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Al-Baqarah

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Al-Baqarah

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Also known as Surah 2, The Heifer, Sura 2

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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Read Full Surah Al-Baqarah - Listen with Translation, Transliteration and Tafsir - Quran.com

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Read and listen to Surah Al-Baqarah with translation, tafsir, audio recitation, word-by-word meaning, and transliteration. This is the Book! There is no doubt about it1—a guide for those mindful ˹of Allah˺,2 and who believe in what has been revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺1 and what was revealed before you, and have sure faith in the Hereafter.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
surah
Part of
Qur’an
Named after
cow
Image
Qur'anic Manuscript - 3 - Hijazi script.jpg
Has parts of class
ayah
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topic's main category
Category:Al-Baqara
language of work or name
Quranic Arabic
Commons category
Al-Baqara
name in kana
めうし
has characteristic
Medinan surah
described by source
Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān
work available at URL
quran.com/2
Stack Exchange tag
islam.stackexchange.com/tags/surat-al-baqarah
first line
الم
copyright status
public domain
last line
لا يكلف الله نفسا إلا وسعها لها ما كسبت وعليها ما اكتسبت ربنا لا تؤاخذنآ إن نسينآ أو أخطأنا ربنا ولا تحمل علينآ إصرا كما حملته على الذين من قبلنا ربنا ولا تحملنا ما لا طاقة لنا به واعفُ عنا واغفر لنا وارحمنآ أنت مولىنا فانصرنا على القوم الكَٰفِرِينَ
title
سورة البقرة
characters
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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