Could you kindly let me know the complete indetail meaning of Ayatul Kursi and Duwaye Qunood.
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Could you kindly let me know the complete indetail meaning of Ayatul Kursi and
Duwaye Qunood.
Also, is the sawab we receive when recited in English (ie; translation) same as
that we receive when we recite in Arabic. Kindly confirm.
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Meaning kursi verse throne
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Your Question: Could you kindly let me know
the complete indetail meaning of Ayatul Kursi
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 255:
255 Allah! There is no Allah 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 the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding
and preserving them. For He is The Most
High, The Supreme (in Glory).
Ref: Allah! There
is no god but He, The Living, The Self-subsisting Eternal.
Though the ignorant might invent and make several ‘gods’
and set up objects, idols, and images for worship…the Truth is and remains that
the whole of creation belongs to The One Lord God Who Created, and He neither
has, nor has nominated, nor are there any partners in His Godhead
whatsoever. Allah Subhanah Alone is the Ever-Living
and does not die, and He Alone is the One Who gives life to whom He Wills and
Pleases. He Alone is the One Who
sustains and provides for all in His creation.
He Alone is the Supreme Master of His Kingdom. There is absolutely no one who is a partner
in His Attributes, His Characteristics, His Powers, and His Rights. Hence a manifest, blatant, and blasphemous
lie is invented whenever any false god is set up, and it is these blasphemous
liars who wage a war against the One Unconditional Truth: There is no god
except the One True Lord, Allah Subhanah.
Ref: No slumber can seize Him nor sleep.
This statement absolutely refutes the misconception of
Allah Subhanah which is based on the false assumption that He (I seek refuge in
Allah from even saying this!) has such weaknesses and limitations of the human
beings like slumber, sleep, tiredness, etc.
The Lord Most Supreme Declares that He Alone is free and
far exalted from any and all weakness whatsoever…No slumber has the power to
seize Him, nor does sleep ever overtake Him.
His is the sole authority over the heavens and the earth, and He Alone
is in complete and absolute control of absolutely everything in creation.
Ref: His are all things in the heavens and on earth.
To Allah Subhanah Alone belong everything in the heavens
and the earth and all that exists between it…for He Alone is the Creator,
Master, Owner, Sustainer, and Cherisher of everything in existence without
exception; and no one, absolutely no one has any part or share in His
Ownership, His Authority, His Kingdom, His Sovereignty, and His Supreme Rule.
Anyone or anything that can be conceived as a ‘god’ will
surely, without an iota of a doubt, be but a part of the universe which the
Supreme Lord God has created….thus there is absolutely no question of anyone or
anything being His partner or rival or equal….Far Far Far Exalted is Allah
Subhanah with everything and everyone they associate with Him!
Ref: Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He
permitteth?
Allah absolutely and totally refutes the misconception held
by the ignorant who are under the delusion that their self-appointed saints, or
holy men, or nominated ‘gods’ have the power or are able to intercede with
Allah Subhanah, the Supreme Lord of the Worlds!
None, absolutely none in creation has the power to intercede, or
influence, or force the Lord Most Majestic to do their will!
The ignorant ones who hold such a belief are warned and
made aware that none in creation can or will be able to stand in the Presence
of the Majestic Lord and utter even a single word without His Precise
Permission and Will…leave alone be able to intercede, or influence or force the
Lord Most Majestic to their bidding!
Ref: He knoweth what (appeareth to his creatures as) before or after or
behind them.
Allah Subhanah Alone possesses the Attribute of being
All-Knowing, All-Aware, All-Wise….and He Alone possess the full and complete
knowledge of every single minute detail of what has passed, what is happening,
and what will happen in the future!
Ref: Nor shall they compass aught of His Knowledge except as He Willeth.
The Lord Most High Alone is the All-Knowing All-Aware and
Knows in the minutest detail regarding everything and everyone in His
kingdom. There is none, and we reiterate
none in creation who has the Power to encompass aught of the Lord’s Knowledge,
except that the Lord Himself be Pleased and Willing to bestow some of His
Knowledge to whom He Wills, Pleases, and Plans.
Ref: His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He
feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them.
His ‘kursi’ or His Supreme Throne which extends over all
the heavens and the earth and all that exists between it symbolizes His
Majestic, Total and Unconditional Authority over everything, absolutely
everything that exists. Because the Lord
is far above having any weakness that encompass the human being, one should
know with absolute conviction that any limitations, leave alone frivolous
limitations like fatigue, or slumber, or sleep or death do not even have the
right or power to approach The Lord Most Majestic, Most Supreme! He is in total and absolute command and
control over absolutely everything in creation, and He never tires in guarding
or preserving what He Wills to Create and Sustain.
Ref: For He is The Most
High, The Supreme (in Glory).
There is nothing in creation which is Higher than the Lord
Most High; and there is nothing in existence which supercedes Him and His
Glory…for The Lord Creator is Majestically Supreme in His Glory!
Such is the significance of this one verse of Surah
Baqarah, that the Messenger of Allah (saws) called it the Greatest Verse in the
whole of the Glorious Quran!
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2169 Narrated by Ayfa' ibn Abdul Kila'i
Ayfa' told of a man who asked Allah's
Messenger (saws) which Surah of the Qur'an was the greatest and was he told
that it was the Surah Al-Ikhlaas (Quran 112). He asked which Verse of the
Qur'an was greatest and was told that it was the Verse of the Throne
(Aayat-ul-Kursi Surah Baqarah 255). He asked Allah's Messenger (saws) which Verse
he would like to bring good to him and his people and was told, "The end
of Surah al-Baqarah, for it is one of the treasures of Allah's mercy from under
His Throne, which He gave to these people, and there is no good in this world
and the next, which it does not include."
The Aayat-ul-Kursi declares that such is the Magnificence
of your and our Lord, the One and Only Lord of the Worlds….so that the people
who receive this Message know that there is none in the universe who deserves
submission and worship except the One and Only Lord and Creator, The Most
Gracious, The Most Glorious. This
Beautiful verse once and for all puts to absolute rest and humiliation the
thought or the belief that the Lord Most Supreme has even the slightest need
for a ‘partner’ in the creating and running of the affairs of the universe, or
that anyone or anything in creation has any knowledge or any power in the
least! This Verse epitomizes the concept
of ‘Tawheed’ (absolute monotheism) and once and for all breaks the back and
delivers the final ‘death-blow’ to the evil and false concept of ‘shirk’
(polytheism) of those who associate other ‘gods’ with Allah, or even those who
invoke the graves and shrines of the pious slaves of Allah in the false and
baseless belief that they have the power to intercede with Allah or influence
His Decisions!
The Messenger of Allah (saws) advised the believers to
recite this Glorious Verse of the Quran which describes some of the Most
Magnificent Attributes of the Lord Creator as often as they could, for even
though the recitation of the verse is easy on the tongue, its weight is indeed
great in the Scales and Sight of Allah.
Abu Umamah
reported that the Prophet (saws) said, "Whoever recites the Verse of the Throne (al-Baqarah:255) at the end of every prayer,
nothing will prevent him from entering
Related by
an-Nasa'i and at-Tabarani.
Ali reported that
the Prophet (saws) said, "Whoever recites the Verse of the Throne at the
end (after) of every obligatory prayer will be in Allah's protection until the
next prayer."
This is related by
at-Tabarani.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Ref: Duwaye Qunood.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 2.15a
Ref: Al-Qunut in the Witr
It is part of Sunnah to supplicate with qunut
in the witr prayer during the entire year. Ahmad, at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i, Abu
Dawud, Ibn Majah, and others record that al-Hassan ibn 'Ali said: "The
Messenger of Allah (saws) taught me the [following] words to say in (qunut)
during the witr prayer: 'O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided.
Grant me safety among those whom You have granted safety. Take me into Your
charge among those whom You have taken into Your charge. Bless me in what You
have given me. Protect me from the evil that You have decreed, for You decree
and nothing is decreed for You. And there is no humiliation for whom You take
as a ward. Blessed and Exalted are You, our Lord. ' "
One may make any and as many supplications one wishes in
the ‘Qunut’ supplication to their Lord Most High.
Your Question: Also, is the sawab we receive
when recited in English (ie; translation) same as that we receive when we
recite in Arabic. Kindly confirm.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2137 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "If
anyone recites a letter from Allah's Book he will be credited with a good deed,
and a good deed gets a tenfold reward. I do not say that ‘Alif-Lam-Mim’ are one
letter, but ‘Alif’ is a letter, ‘Lam’ is a letter, and ‘Mim’ is a letter."
Although, without an iota of a doubt, every single
alphabet one recites from the Glorious Book of Allah in the language it was
Revealed in earns huge and multiple reward.....there is no doubt that one who
wishes to study and learn the meaning of the Glorious Quran so that he/she may
implement its guidance in their lives and/or convey its Message to their
brethren in humanity….their reward and rank in the Sight of the Lord is
superior.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 257 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr
Allah's Messenger (saws) happened to pass by
two groups (of muslims) in the mosque and he (saws) said: ‘Both of them are
good, but one is superior to the other. One group is supplicating Allah and
praying to Him. If He so wills, He will confer upon them and if He so wills He
will withhold. So far as those who are
acquiring the understanding of religion and its knowledge and are busy in
teaching the ignorant, they are superior. Verily I have been sent as a
teacher.’ He (saws) then sat down amongst them.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 256 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘Acquiring
knowledge in company for an hour in the night is better than spending the whole
night in prayer.’
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 249 Narrated by Al-Hasan al-Basri
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘He whom death
overtakes while he is engaged in acquiring knowledge with a view to reviving
Islam with the help of it, there will be one degree between him and the
Prophets in Paradise.’
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 220 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger (saws) said: ‘One who goes
out to search for knowledge is (devoted) to the cause of Allah till he returns.’
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister