Al-Kursi Verse: Difference between revisions

The majority view among Shiite exegetes of the Quran that only verse 255 of [[Sura al-Baqara]] counts as al-Kursi verse,<ref>Muʾassisa Dāʾirat al-maʿārif al-fiqh al-Islāmī, ''Farhang-i fiqh-i farsī'', vol. 1, p. 174; Kūsha, ''Āyat al-Kūrsī'', p. 119.</ref> and its two following verses are not part of al-Kursi.<ref>Ṭūsī,''al-Amālī'',vol. 2, p. 278.</ref> 'Allama al-Tabataba'i, the author of Quranic exegesis [[al-Mizan]], believes that al-Kursi verse is verse 255 of Sura al-Baqara, ending in "wa-huwa al-'ali al-'azim."<ref>Ḥusaynī Tihrānī, ''Mihr-i tābān'', p. 177.</ref> [[Makarim Shirazi]], a contemporary Shiite exegete of the Quran, presents six pieces of evidence that al-Kursi verse is confined to verse 255 of Sura al-Baqara, including:

Against the majority view, some people have adduced certain [[hadiths]] <ref>According to a hadith from the Prophet (s): he who recites the first four verses of Sura al-Baqara, al-Kursi verse, and its following two verses, and the last three verses of the sura will see no harm in his life and property and no devil will approach him.</ref> to demonstrate that verses 256 and 257 of Sura al-Baqara are also part of al-Kursi verses.<ref>Mu'īnī, ''Āyat al-Kūrsī'', p. 100.</ref> They believe that such hadiths are the ground for the common practice among the [[Shias]] to recite the following two verses as al-Kursi.<ref>Dashtī, ''Āyat al-Kūrsī'', p. 469.</ref> Another reason to include verses 256 and 257 in al-Kursi verse is the deep tie between their themes.<ref>Kūsha, ''Āyat al-Kūrsī'', p. 120.</ref> In his [[al-'Urwat al-wuthqa]], [[al-Sayyid Muhammad Kazim al-Yazdi]] believes that one had better recite to the end of verse 257 when reciting al-Kursi verse in the [[Prayer of Burial Night]].<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī Yazdī, ''al-ʿUrwat al-wuthqā'', vol. 2, p.126</ref>