About this course
Read Āyat al-Kursi closely, following its language and its account of God’s attributes. The study begins with the verse’s significance and merits, then considers the meaning of Allah, the word huwa, and the divine names al-Ḥayy and al-Qayyūm. Each topic gives another point of entry into the verse.
Later lessons examine divine sovereignty, intercession and knowledge before turning to the meaning of kursi and its distinction from ʿarsh. The sequence connects these concepts with the cosmology of creation and returns to the verse’s descriptions of God as unwearying, exalted and supreme.
What you’ll explore
- The significance and merits of Āyat al-Kursi
- Allah, huwa, al-Ḥayy and al-Qayyūm
- Divine sovereignty, intercession and knowledge
- The distinction between kursi and ʿarsh
- The verse’s closing descriptions of God
Curriculum
- 01The Greatest Quranic Verse
- 02The Merits of Ayat Al-Kursi
- 03The Meaning of Allah
- 04Lesson 4: Is هو a Name of God or a Pronoun?
- 05Deeper Meanings of هو
- 06Lesson 6: The Living الحي
- 07The All-Sustaining القيّوم
- 08No Drowsiness and No Sleep
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- 09God's Absolute Sovereignty
- 10The System of Intercession
- 11The Knowledge of God
- 12The Meaning of the Kursi
- 13The Difference Between the Arsh and the Kursi
- 14Lesson 14: God Does Not Grow Weary
Not Wearied By Their Preservation
- 15The All-Exalted and the All-Supreme
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