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Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 255

البقرة · 286 verses · Medinan
ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٢٥٥
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Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 255

Allahu la ilaha illahuwa alhayyu alqayyoomu la ta/khuthuhusinatun wala nawmun lahu ma fee assamawatiwama fee al-ardi man tha allatheeyashfaAAu AAindahu illa bi-ithnihi yaAAlamu mabayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoonabishay-in min AAilmihi illa bima shaawasiAAa kursiyyuhu assamawati wal-ardawala yaooduhu hifthuhumawahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheem

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  1. ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
  2. لَآlā(there is) no
  3. إِلَـٰهَilāhaGod
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. هُوَhuwaHim
  6. ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayuthe Ever-Living
  7. ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚl-qayūmuthe Sustainer of all that exists
  8. لَاlāNot
  9. تَأْخُذُهُۥtakhudhuhuovertakes Him
  10. سِنَةٌۭsinatunslumber
  11. وَلَاwalā[and] not
  12. نَوْمٌۭ ۚnawmunsleep
  13. لَّهُۥlahuTo Him (belongs)
  14. مَاmāwhat(ever)
  15. فِىfī(is) in
  16. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  17. وَمَاwamāand what(ever)
  18. فِىfī(is) in
  19. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍithe earth
  20. مَنmanWho
  21. ذَاdhā(is) the one
  22. ٱلَّذِىalladhīwho
  23. يَشْفَعُyashfaʿucan intercede
  24. عِندَهُۥٓʿindahuwith Him
  25. إِلَّاillāexcept
  26. بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚbi-idh'nihiby His permission
  27. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  28. مَاmāwhat
  29. بَيْنَbayna(is)
  30. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimbefore them
  31. وَمَاwamāand what
  32. خَلْفَهُمْ ۖkhalfahum(is) behind them
  33. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  34. يُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūnathey encompass
  35. بِشَىْءٍۢbishayinanything
  36. مِّنْminof
  37. عِلْمِهِۦٓʿil'mihiHis Knowledge
  38. إِلَّاillāexcept
  39. بِمَاbimā[of] what
  40. شَآءَ ۚshāaHe willed
  41. وَسِعَwasiʿaExtends
  42. كُرْسِيُّهُkur'siyyuhuHis Seat
  43. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(to) the heavens
  44. وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖwal-arḍaand the earth
  45. وَلَاwalāAnd not
  46. يَـُٔودُهُۥyaūduhutires Him
  47. حِفْظُهُمَا ۚḥif'ẓuhumā(the) guarding of both of them
  48. وَهُوَwahuwaAnd He
  49. ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu(is) the Most High
  50. ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe Most Great