The linguistic excellence of Ayat Al Kursi Part 4
لاَ تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلاَ نَوْمٌ Neither drowsiness overtaken Him nor sleep The complete negation of drowsiness and sleep reflect the perfection of his attributes: الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ the ever-living, and the sustainer of the universe Sleep is a form of death and if it exists then it would be a deficiency for Allah (swt) with regards to his attribute of the ever-living. Sleep makes one heedless and unaware of what goes around them. If Allah (swt) slept, A’uthubillah, then who would be there to take care of all the affairs of the universe. There is verse in the bible which states But then the Lord awoke from his sleep ; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage [Psalms 78:65, The Bible] For Christians this becomes even more problematic because they say the God died for 3 days! Allah (swt) is far far dissociated from such attributes which the People of former Scriptures have invented against him. لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَ...