal Layla (Page.
43), Imam al-Haythami in Majma az-Zawaid (10/106) where he declared the chain
as “HASAN (FAIR)” and others]
3) Narrated
Abu Huraira: Allah 's Apostle ordered me to guard the Zakat revenue of Ramadan.
Then somebody came to me and started stealing of the foodstuff. I caught him
and said, "I will take you to Allah's Apostle!" Then Abu Huraira described
the whole narration and said: That person said (to me), "Please don't take
me to Allah's Apostle and I will tell you a few words by which Allah will
benefit you. When you go to your bed, recite Ayat-al-Kursi, (2:255) for then
there will be a guard from Allah who will protect you all night long, and Satan
will not be able to come near you till dawn." (When the Prophet heard
the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to you at night) told you
the truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan."
Reference:
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 530: (Sahih Bukhari)
4) Imam
Nasai’i, Abu Ya’la, Ibn Hibban, Abu Shaykh in his Al-Azmah, Tabarani, Hakim who
declared it Sahih, Abu Nua’ym and Baihaqi in his Dalail narrate from Ubay ibn
Ka’b that he used to have a field of dates and he used to guard it but as time
passed by he kept less watch over it. One night he planned to guard it, but he
saw an (animal) in shape of a young boy. Ubay Ibn Ka’b offered him
greetings and he replied back. Ibn Ka’b asked him whether he was a human or
Jinn? He replied: He was Jinn! Ubayy asked him to show his hand, Ubayy saw
that his hand was like that of a dog and it had hair on it like dog does. Ubayy
asked: Are Jinns created in this fashion? He replied: Some Jinns are even more
stranger than me. Ubayy asked: Who compelled you to do this (i.e. steal from my
field) he replied: I have heard that you love to give Sadaqa so I thought of
taking (stealing) something from you. Ubayy asked: What is it that can
protect us from you? The Jinn replied: “Ayat al Kursi” which is in Surah
al-Baqarah, whosoever recites it in the evening will be safe from our Sharr
till the morning, and whosoever recites it in the morning he will be safe from
us till evening. On next morning Ibn Ka’b went to the Prophet (Peace be upon
him) and told him about this, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: The
“Khabeeth told the truth” [Imam Jalal ud-din Suyuti in Tafsir Dur ul Munthur,
Volume No.2, Page No. 5]
5) Imam
al-Mahamli (rah) narrates in his “Fawaid” from Ibn Masud (ra): A man said: O
Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) teach me something through which Allah
will benefit me. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: Recite Ayat al
Kursi, Allah will protect you, your children, also protect your house
rather even the houses which are near to yours [Imam Jalal ud-din Suyuti
in Dur ul Munthur, (2/6)]
6) Everything
has its pinnacle and the pinnacle of the Qur’an is Surah al-Baqarah. In it
there is an ayah which is the greatest in the Qur’an: Ayat al-Kursi.
[at-Tirmidhi]
8) Anas (ALLAH be well pleased
with him) reports that the Prophet (ALLAH bless him and give him peace) said
that Ayat al-Kursi is equal to a quarter of the Quran.[Tafsir al-Mazhari: Under
Ayat al-Kursi. Qadi Thana’ullah Pani-pathi]
