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Al-Baqarah
البقرة

Classification	Madinan
Meaning of the name	The Calf
Statistics
Sura number	2
Number of verses	286
Juz' number	1 to 3
Hizb number	1 to 5
Number of Sajdahs	None
Previous Sura	Al-Fatiha
Next Sura	Al-i-Imran
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Sura Al-Baqara (Arabic: سورة البقرة‎, Sūratu al-Baqarah, "Calf") is the second and the longest sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. The chapter comprises 286 ayat (verses) and the verse 282 is the single longest verse in the Qur'an.^[1] The famous Ayat ul Kursi (Verse 255) is also part of this Surah. The last two verses of the chapter are also of special importance.^[2]

Contents 1 Overview 2 Arabic Text 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

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The Surah's name is in reference to an argument between the Prophet Moses and the Israelites over a cow they should sacrifice in order to know the murderer of a slain man (see ^{[Qur'an 2:67]}). (Not to be confused with the popular biblical incident where Moses prohibited worshiping a Calf idol, referenced later in the chapter.)

It is a Madinan sura; most of it is believed to have been revealed during the first two years after the Hijra. Some sections (for instance, the verses prohibiting interest on loans) were revealed later, and the last three verses were revealed in Mecca. The sura addresses a wide variety of topics, including substantial amounts of law, and retells stories of Adam, Abraham and Moses. A major theme is guidance: urging the pagans (Al-Kuffar) and the Jews of Madina to embrace Islam, and warning them and the hypocrites of the fate God had visited in the past on those who failed to heed His call.

Surat Al-Baqarah contains several verses dealing with the subject of warfare. Verses ^{[Qur'an 2:190]} are often quoted on the nature of battle in Islam

[edit] Arabic Text

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيم

Bismillāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

2:1 المِِ

ALIF LAAM MIM

For a detailed explanations of such abbreviations see here.

2:2 ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

DALIKAL KITABU LA RA'E BA FI'HE HU'DAL LIL MUTAQEENA

This is the Book; in it is guidance sure, without doubt, to those who fear Allah.

2:3 الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُون

AL LA'DEENA YU'ME'NUNA BIL'GAYB WA YUQE'MUNA'S SALATA WA MIMA RADAQ'NA'KUM YUN'FI'QU'N

Who believe in the Unseen, are steadfast in prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them;

2:4 والَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

And who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.

2:5 أُوْلَـئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ

They are on (true) guidance, from their Lord, and it is these who will prosper.

2:6 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ

As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.

2:7 خَتَمَ اللّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهمْ وَعَلَى سَمْعِهِمْ وَعَلَى أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عظِيمٌ

Allah has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil; great is the penalty they (incur).

2:8 وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last Day;" but they do not (really) believe.

2:9 يُخَادِعُونَ اللّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُم وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Fain would they deceive Allah and those who believe, but they only deceive themselves, and realise (it) not!

2:10 فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللّهُ مَرَضاً وَلَهُم عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ

In their hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease: And grievous is the penalty they (incur), because they are false (to themselves).^[3]

Of course, there are more than 10 verses, and several, complete translations can be found in local libraries and elsewhere on the Internet.

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[4] 2:001 [Three syllabic] Letters/consonants of Arabic language, Alif; Laam and Meem [conjoined and both written with prolongation sign/mark]. [ this is also first Ayah of Chapter 3,29,30,31 & 32]

2:002 This is The Book, within this there is no suspicious/conjectural/whimsical/un-certain/ perplexing/ disconcerting/illusory matter/statement. This Book is the Guide [the Guide/Manual that leads to the straight path of destination, in time and space] for those people who endeavor remaining cautious, heedful, and mindful,

2:003 [in time and space Muttaqeen are those people] who accept/believe in the presence/existence [of Creator- Allah, and what is stated in the Book] without being in their sight; and they maintain/ manage/organize/stand for the performance of As-Salat, and out of the worldly resources, which We have given them as sustenance, they spend [only for seeking approval and attention of Allah.

2:004 ‪And [in the present time and space] Muttaqeen are those, who accept/believe in that [Grand Quran] which has since been sent to you [the Messenger], and they also accept/believe what was sent [by Allah] in the times before you [which you certified/sanctified with/in Quran]. And they have firm belief/conviction in the Last Day [and to be held accountable.

2:005 ‪They are the people who are heading [towards/to return to the original destination/abode] on the guidance [given in "My Ayat" in the Quran] from their Sustainer Lord. And they are the people who endeavor for perpetual success.

2:006-007 Indeed for those, it is one and the same thing upon them [outcome/result wise] whether you admonish them or do not admonish them, who have already deliberately refused to accept [Grand Quran]; they will not accept, today and in future. Allah has let [because of their deliberate/conscious denial to accept the truth/fact] the cover keep veiling upon their hearts and upon their audition [passage of entry closed since they have veiled their intellect and perception with other things]; and upon their faculty of vision is a veil [obscuring them to see the fact]. And for them is a grave torment [in wait]. [To conceive the perception and meanings more in detail, pl read 4:156; 25:43-44 and 36:7-10]

2:008-010 And amongst (in those days, Jew) people, there are those who say, claiming "We have accepted the belief in Allah and the Last Day". And the fact is that they are certainly not the believers. [By false declarations in believer's society they perceive as if] They deceive Allah and those people who have accepted [wholeheartedly the Messenger and Grand Quran]; and in fact they deceive none [by false declaration of belief] except their own selves and they do not perceive this fact. There is a disease in their hearts [personality/psychological disorder] and Allah has caused/let [by leaving them as condemned/discarded] their disease increase. And [waits] for them is grievous punishment because they persistently contradict publicly [the Quran].

2:011-012 And when it is said for [to] them, "You people do not create disorder/imbalance/distortions/spread wicked, unsound ideas in the society", they reply, claiming, "We are indeed the perfectionists".No, the fact of the matter is that indeed they are the distorters but they do not realize {since don't reflect}.

2:013 And when it is said for [to] them: "Believe in the manner as others from amongst the other people {at that time from Jews and Nisara} have believed", they replied: "Should we believe like/in the manner/what the fools have believed?" No, the fact of the matter is that they are indeed the ones who are fools, but they do not know/intend to know.

2:014-015 And when they confront the ones [whom they regard fools on their back] who have [truly] believed, they say to them, "We have accepted/ believed"; but when they are in privacy with their evil ones, they say to them: "We are certainly with you people; with them we only jest". {These fools do not understand that} Allah is ignoring them and have left them/let be stretched in their blind wandering (by their brothers, evil-doers Refer 7:202)

2:016 These are the people who have purchased vagrancy in barter of Guidance. For this {bad bargain} reason they could not benefit from their commerce {perception/hope of enjoying favour from both parties; instead even lost the confidence of their original party}, and nor could become guided {to enjoy the support of the Guided ones}.

2:017-018 The semblance of these {Munafiqeen} people is as if a man kindled a fire and when it caused his surroundings become heated and lighted, [his action did not benefit them as] Allah took away these people's "visible light" and left them in layers of darkness where they cannot have vision. These people {Munafiqeen} are deaf, dumb and blind and for that reason they do not pay heed/respond.

2:019 Or (example of Munafiqeen is of that person) as if that had overtaken him, from the sky, in which there are layers of darkness and thunder and lightning. They press their fingers in their ears to keep out from stunning thunder-clap in terror of death. But Allah is ever encompassing all those who have deliberately/constantly refused to accept.

2:020 May be it is near that lightening blurs/obscures their vision. Whenever there is light they walk therein, and when darkness falls upon them they stand still. And if it was the will of Allah He could have taken away their faculty of hearing and vision. Indeed, Allah has eternally the infinite power over all things.

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

2:021 O you the Mankind, you people be subservient to {Will/Command/Book of} your Sustainer Lord Who is the One Who created you people and those people who existed in times before you, so that you could endeavor to be cautious, heedful and mindful.

الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرْضَ فِرَاشًا وَالسَّمَاءَ بِنَاءً

2:022 He [Your Sustainer Lord] is the One Who has spread out the Earth like a carpet for you people and made sky as a canopy;

وَأَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِ مِنَ الثَّمَرَاتِ رِزْقًا لَكُمْ And from the Sky He sent water and with that He took out a variety of fruits/shrubs, as your means of subsistence; [Also exact these words are in 14:32]

فَلا تَجْعَلُوا لِلَّهِ أَنْدَادًا وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Therefore/for this reason {He being the Sole Creator of Universe} you people do not ascribe for Allah partners/equals, and you people know this [since universe is like one unit before your eyes, and you know unit belongs to One only].

وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِمَّا نَزَّلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِنَا فَأْتُوا بِسُورَةٍ مِنْ مِثْلِهِ وَادْعُوا شُهَدَاءَكُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

2:023 And if some amongst you are caught in a suspicion/perplexity regarding The Book which We have gradually sent upon Our Sincere Servant {that he has authored it} then, to prove your self as truthful in expressing your suspicion/perplexity, bring one "Suratin" {demarcated chapter, from anywhere in the world, including Mecca, Madina} resembling this; and for the needful you may invite/get help from all your friends/helpers/lawyers except Allah.

فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ الَّتِي وَقُودُهَا النَّاسُ وَالْحِجَارَةُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْكَافِرِينَ

2:024 Sequel to this effort, if you could not do it, and certainly you cannot do it {since it is neither authored/compiled by the Messenger nor can be authored by beings, both Human and Jinn} then, consequently, be afraid of fire, the fuel/affected of which would be men and stones, that hell-fire [Prison] has been made for those who persistently refuse to accept.

وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الأَنْهَارُ كُلَّمَا رُزِقُوا مِنْهَا مِنْ ثَمَرَةٍ رِزْقًا قَالُوا هَذَا الَّذِي رُزِقْنَا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَأُتُوا بِهِ مُتَشَابِهًا وَلَهُمْ فِيهَا أَزْوَاجٌ مُطَهَّرَةٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ

2:025 And you [The Messenger] give glad tidings to those who accept/believe and perform deeds/acts righteously/moderately [as directed in the Book], that for them are the gardens/abodes, beneath/side by which streams flow.Every time when they will be fed with fruits there from for eating, they will say: "this fruit is one which was given to us aforetime". And they will be given things in resemblance [of their perceptions]. And for them are therein purified/clean hearted companions/mates; and they shall abide therein permanently.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ يَضْرِبَ مَثَلا مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلا يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلا الْفَاسِقِينَ 2:026 Certainly (what to say of explaining with gigantic similitude, given earlier) Allah does not feel shy/ reluctant in narrating a similitude/example of a female mosquito or even a smaller female than her; consequently, those who have believed they know that it is a fact from their Sustainer Lord; and those who have rejected/refused to accept the Message (call of Messenger) they purposefully say "What Allah intends by giving this example/similitude?" By giving example He lets (exposes) many astraying and with it guides many; since He does not let by it anyone remain neglectful/astraying, except the "Fasiqeen";[2:26]

الَّذِينَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَنْ يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

2:027 who are the ones who break Allah's covenant after it had become binding; and they asunder what Allah has commanded to be joined/maintained; and/i.e., this is how they create disturbance/disquiet/confusion in the society. These are the ones who are the losers. [2:27]

كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

2:028 How can {being men of intellect} you refuse to accept Allah since you were matter and, for reason [with a determined purpose, by design/will], He gave you people life? After lapse of time/period {of your life} He will cause you all to die; thereafter lapse of time (appointed period of existence of universe) He will revive you all to life; thereafter lapse of time you will be presented before Him for accountability (to tell you what you did in worldly life). [2:28]

هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي الأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَسَوَّاهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

2:029 He is the One Who created for you people, all collectively, whatever is on/in the Earth; thereafter lapse of time He turned to the Sky, for reason/cause stretched/proportioned them into seven skies [layer upon layer]; and He is eternally the Knower of everything. [2:29]

وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً قَالُوا أَتَجْعَلُ فِيهَا مَنْ يُفْسِدُ فِيهَا وَيَسْفِكُ الدِّمَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا لا تَعْلَمُونَ

2:030 And when your Sustainer Lord said to the angles, "I am granting {Adam} freedom of rule/act/decision on the earth"; they opined: "Are You granting the freedom of act to the one who would create therein imbalance/mischief/disquiet and shed blood {talk vanity} while we do celebrate Your praises [we, with Your Praise, persistently remain active in executing work] and Glorify You". He said, "I know that what you do not know". [2:30]

وَعَلَّمَ آدَمَ الأَسْمَاءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَهُمْ عَلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنْبِئُونِي بِأَسْمَاءِ هَؤُلاءِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

2:031 And He taught Adam the names of all things; thereafter He placed those things before the angels; and said: "Tell Me the names of these, if you are truthful {about your saying about Adam}" [2:31]

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَكَ لا عِلْمَ لَنَا إِلا مَا عَلَّمْتَنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَكِيمُ

2:032 They said, "Glory is for You; We don't have the knowledge [of these]; we know only what You have taught us. Certainly You are the All Knower and The Wise/Knower of invisible/secreted/infolded." [2:32]

قَالَ يَآءَادَمُ أَنبِئْهُمْ بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ فَلَمَّآ أَنْبَأَهُمْ بِأَسْمَآئِهِمْ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَّكُمْ إِنِيۤ أَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلأَرْضِ وَأَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

2:033 He said, "O Adam! tell them, make them aware with the names of these things". In compliance, when he had told them, Allah said: "Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the skies and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you conceal?" [2:33]

وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُواْ لأَدَمَ فَسَجَدُواْ إِلاَّ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

2:034 And {prior to it} when We said to the angles, "You make obeisance to Adam {when he is created}"; thereupon in compliance thereof they did obeisance, but Ieblees [in response to the command given to him separately] demurred through self pride and so became amongst those who refuse the command.[2:34]

وَقُلْنَا يَآءَادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلاَ مِنْهَا رَغَداً حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلاَ تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلْظَّٰلِمِينَ

2:035 And We said. "O Adam, stay you and your wife as guest in the Garden, and both eat from wherever you wish and like, however you both don't go near this female tree/taste its fruit, otherwise you would become from those who interrupt/use things without right/permission" [2:35]

فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُواْ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ وَلَكُمْ فِي ٱلأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

2:036 Then did Satan cause [by deceptively telling two conjectural and sensational myths about the tree which veiled the command for Adam] both two of them slip from the given advice; and resultantly caused ouster of both two of them from the state (of felicity) in which they had been since We said: "Go down to earth all, (even there) some of you will be enemy for some others and for you people the dwelling-place and your means of livelihood is in the earth up to an appointed time". [2:36]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Physical Aspects of the Noble Qur'an". www.al-islam.org. http://www.al-islam.org/glorious_quran/8.htm. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 
2. ^ The last two verses of Surah al Baqarah
3. ^ "Surah 2 Al Baqarah" (in Arabic). www.luvu4luv.com. http://www.luvu4luv.com/Quran_Recitation_baqarah_r.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 

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• Al-Baqara at Altafsir.com
• Sura 2, The Heifer (Al-Baqarah)
• Ayatul Kursi Learn Ayatul Kursi with Audio at MountHira.com
• Arabic and Transliteration along with translation in several languages
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