Qur'an and Tafsir
Ayat al-Kursi
The Verse of the Throne
One ayah was called the greatest. The next refuses to force it on anyone.
- Intro
- 19 cards, about 7 min
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Ayat al-Kursi, the Verse of the Throne, is ayah 255 of surah 2. The Prophet called it the greatest ayah in the Qur'an, and Muslims recite it after prayers and before sleep. This lesson follows it from a question put to one Companion, through its ten sentences, to the ayah that comes right after it: there is no compulsion in religion.
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