The Virtue of the Verse of the Throne and the Meaning of “No Slumber Seizes Him Nor Sleep”
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Question:
The questioner asks — or rather, Umm Abdullah asks — about the Verse of the Throne. She says: May Allah bless you, does it have a special virtue for every night? And what is the meaning of[Al-Baqarah 2:255]?
Answer:
The Verse of the Throne is a great verse; it is the greatest verse in the Qur'an because it combines negation and affirmation: it negates deficiencies and flaws from Allah and affirms perfection for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). "No drowsiness overtakes Him, nor sleep" — the first drowsiness is sleep, and the sleep mentioned here is deep sleep, because this is a deficiency in life. Sleep is a deficiency, and it is a death that Allah called death:[Al-An'am 6:60] [Al-An'am 6:60] This is the minor death, the death of sleep, and then He resurrects you in the day, and you wake up and move to your tasks. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
The questioner asks — or rather, Umm Abdullah asks — about the Verse of the Throne. She says: May Allah bless you, does it have a special virtue for every night? And what is the meaning of
Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep.
لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌAnswer:
The Verse of the Throne is a great verse; it is the greatest verse in the Qur'an because it combines negation and affirmation: it negates deficiencies and flaws from Allah and affirms perfection for Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). "No drowsiness overtakes Him, nor sleep" — the first drowsiness is sleep, and the sleep mentioned here is deep sleep, because this is a deficiency in life. Sleep is a deficiency, and it is a death that Allah called death:
And it is He who takes your souls by night
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُم بِاللَّيْلِAnd it is He who takes your souls
وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَتَوَفَّاكُمThe presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى ليوم الأربعاء 1439/06/05هـ — youtube.com (13:06)
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