Quran 2:255 — Al-Baqara, verse 255
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God: there is no god but Him, the Ever Living, the Ever Watchful.Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. All that is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Him. Who is there that can intercede with Him except by His leave? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, but they do not comprehend any of His knowledge except what He wills. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth; it does not weary Him to preserve them both. He is the Most High, the Tremendous.
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَـٰهَ 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
al-lahu lā ilāha illā huwa l-ḥayu l-qayūmu lā takhudhuhu sinatun walā nawmun lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi man dhā alladhī yashfaʿu ʿindahu illā bi-idh'nihi yaʿlamu mā bayna aydīhim wamā khalfahum walā yuḥīṭūna bishayin min ʿil'mihi illā bimā shāa wasiʿa kur'siyyuhu l-samāwāti wal-arḍa walā yaūduhu ḥif'ẓuhumā wahuwa l-ʿaliyu l-ʿaẓīmu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God there is no god but He, the Living, the Everlasting. Slumber seizes Him not, neither sleep; to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him save by His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is after them, and they comprehend not anything of His knowledge save such as He wills. His Throne comprises the heavens and earth; the preserving of them oppresses Him not; He is the All-high, the All-glorious.
- Muhammad Asad
- GOD - there is no deity save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All Being. Neither slumber overtakes Him, nor sleep. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. Who is there that could intercede with Him, unless it be by His leave? He knows all that lies open before men and all that is hidden from them, whereas they cannot attain to aught of His knowledge save that which He wills [them to attain]. His eternal power overspreads the heavens and the earth, and their upholding wearies Him not. And he alone is truly exalted, tremendous.
- Sahih International
- Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. 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, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱللَّهُal-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 2 | لَآlā | (there is) no | — |
| 3 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | God | أله |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 5 | هُوَhuwa | Him | — |
| 6 | ٱلْحَىُّl-ḥayu | the Ever-Living | حيي |
| 7 | ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚl-qayūmu | the Sustainer of all that exists | قوم |
| 8 | لَاlā | Not | — |
| 9 | تَأْخُذُهُۥtakhudhuhu | overtakes Him | أخذ |
| 10 | سِنَةٌۭsinatun | slumber | وسن |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | [and] not | — |
| 12 | نَوْمٌۭ ۚnawmun | sleep | نوم |
| 13 | لَّهُۥlahu | To Him (belongs) | — |
| 14 | مَاmā | what(ever) | — |
| 15 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 16 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 17 | وَمَاwamā | and what(ever) | — |
| 18 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 19 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 20 | مَنman | Who | — |
| 21 | ذَاdhā | (is) the one | — |
| 22 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | who | — |
| 23 | يَشْفَعُyashfaʿu | can intercede | شفع |
| 24 | عِندَهُۥٓʿindahu | with Him | عند |
| 25 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 26 | بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚbi-idh'nihi | by His permission | أذن |
| 27 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | He knows | علم |
| 28 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 29 | بَيْنَbayna | (is) | بين |
| 30 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | before them | يدي |
| 31 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 32 | خَلْفَهُمْ ۖkhalfahum | (is) behind them | خلف |
| 33 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 34 | يُحِيطُونَyuḥīṭūna | they encompass | حوط |
| 35 | بِشَىْءٍۢbishayin | anything | شيأ |
| 36 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 37 | عِلْمِهِۦٓʿil'mihi | His Knowledge | علم |
| 38 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 39 | بِمَاbimā | [of] what | — |
| 40 | شَآءَ ۚshāa | He willed | شيأ |
| 41 | وَسِعَwasiʿa | Extends | وسع |
| 42 | كُرْسِيُّهُkur'siyyuhu | His Seat | كرس |
| 43 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (to) the heavens | سمو |
| 44 | وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖwal-arḍa | and the earth | أرض |
| 45 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 46 | يَـُٔودُهُۥyaūduhu | tires Him | أود |
| 47 | حِفْظُهُمَا ۚḥif'ẓuhumā | (the) guarding of both of them | حفظ |
| 48 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 49 | ٱلْعَلِىُّl-ʿaliyu | (is) the Most High | علو |
| 50 | ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmu | the Most Great | عظم |