Al-Baqarah
thumb|upright=1.2|Folio from the [[Blue Quran with the fragment of the chapter Al-Baqara. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.]]
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Al-Baqarah is the second chapter of the Quran, the holy scripture of Islam, and is notable for being the longest chapter in the text. It is considered particularly important in Islamic tradition and contains teachings on law, ethics, and religious practice that have shaped Islamic jurisprudence and daily Muslim life for centuries.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 2
- Surah.name
- Al Baqarah
- Surah.name en
- The Cow
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 1
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 3
- Surah.classification
- Medinan
- Surah.juz
- 1–3
- Surah.rukus
- 40
- Surah.Hizb_number
- 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
- Surah.verses
- 286
- Surah.words
- 6116
- Surah.letters
- 25900
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14 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Theme and subject matter
- 1-7 God-fearing rewarded, Unbelievers reproved
- 8-20 The hypocrites
- 255 "The Throne Verse"
- 256 No compulsion in religion
- 282 "Verse of Loan and Women's testimony"
- Structure
- Abraham (Ibrahim)
- Musa (Moses)
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|Folio from the [[Blue Quran with the fragment of the chapter Al-Baqara. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.]]
thumb|Left-side of a Double-page Opening of the Quran from Terengganu with beginning of the chapter Al-Baqara. End of the 18th or 19th century. [[Asian Civilisations Museum.]] Al-Baqarah (, ; "The Heifer" or "The Cow"), also spelled as Al-Baqara, is the second and longest chapter (surah) of the Quran. It consists of 286 verses (āyāt) which begin with the "''muqatta'at" letters alif (), lām (), and mīm (). The Verse of Loan (the longest single verse of the Quran), the Throne Verse (the greatest verse), and the last 2 verses, Treasures of the Throne are in this chapter.