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Al-Baqarah 255

Ayah 255 of 286 · Medinan

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 ٢٥٥

Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living,1 the Self-Sustaining.2 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,3 and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī4 extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High,5 the Most Great.6

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Whose life is perfect, complete and eternal, without beginning or end, and through whom all created life originated and continues.

2 Dependent on none for His existence while being the sustainer and administrator of all created existence.

3 Allāh's knowledge encompasses every aspect of His creations in the past, present and future.

4 Chair or footstool. It is not to be confused with al-ʿArsh (the Throne), which is infinitely higher and greater than al-Kursī.

5 Above all of His creations and superior to them in essence, rank and position.

6 Whose greatness is unlimited, beyond description or imagination.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱللَّهُAllah al-lahu
  2. لَآ(there is) nolā
  3. إِلَٰهَGodilāha
  4. إِلَّاexceptillā
  5. هُوَHimhuwa
  6. ٱلۡحَيُّthe Ever-Livingl-ḥayu
  7. ٱلۡقَيُّومُۚthe Sustainer of all that existsl-qayūmu
  8. لَاNotlā
  9. تَأۡخُذُهُۥovertakes Himtakhudhuhu
  10. سِنَةٞslumbersinatun
  11. وَلَا[and] notwalā
  12. نَوۡمٞۚsleepnawmun
  13. لَّهُۥTo Him (belongs)lahu
  14. مَاwhat(ever)mā
  15. فِي(is) infī
  16. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  17. وَمَاand what(ever)wamā
  18. فِي(is) infī
  19. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗthe earthl-arḍi
  20. مَنWhoman
  21. ذَا(is) the onedhā
  22. ٱلَّذِيwhoalladhī
  23. يَشۡفَعُcan intercedeyashfaʿu
  24. عِندَهُۥٓwith Himʿindahu
  25. إِلَّاexceptillā
  26. بِإِذۡنِهِۦۚby His permissionbi-idh'nihi
  27. يَعۡلَمُHe knowsyaʿlamu
  28. مَاwhatmā
  29. بَيۡنَ(is)bayna
  30. أَيۡدِيهِمۡbefore themaydīhim
  31. وَمَاand whatwamā
  32. خَلۡفَهُمۡۖ(is) behind themkhalfahum
  33. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  34. يُحِيطُونَthey encompassyuḥīṭūna
  35. بِشَيۡءٖanythingbishayin
  36. مِّنۡofmin
  37. عِلۡمِهِۦٓHis Knowledgeʿil'mihi
  38. إِلَّاexceptillā
  39. بِمَا[of] whatbimā
  40. شَآءَۚHe willedshāa
  41. وَسِعَExtendswasiʿa
  42. كُرۡسِيُّهُHis Seatkur'siyyuhu
  43. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(to) the heavensl-samāwāti
  44. وَٱلۡأَرۡضَۖand the earthwal-arḍa
  45. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  46. يَـُٔودُهُۥtires Himyaūduhu
  47. حِفۡظُهُمَاۚ(the) guarding of both of themḥif'ẓuhumā
  48. وَهُوَAnd Hewahuwa
  49. ٱلۡعَلِيُّ(is) the Most Highl-ʿaliyu
  50. ٱلۡعَظِيمُthe Most Greatl-ʿaẓīmu

Tafsir

Allah is the One Who alone deserves to be worshipped. He is the One who lives perfectly without any death or deficiency. He exists by Himself and is not in need of any of His creation. The creation only exists through Him and is always in need of Him. Drowsiness or sleep does not come upon Him due to the perfection of His life and existence. He alone controls the heavens and the earth. No one can intercede before Him without His acceptance and permission. He knows what has happened in the past and what will happen in the future. The creation has no share in His knowledge unless He wills to grant them some of it. His Throne covers the vastness of the heavens and the earth. It is not difficult for Him to preserve the heaven and the earth. He is High in His essence and attributes and Great in His dominion and authority.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran