Merits of Reciting Ayah al-Kursi (2:255)

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مروي عن الأئمة المعصومين عليهم السلام في كتب الأدعية والزيارات المعتبرة.
Virtues, description, and recitation method of MERITS OF RECITING AYAH KURSI (2: 255), AYAH AL as recorded in Shia traditions.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمْنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
revealed to them, saying, Allah has said, In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
اَللّهُ لَا اِلْهَ اِلَّا هُوَ
Allah is He besides Whom there is no god,
الحَىُّ القَيُّوْمُ)
the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting.
لَا تَأْخُذُةَ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمُ
Slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep.
لَهٌ مَا فِى السَّمْوْتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His.
مَنْ ذَا الَّذِيْ يَشفَعُ عِثْدَةَ اِلَّا بِإِذْنِةِ
Who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission?
يَعَلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ آَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ
He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge
وَلًا يُحِيْطُوْنَ بِشَءٍ مَنْ عِلْمِةَ اِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ؟
except what He pleases.
وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَوْتِ وَالْأَرْضِّ
His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth,
وَلَا يَثُوْدُةَ حِفْظُهُمَا؟
and the preservation of them both tires Him not,
وَ هُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْعَظِيْمُ (255)
and He is the Most High, the Great.
لاَ اِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّيْنِ #)
There is no compulsion in religion;
قَدْ تَبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَىُّ
truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error.
فَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِالطَاغُوْتِ وَيُؤْمِنُ بِاللهِ
Therefore, whoever disbelieves in the false deity and believes in Allah,
فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقِى =٨#
he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle,
لَا انْفِصَامَ لَهَاء
which shall not break off,
وَاللهُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ (256)
and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
اَللهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِيْنَ امَنُوا
Allah is the guardian of those who believe.
يُخْرِجُهُمْ مَنَ الظُّلُمْتِ إِلَى النُّوْرِ
He brings them out of the darkness into the light;
وَالَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوَا اَوْلِيْئُهُمُ الطَّاغُوْتُ
and as to those who disbelieve, their guardians are the false deities
يُخْرِجُوْنَهُمْ مَنَ النُّوْرِ إِلَى الظُّلُمْتِ
who take them out of the light into the darkness.
أُولِئِكَ اَضحَبُ النَّارِ
These are the inmates of the fire,
هُمْ فِيْهَا خَلِدُوْنَ ##)(257)
in it they shall abide.
شَهدَ اللهُ آَنَّهُ لَا اِلْهَ اِلَّا هُوَ
Allah bears witness that there is no god but He,
وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ وَأُوْلُوا الْعِلْمِ
and (so do) the angels and those possessed of knowledge,
قائِمًا بِالقِسْطِ
maintaining His creation with justice.
لَا اِلْهَ إِلَّا هُوَ
There is no god but He,
الْعَزِيْزُ الْحَكِيْمُ
the Mighty, the Wise.
اِنَّ الدِّيْنَ عِنْدَ اللهِ الْإِسْلَامُ
Surely the (true) religion with Allah is Islam,
وَمَا اخْتَلَفَ الَّذِيْنَ أَوْتُوا الْكِتَابَ
and those to whom the Book had been given did not show opposition
اِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَائَّهُمُ الْعِلْمُ
but after knowledge had come to them,
بَعْيًا بَيْنَهُمْ
out of envy among themselves;
وَمَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِآيَاتِ اللّهِ
and whoever disbelieves in the communications of Allah
فَاِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيْعُ الْحِسَابِ.
then surely Allah is quick in reckoning.
قُلِ اللَهُمَّ مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ
Say: O Allah, Master of the Kingdom!
تُؤْتِى الْمُلْكَ مَنْ تَشَآءُ
You give the kingdom to whomsoever You please
وَ تَنْزِعُ الْمُلْكَ مِمَّنْ تَشآءُ
and take away the kingdom from whomsoever You please
وَتُعِزُّ مَنْ تَشآءُ
and You exalt whom You please
وَتُذِلّ مَنْ تَشآءُ
and abase whom You please
بِيَدِكَ الْخَيْرُ
in Your hand is the good;
اِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَءِ قَدِيْرٌ
surely, You have power over all things.
تُوْلِجُ اللَّيْلَ فِي النَّهَارِ
You make the night to pass into the day
وَتُوْلِجُ النَّهَارَ فِي اللِّيْلِ
and You make the day to pass into the night,
وَتُخْرِجُ الحَىَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ
and You bring forth the living from the dead
وَتُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَىِّ
and You bring forth the dead from the living,
وَتَرْزُقُ مَنْ تَشاءُ بِغَيْرٍ حِسَابٍ.
and You give sustenance to whom You please without measure®