Ayat al-Kursi
E148579
Ayat al-Kursi is a highly revered Quranic verse known for its powerful affirmation of God's sovereignty, knowledge, and protection.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ayat al-Kursi canonical | 4 |
| آية الكرسي | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1289121 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ayat al-Kursi Context triple: [Surah Al-Baqarah, containsVerse, Ayat al-Kursi]
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A.
Surah Al-Ikhlas
Surah Al-Ikhlas is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that succinctly proclaims the absolute oneness and uniqueness of Allah.
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B.
Surah Al-Kawthar
Surah Al-Kawthar is the 108th and one of the shortest chapters of the Quran, known for its message of divine abundance and consolation to the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Surah At-Tur
Surah At-Tur is the 52nd chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes God’s power, the reality of resurrection, and the fate of believers and disbelievers.
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D.
Surah Al-Mulk
Surah Al-Mulk is the 67th chapter of the Quran, known for emphasizing God’s sovereignty, the purpose of creation, and the consequences of belief and disbelief.
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E.
Surah Al-Qadr
Surah Al-Qadr is a short chapter of the Quran that highlights the immense spiritual significance of the Night of Decree, when the Quran was first revealed.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ayat al-Kursi Target entity description: Ayat al-Kursi is a highly revered Quranic verse known for its powerful affirmation of God's sovereignty, knowledge, and protection.
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A.
Surah Al-Ikhlas
Surah Al-Ikhlas is a short Meccan chapter of the Quran that succinctly proclaims the absolute oneness and uniqueness of Allah.
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B.
Surah Al-Kawthar
Surah Al-Kawthar is the 108th and one of the shortest chapters of the Quran, known for its message of divine abundance and consolation to the Prophet Muhammad.
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C.
Surah At-Tur
Surah At-Tur is the 52nd chapter of the Quran, a Meccan surah that emphasizes God’s power, the reality of resurrection, and the fate of believers and disbelievers.
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D.
Surah Al-Mulk
Surah Al-Mulk is the 67th chapter of the Quran, known for emphasizing God’s sovereignty, the purpose of creation, and the consequences of belief and disbelief.
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E.
Surah Al-Qadr
Surah Al-Qadr is a short chapter of the Quran that highlights the immense spiritual significance of the Night of Decree, when the Quran was first revealed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious text
ⓘ
Quranic verse ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Islamic supplications (adhkar)
ⓘ
affirmation of tawhid (oneness of God) ⓘ |
| attributedToRevelationThrough |
Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad
|
| containsPhrase |
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
ⓘ
لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ⓘ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ⓘ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ⓘ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ⓘ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ ⓘ |
| foundInMushafOrder | page containing Surah al-Baqarah verse 255 ⓘ |
| hasArabicName |
آية الكرسي
ⓘ
linked to:
Ayat al-Kursi
|
| hasEnglishTranslationName | Verse of the Throne ⓘ |
| hasExegesisBy |
Al-Qurtubi
ⓘ
linked to:
al-Qurtubi
Al-Tabari ⓘ Ibn Kathir ⓘ |
| hasHadithMerit | described in hadith as one of the greatest verses of the Quran ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
God's absolute authority over creation
ⓘ
God's independence from creation ⓘ human dependence on God ⓘ limits of human knowledge compared to God's knowledge ⓘ |
| highlyRegardedBy | Muslims ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| lengthInArabicWordsApprox | 50 ⓘ |
| locatedInSurah |
Surah al-Baqarah
ⓘ
linked to:
Surah Al-Baqarah
|
| memorizedBy | many Muslim children and adults ⓘ |
| mentionsConcept |
God's knowledge
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God's life and self-subsistence ⓘ God's omnipotence ⓘ God's omniscience ⓘ God's preservation of the heavens and the earth ⓘ God's protection ⓘ God's sovereignty ⓘ God's throne (al-Kursi) ⓘ
linked to:
Arsh (Divine Throne)
denial of partners with God ⓘ intercession by God's permission ⓘ |
| partOf | Quran ⓘ |
| recitedAfter | obligatory prayers (according to many Muslims) ⓘ |
| recitedBefore | sleep (according to many Muslims) ⓘ |
| recitedFor |
protection
ⓘ
seeking blessings (barakah) ⓘ spiritual comfort ⓘ |
| revealedIn | Medinan period (according to most scholars) ⓘ |
| scriptureOf | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic theology (aqidah)
ⓘ
Quranic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ |
| surahNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| verseNumber | 255 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ayat al-Kursi Description of subject: Ayat al-Kursi is a highly revered Quranic verse known for its powerful affirmation of God's sovereignty, knowledge, and protection.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ayat al-Kursi