Sheikh Kulaini (a.r.) In his Book ‘Kafi” mentions that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said
whoever recites the first four Verses of Surah Baqarah (2: 1, 2, 3 & 4) Ayat al-Kursi and two Verses after it (2: 255, 256 & 257) and the last three Verses of Surah Baqarah (2: 284, 285 & 286) will not experience anything abominable in his body and property. The Devil will not come near him and he will not forget the Qur’an.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. الٓمّٓ. ذٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ، فِيْهِ، هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِيْنَ. الَّذِيْنَ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَ يُقِيْمُوْنَ الصَّلوٰةَ وَ مِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُوْنَ. وَالَّذِيْنَ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِمَآ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْكَ وَمَآ اُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ، وَ بِالْاٰخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوْقِنُوْنَ.
اَللهُ لَآاِلٰهَ اِلاَّ هُوَ، اَلْحَىُّ الْقَيُّوْمُ، لاَ تَاْخُذُهٗ سِنَةٌ وَّلاَ نُوْمٌ، لَهٗ مَا فِى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ، مَنْ ذَا الَّذِىْ يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهٗٓ اِلاَّ بِاِذْنِهٖ، يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ اَيْدِيْهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ، وَلاَ يُحِيْطُوْنَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهٖٓ اِلاَّ بِمَا شَآءَ، وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ، وَلاَ يَئُوْدُهٗ حِفْظُهُمَا، وَهُوَ الْعَلِىُّ الْعَظِيْمُ. لَآ اِكْرَاهَ فِى الدِّيْنَ، قَدْ تّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَىِّ، فَمَنْ يَّكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوْتِ وَيُؤْمِنْۢ بِاللهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقٰى، لَانْفِصَامَ لَهَا، وَاللهُ سَمِيْعٌ عَلِيْمٌ. اَللهُ وَلِىُّ الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا، يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِّنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ اِلَى النُّوْرِ، وَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْآ اَوْلِيَآئُهُمُ الطَّاغُوْتُ، يُخْرِجُوْنَهُمْ مِّنَ النُّوْرِ اِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ، اُولٰۤئِكَ اَصْحَابُ النَّارِ، هُمْ فِيْهَا خَالِدُوْنَ.
لِلّٰهِ مَا فِى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِى الْاَرْضِ، وَ اِنْ تُبْدُوْا مَا فِىْٓ اَنْفُسِكُمْ اَوْ تُخْفُوْهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ، فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَّشَآءُ وَ يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَّشَآءُ، وَاللهُ عَلٰي كُلِّ شَىْ ءٍ قَدِيْرٌ . اٰمَنَ الرَّسُوْلُ بِمَآ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَّبِّهٖ وَالْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ، كُلٌّ اٰمَنَ بِاللهِ وَ مَلَآئِكَتِهٖ وَ كُتُبِهٖ وَ رُسُلِهٖ، لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ اَحَدٍ مِّنْ رُّسُلِهٖ، وَقَالُوْا سَمِعْنَا وَ اَطَعْنَا، غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَ اِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيْرُ . لاَ يُكَلِّفُ اللهُ نَفْسًا اِلاَّ وُسْعَهَا، لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ، رَبَّنَا لاَ تُوٴَاخِذْنَآ اِنْ نَّسِيْنَآ اَوْ اَخْطَاْنَا، رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ اِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهٗ عَلَى الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا، رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهٖ، وَاعْفُ عَنَّا، وَاغْفِرْلَنَا، وَارْحَمْنَا، اَنْتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِيْنَ.
Transliteration:
bismil laahir rahmaanir raheem. Aleef-laam-meem. Zaalekal ketaabo laa rayba feehe, hodal lil-muttaqeenal. Lazeena yoamenoona bil-ghaybe wa yoqeemoonas salaata wa mimmaa razaqnaahum yunfeqoon. Wal-lazeena yoamenoona bemaa unzela elayka wa maa unzela min qableka, wa bil-aakherate hum yooqenoon.
ALLAAHO LAA ELAAHA ILLAA HOWAL HAYYUL QAYYUMO LAA TAAKHOZOHU SENATUN WA LAA NAWM LAHU MAA FIS SAMAAWAATE WA MAA FIL ARZE MAN ZAL LAZEE YASHFAO’ I’NDAHU ILLAA BE-IZNEHI YA’LAMO MAA BAYNA AYDEEHIM WA MAA KHALFAHUM WA LAA YOHEETOONA BE-SHAY-IM MIN I’LMEHI ILLAA BEMAA SHAAA-A WASEA’ KURSIYYOHUS SAMAAWAATE WAL ARZ WA LAA YAOODOHU HIFZOHOMAA WA HOWAL A’LIYYUL A’ZEEMO LAA IKRAAHA FID-DEENE QAT-TABAYYANAR RUSHDO MENAL GHAYYE FAMAYN YAKFUR BIT-TAAGHOOTE WA YOAMIM BILLAAHE FAQADIS TAMSAKA BIL-U’RWATIL WUSQAA LAN FESAAMA LAHAA WAL LAAHO SAMEEU’N A’LIM. ALLAAHO WALIYYUL LAZEENA AAAMANOO YUKHREJOHUM MENAZ ZOLOMAATE ELAN NOORE WAL LAZEENA KAFARoo AWLEYAAA-O-HOMUT TAAGHOOTO YUKHREJOONAHUM MENAN NOORE ELAZ-ZOLOMAATE OOLAaAEKA ASHAABUN NAARE HUM FEEHAA KHAALEDOON.
Lillaahe maa fis-samaawaate wa maa fil-arz, wa in tubdoo maa fee anfosekum aw tukhfooho yohaasibkum behil laaho, fayaghfero lemayn yashaaa-o wa yo-a’zzebo mayn yashaaa-o, wal-laaho a’laa kulle shay-in qadeer. Aamanar rasoolo bemaa unzela elayhe mir rabbehi wal-moamenoon, kullun aamana billaahe wa malaaa-ekatehi wa kotobehi wa rosolehi, laa nofarreqo bayna ahadim mir rosoleh, wa qaaloo same’naa wa a-ta’naa, ghufraanaka rabbanaa wa elaykal maseer. laa yokalleful laaho nafsan illaa wus-a'haa, lahaa maa kasabat wa a'layhaa mak-tasabat, rabbanaa laa to-aakhiznaa in naseenaa aw akhtaanaa, rabbanaa wa laa tahmil a'laynaa isran kamaa hamaltahu a'lal lazeena min qablenaa, rabbanaa wa laa tohammilnaa maa laa taaqata lanaa behi, wa'fo a'nnaa, waghfir lanaa, warhamnaa, anta mawlaanaa fan-surnaa a'lal qawmil kaafereen.
Translation:
Alif Laam Mim. This is the Book, there is no doubt in it, (being the word of God) (it is) a guidance for the pious. (Ones). Who believe in the unseen, and establish the prayers and of what We have provided them with. They give (in the way of their Lord). And who believe in that which hath been sent down unto thee (O Our Prophet Mohammad) and that which hath been sent down (unto the other Prophets) before thee, and of the hereafter they are sure.
Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases. His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great. There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing. Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the darkness into the light; and (as to) those who disbelieve, their guardians are Shaitans who take them out of the light into the darkness; they are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide.[12]
Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is Allah’s; and whether you manifest what is in your minds or hide it, Allah will call you to account according to it; then He will forgive whom He pleases and chastise whom He pleases, and Allah has power over all things. The apostle believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord and (so do) the believers; they all believe in Allah and His angels and His books and His apostles; We make no difference between any of His apostles; and they say: We hear and obey, our Lord! Thy forgiveness (do we crave), and to Thee is the eventual course. Allah does not impose upon any soul a duty but to the extent of its ability; for it is (the benefit of) what it has earned and upon it (the evil of) what it has wrought: Our Lord! Do not punish us if we forget or make a mistake; Our Lord! do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord do not impose upon us that which we have not the strength to bear; and pardon us and grant us protection and have mercy on us, Thou art our Patron, so help us against the unbelieving people.
