Sign 6 of 12 · Sleep, death and life · Qur'an 2:255
Neither drowsiness nor sleep
Ayat al-Kursi and Psalm 121 say the same thing.
Signs · Neither drowsiness nor sleep
The Throne Verse, which many Muslims know by heart, says of God: “Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep” (2:255, our rendering). The word for drowsiness, sina, appears only here in the whole Qur'an.
“Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.”Psalm 121:4 · JPS 1917
Every living thing we know must rest: dolphins sleep with half their brain at a time. The One who holds it all does not.
Pause and ponder
Look again. What else have you looked past?
Wonder, not proof: we never say a verse “predicted” science. Why not? · Science: Biology · Index entry H02
