Saturday 15 April 2017

Part 10 (AYAT-AL-KURSI)

The eight sentence is "وَسِعَ كُرۡسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ‌ۖ": "HIS KURSI EXTENDS TO THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH." 

It means that Allah Ta'alah's Kursi (translated as chair or base of power) is so magnified that its special infinity houses, within itself, the seven heavens and the earth. Allah Almighty is above and beyond sitting and standing, and all spatial location and placement. Such verses should not be read in the context of our own physical state. The comprehension of the state of being, and the reality of His attributes, is above and beyond human reason. However, there are authentic narrations in Ahadith which simply tell us that Arsh (translated as 'throne', being a seat of authority) and Kursi (chair) are heavenly bodies many times larger than the heavens and the earth.

Ibn Kathir has reported from Sayyidna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Razi Allah Anhu that he asked the Holy Prophet ﷺ as to what the Kursi was and what did it look like. He said: "By Allah, who is the Master of my life, the seven heavens and the earth as compared with Kursi are like the small circle of a finger-ring lying on a huge plain."

From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE

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