Ayāt Al-Kursī has Ten Complete Arabic Sentences :

1. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement:

(Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala! None has the right to be worshipped but He) mentions that Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is the One and Only Lord of all creation.

2. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(Al-Hayy ul-Qayyum) testifies that Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is the Ever Living, Who never dies, Who sustains everyone and everything. All creation stands in need of Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and totally relies on Him, while He is the Most Rich, Who stands in need of nothing created. Similarly, Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said,

Sūrah Ar Rūm, Ayāt 25,

3. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him) means, no shortcoming, unawareness or ignorance ever touches Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Rather, He is aware of, and controls what every soul earns, has perfect watch over everything, nothing escapes His knowledge, and no secret matter is secret to Him. Among His perfect attributes, is the fact that He is never effected by slumber or sleep. Therefore, Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(Neither slumber overtakes Him) indicates that no unawareness due to slumber ever overtakes Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said afterwards,

(nor sleep), which is stronger than slumber.

4. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth) indicates that everyone is a servant for Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, a part of His kingdom and under His power and authority. Similarly, Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said,

Sūrah Maryam, Ayāt 93 till Ayāt 95:

5. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His permission) is similar to His statements,

Sūrah An-Najm, Ayāt 26:

and,

Sūrah Al-Anbiyā (The Prophets), Ayāt 28:

These Ayāt assert Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala greatness, pride, and grace, and that no one dares to intercede with Him on behalf of anyone else, except by His permission. Indeed, the Hadīth about the intercession, states that the Prophet said,

(I will stand under the Throne and fall in prostration, and Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala will allow me to remain in that position as much as He wills. I will thereafter be told, "Raise your head, speak and you will be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted''. The Prophet then said, "He will allow me a proportion whom I will enter into Paradise.'')

6. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter) this refers to His perfect knowledge of all creation; its past, present and future. Similarly, Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said that the angels proclaimed;

Sūrah Maryam, Ayāt 64:

7. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills), asserts the fact that no one attains any part of Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala knowledge except what Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala conveys and allows. This part of the Ayāt indicates that no one ever acquires knowledge of Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and in His Attributes, except what He conveys to them. For instance, Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala said,

Sūrah Ta-Ha, Ayāt 110:

Al-Hakim recorded this Hadīth in his Mustadrak from Ibn `Abbās Radi-Allahu 'anhu, who did not relate it to the Prophet Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam. Al-Hakim said, "It is Sahīh according to the criteria of the Two Sahīh's, and they Sahīh Al-Bukhāri and Sahīh Muslim did not record it.''

9. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(And He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them) meaning, it does not burden or cause Him fatigue to protect the heavens and earth and all that is in between them. Rather, this is an easy matter for Him. Further, Allāh Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala sustains everything, has perfect watch over everything, nothing ever escapes His knowledge and no matter is ever a secret to Him. All matters are insignificant, modest and humble before Him. He is the Most Rich, worthy of all praise. He does what He wills, and no one can ask Him about what He does, while they will be asked. He has supreme power over all things and perfect alertness concerning everything. He is the Most High, the Greatest, there is no deity worthy of worship except Him, and no Lord other than Him.

10. Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala statement,

(And He is the Most High, the Most Great) is similar to His statement,

Sūrah Ar-Ra'd, Ayāt 9:

(the Most Great, the Most High) ﴿13:9﴾.

These and similar Ayāt and authentic Hadīth's about Allāh's Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Attributes must be treated the way the Salaf (righteous ancestors) treated them by accepting their apparent meanings without equating them ﴿with the attributes of the creation﴾ or altering their apparent meanings.

Sūrah Al Baqarah (The Cow), Ayāt 256:

Article by Abū Redwan, sources Ibn Kathir, Al Qur'ān Al Kareem, Ibn Taimiyah.

* = Translation of the Meaning of the Qur'ān Al Kareem. This translation is for the realized meaning, so far, of the stated (Sūrah : Ayāt)  of the Qur'ān Al Kareem. Reading the translated meaning of the Qur'ān Al Kareem can never replace reading it in Arabic, the language in which it was revealed.

**= Translation of the Meaning of the Ahādith or Hadīth. This translation is for the realized meaning, so far, of the stated of the Ahādith or Hadīth. Reading the translated meaning of the Ahādith or Hadīth can never replace reading it in Arabic, the language in which it was revealed.