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Alif. Lam. Mim. - 2:1 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:2 

Thalika alkitabu la rayba feehi hudan lilmuttaqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fear of Allah] [Qur'an:guidance]

THIS DIVINE WRIT - let there be no doubt about it is [meant to be] a guidance for all the God-conscious. - 2:2 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:3 

Allatheena yuminoona bialghaybi wayuqeemoona alssalata wamimma razaqnahum yunfiqoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Unseen:belief in]

Who believe in [the existence of] that which is beyond the reach of human perception, and are constant in prayer, and spend on others out of what We provide for them as sustenance; - 2:3 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:4 

Waallatheena yuminoona bima onzila ilayka wama onzila min qablika wabialakhirati hum yooqinoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hereafter:belief in] [Revelation:belief in]

And who believe in that which has been bestowed from on high upon thee, [O Prophet,] as well as in that which was bestowed before thy time: for it is they who in their innermost are certain of the life to come! - 2:4 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:5 

Olaika AAala hudan min rabbihim waolaika humu almuflihoona

It is they who follow the guidance [which comes] from their Sustainer; and it is they, they who shall attain to a happy state! - 2:5 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:6 

Inna allatheena kafaroo sawaon AAalayhim aanthartahum am lam tunthirhum la yuminoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Faith:rejecters of]

BEHOLD, as for those who are bent on denying the truth - it is all one to them whether thou warnest them or dost not warn them: they will not believe. - 2:6 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:7 

Khatama Allahu AAala quloobihim waAAala samAAihim waAAala absarihim ghishawatun walahum AAathabun AAatheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Faith:rejecters of] [Unbelievers:hearts are sealed] [Unbelievers:their hearing and seeing is covered over]

God; has sealed their hearts and their hearing, and over their eyes is a veil; and awesome suffering awaits them. - 2:7 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:8 

Wamina alnnasi man yaqoolu amanna biAllahi wabialyawmi alakhiri wama hum bimumineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

And there are people who say, "We do believe in God and the Last Day," the while they do not [really]. believe. - 2:8 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:9 

YukhadiAAoona Allaha waallatheena amanoo wama yakhdaAAoona illa anfusahum wama yashAAuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

They would deceive God and those who have attained to faith-the while they deceive none but themselves, and perceive it not. - 2:9 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:10 

Fee quloobihim maradun fazadahumu Allahu maradan walahum AAathabun aleemun bima kanoo yakthiboona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Disease in the hearts of hypocrites and unbelievers] [Hearts:disease in] [Hypocrites]

In their hearts is disease, and so God lets their disease increase; and grievous suffering awaits them because of their persistent lying. - 2:10 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:11 

Waitha qeela lahum la tufsidoo fee alardi qaloo innama nahnu muslihoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

And when they are told, "Do not spread corruption on earth," they answer, "We are but improving things!" - 2:11 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:12 

Ala innahum humu almufsidoona walakin la yashAAuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

Oh, verily, it is they, they who are spreading corruption but they perceive it not? - 2:12 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:13 

Waitha qeela lahum aminoo kama amana alnnasu qaloo anuminu kama amana alssufahao ala innahum humu alssufahao walakin la yaAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

And when they are told, "Believe as other people believe," they answer, "Shall we believe as the weak-minded believe?" Oh, verily, it is they, they who are weak-minded -but they know it not! - 2:13 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:14 

Waitha laqoo allatheena amanoo qaloo amanna waitha khalaw ila shayateenihim qaloo inna maAAakum innama nahnu mustahzioona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

And when they meet those who have attained to faith, they assert, "We believe [as you believe]"; but when they find themselves alone with their- evil impulses, they say, "Verily, we are with you; we were only mocking!" - 2:14 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:15 

Allahu yastahzio bihim wayamudduhum fee tughyanihim yaAAmahoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

God will requite them for their mockery, and will leave them for a while in their overweening arrogance, blindly stumbling to and fro: - 2:15 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:16 

Olaika allatheena ishtarawoo alddalalata bialhuda fama rabihat tijaratuhum wama kanoo muhtadeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites]

[for] it is they who have taken error in exchange for guidance; and neither has their bargain brought them gain, nor have they found guidance [elsewhere]. - 2:16 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:17 

Mathaluhum kamathali allathee istawqada naran falamma adaat ma hawlahu thahaba Allahu binoorihim watarakahum fee thulumatin la yubsiroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fire:parable of] [Hypocrites]

Their parable is that of people who kindle a fire: but as soon as it has illumined all around them, God takes away their light and leaves them in utter darkness, wherein they cannot see: - 2:17 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:18 

Summun bukmun AAumyun fahum la yarjiAAoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites] [Unbelievers:deaf _ dumb _ and blind]

Deaf, dumb, blind - and they cannot turn back. - 2:18 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:19 

Aw kasayyibin mina alssamai feehi thulumatun waraAAdun wabarqun yajAAaloona asabiAAahum fee athanihim mina alssawaAAiqi hathara almawti waAllahu muheetun bialkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:encompasses unbelievers] [Hypocrites] [Lightning:parable of] [Thunder:parable of]

Or [the parable] of a violent cloudburst in the sky, with utter darkness, thunder and lightning: they put their fingers into their ears to keep out the peals of thunder, in terror of death; but God encompasses [with His might] all who deny the truth. - 2:19 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:20 

Yakadu albarqu yakhtafu absarahum kullama adaa lahum mashaw feehi waitha athlama AAalayhim qamoo walaw shaa Allahu lathahaba bisamAAihim waabsarihim inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hypocrites] [Lightning:parable of]

The lightning well-nigh takes away their sight; whenever it gives them light, they advance therein, and whenever darkness falls around them, they stand still. And if God so willed, He could indeed take away their hearing and their sight: for, verily, God has the power to will anything. - 2:20 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:21 

Ya ayyuha alnnasu oAAbudoo rabbakumu allathee khalaqakum waallatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:serve Him]

O MANKIND! Worship your Sustainer, who has created you and those who lived before you, so that you might remain conscious of Him - 2:21 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:22 

Allathee jaAAala lakumu alarda firashan waalssamaa binaan waanzala mina alssamai maan faakhraja bihi mina alththamarati rizqan lakum fala tajAAaloo lillahi andadan waantum taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Heavens:as a canopy] [Rain sent down by Allah]

who has made the earth a resting-place for you and the sky a canopy, and has sent down water from the sky and thereby brought forth fruits for your sustenance: do not, then, claim that there is any power that could rival God, when you know [that He is One]. - 2:22 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:23 

Wain kuntum fee raybin mimma nazzalna AAala AAabdina fatoo bisooratin min mithlihi waodAAoo shuhadaakum min dooni Allahi in kuntum sadiqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Suurah challenge to produce a]

And if you doubt any part of what We have, bestowed from on high, step by step, upon Our servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah of similar merit, and call upon any other than God to bear witness for you -if what you say is true! - 2:23 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:24 

Fain lam tafAAaloo walan tafAAaloo faittaqoo alnnara allatee waqooduha alnnasu waalhijaratu oAAiddat lilkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hell:fuel is men and stones]

And if you cannot do it-and most certainly you cannot do it-then be conscious of the fire whose fuel is human beings and stones which awaits all who deny the truth! - 2:24 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:25 

Wabashshiri allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati anna lahum jannatin tajree min tahtiha alanharu kullama ruziqoo minha min thamaratin rizqan qaloo hatha allathee ruziqna min qablu waotoo bihi mutashabihan walahum feeha azwajun mutahharatun wahum feeha khalidoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Believers:rewarded with Gardens] [Food:in Paradise]

But unto those who have attained to faith and do good works give the glad tiding that theirs shall be gardens through which running waters flow. Whenever they are granted fruits there from as their appointed sustenance, they will say, "It is this that in days of yore was granted to us as our sustenance!"-for they shall be given something that will recall that [past]. And there shall they have spouses pure, and there shall they abide. - 2:25 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:26 

Inna Allaha la yastahyee an yadriba mathalan ma baAAoodatan fama fawqaha faamma allatheena amanoo fayaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu min rabbihim waamma allatheena kafaroo fayaqooloona matha arada Allahu bihatha mathalan yudillu bihi katheeran wayahdee bihi katheeran wama yudillu bihi illa alfasiqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Pagans and polytheists:Parables _ used by Allah]

Behold, God does not disdain to propound a parable of a gnat, or of something [even] less than that. Now, as for those who have attained to faith, they know that it is the truth from their Sustainer - whereas those who are bent on denying the truth say, "What could God mean by this parable?" In this way does He cause many a one to go astray, just as He guides many a one aright: but none does He cause thereby to go astray save the iniquitous, - 2:26 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:27 

Allatheena yanqudoona AAahda Allahi min baAAdi meethaqihi wayaqtaAAoona ma amara Allahu bihi an yoosala wayufsidoona fee alardi olaika humu alkhasiroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Hears all things] [Allah's Covenant]

who break their bond with God after it has been established [in their nature], and cut asunder what God has bidden to be joined, and spread corruption on earth: these it is that shall be the losers. - 2:27 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:28 

Kayfa takfuroona biAllahi wakuntum amwatan faahyakum thumma yumeetukum thumma yuhyeekum thumma ilayhi turjaAAoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:gives life to the dead] [Allah:to Himyou shall be brought (gathered) back]

How can you refuse to acknowledge God, seeing that you were lifeless and He gave you life, and that He will cause you to die and then will bring you again to life, whereupon unto Him you will be brought back? - 2:28 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:29 

Huwa allathee khalaqa lakum ma fee alardi jameeAAan thumma istawa ila alssamai fasawwahunna sabAAa samawatin wahuwa bikulli shayin AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Heavens:seven in number] [Seven Tracts of Firmaments]

He it is who has created for you all that is on earth, and has applied His design to the heavens and fashioned them into seven heavens; and He alone has full knowledge of everything. - 2:29 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:30 

Waith qala rabbuka lilmalaikati innee jaAAilun fee alardi khaleefatan qaloo atajAAalu feeha man yufsidu feeha wayasfiku alddimaa wanahnu nusabbihu bihamdika wanuqaddisu laka qala innee aAAlamu ma la taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Adam:creation of] [Allah's knowledge] [Angels:and Adam] [Angels:serve and worship Allah] [Man:creation of] [Vicegerent creation of]

AND LO! Thy Sustainer said unto the angels: "Behold, I am about to establish upon earth one who shall inherit it." They said: "Wilt Thou place on it such as will spread corruption thereon and shed blood -whereas it is we who extol Thy limitless glory, and praise Thee, and hallow Thy name?" [God] answered: "Verily, I know that which you do not know." - 2:30 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:31 

WaAAallama adama alasmaa kullaha thumma AAaradahum AAala almalaikati faqala anbioonee biasmai haolai in kuntum sadiqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Adam:taught the names of things] [Allah:taught man]

And He imparted unto Adam the names of all things; then He brought them within the ken of the angels and said: "Declare unto Me the names of these [things], if what you say is true." - 2:31 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:32 

Qaloo subhanaka la AAilma lana illa ma AAallamtana innaka anta alAAaleemu alhakeemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:Glory be to Him] [Allah's attributes:Wise]

They replied: "Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! No knowledge have we save that which Thou hast imparted unto us. Verily, Thou alone art all-knowing, truly wise." - 2:32 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:33 

Qala ya adamu anbihum biasmaihim falamma anbaahum biasmaihim qala alam aqul lakum innee aAAlamu ghayba alssamawati waalardi waaAAlamu ma tubdoona wama kuntum taktumoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:knows what is hidden (the Unseen)] [Allah's attributes:Knower of the hidden and open] [Allah's knowledge]

Said He: "O Adam, convey unto them the names of these [things]." And as soon as [Adam] had conveyed unto them their names, [God] said: "Did I not say unto you, `Verily, I alone know the hidden reality of the heavens and the earth, and know all that you bring into the open and all. that you would conceal'?" - 2:33 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:34 

Waith qulna lilmalaikati osjudoo liadama fasajadoo illa ibleesa aba waistakbara wakana mina alkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Adam:angels prostrated to him] [Angels:and Adam] [lblis ( Satan ):refused to prostrate]

And when We told the angels, "Prostrate yourselves before Adam!" -they all prostrated themselves, save Iblis, who refused and gloried in his arrogance: and thus he became one of those who deny the truth. - 2:34 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:35 

Waqulna ya adamu oskun anta wazawjuka aljannata wakula minha raghadan haythu shituma wala taqraba hathihi alshshajarata fatakoona mina alththalimeena

And We said: "O Adam, dwell thou and thy wife in this garden, and eat freely thereof, both of you, whatever you may wish; but do not approach this one tree, lest you become wrongdoers." - 2:35 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:36 

Faazallahuma alshshaytanu AAanha faakhrajahuma mimma kana feehi waqulna ihbitoo baAAdukum libaAAdin AAaduwwun walakum fee alardi mustaqarrun wamataAAun ila heenin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Adam:Fall of]

But Satan caused them both to stumble therein, and thus brought about the loss of their erstwhile state. And so We said: "Down with you, [and be henceforth] enemies unto one another; and on earth you shall have your abode and your livelihood for a while !" - 2:36 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:37 

Fatalaqqa adamu min rabbihi kalimatin fataba AAalayhi innahu huwa alttawwabu alrraheemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Adam:repentance of] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Returning] [Repentance:of Adam and Eve]

Thereupon Adam received words [of guidance] from his Sustainer, and He accepted his repentance: for, verily, He alone is the-Acceptor of Repentance, the Dispenser of Grace. - 2:37 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:38 

Qulna ihbitoo minha jameeAAan faimma yatiyannakum minnee hudan faman tabiAAa hudaya fala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Believers:on them is no fear nor shall they grieve] [Fear ( none for the Righteous )]

[For although] We did say, "Down with you all from this [state]," there shall, none the less, most certainly come unto you guidance from Me: and those who follow My guidance need have no fear, and neither shall they grieve; - 2:38 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:39 

Waallatheena kafaroo wakaththaboo biayatina olaika ashabu alnnari hum feeha khalidoona

but those who are bent on denying the truth and giving the lie to Our messages - they are destined for the fire, and therein shall they abide. - 2:39 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:40 

Ya banee israeela othkuroo niAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waawfoo biAAahdee oofi biAAahdikum waiyyaya fairhabooni

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's Covenant:with Children of Israel] [Children of Israel:told to remember Allahs favours] [Covenant:of the Children of Israel] [Remembrance of Allah's favours:commanded of the Children of Israel]

O CHILDREN of Israel! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and fulfil your promise unto Me, [whereupon] I shall fulfil My promise unto you; and of Me, of Me stand in awe! - 2:40 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:41 

Waaminoo bima anzaltu musaddiqan lima maAAakum wala takoonoo awwala kafirin bihi wala tashtaroo biayatee thamanan qaleelan waiyyaya faittaqooni

Believe in that which I have [now] bestowed from on high, confirming the truth already in your possession, and be not foremost among those who deny its truth; and do not barter away My messages for a trifling gain; and of Me, of Me be conscious - 2:41 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:42 

Wala talbisoo alhaqqa bialbatili wataktumoo alhaqqa waantum taAAlamoona

And do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth; - 2:42 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:43 

Waaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata wairkaAAoo maAAa alrrakiAAeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Charity [zakah]] [Zakah]

and be constant in prayer, and spend in charity, and bow down in prayer with all who thus bow down. - 2:43 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:44 

Atamuroona alnnasa bialbirri watansawna anfusakum waantum tatloona alkitaba afala taAAqiloona

Do you bid other people to be pious, the while you forget your own selves -and yet you recite the divine writ? Will you not, then, use your reason? ; - 2:44 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:45 

WaistaAAeenoo bialssabri waalssalati wainnaha lakabeeratun illa AAala alkhashiAAeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:seek His help] [Patience]

And seek aid in steadfast patience and prayer: and this, indeed, is a hard thing for all but the humble in spirit, - 2:45 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:46 

Allatheena yathunnoona annahum mulaqoo rabbihim waannahum ilayhi rajiAAoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:meeting with Him] [Allah:the return to Him] [Allah:to Himyou shall be brought (gathered) back]

who know with certainty that they shall meet their Sustainer and that unto Him they shall return. - 2:46 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:47 

Ya banee israeela othkuroo niAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waannee faddaltukum AAala alAAalameena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:told to remember Allahs favours] [Remembrance of Allah's favours:commanded of the Children of Israel]

O children of Israel ! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and how I favoured you above all other people; - 2:47 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:48 

Waittaqoo yawman la tajzee nafsun AAan nafsin shayan wala yuqbalu minha shafaAAatun wala yukhathu minha AAadlun wala hum yunsaroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:deliverance from Pharaoh]

and remain conscious of [the coming of] a Day when no human being shall in the least avail another, nor shall intercession be accepted from any of them, nor ransom taken from them, and none shall be succoured. - 2:48 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:49 

Waith najjaynakum min ali firAAawna yasoomoonakum sooa alAAathabi yuthabbihoona abnaakum wayastahyoona nisaakum wafee thalikum balaon min rabbikum AAatheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:deliverance from Pharaoh] [Trials and tests]

And [remember the time] when We saved you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with cruel suffering, slaughtering your sons and sparing [only] your women - which was an awesome trial from your Sustainer; - 2:49 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:50 

Waith faraqna bikumu albahra faanjaynakum waaghraqna ala firAAawna waantum tanthuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Pharaoh:drowned]

and when We cleft the sea before you, and thus saved you and caused Pharaoh's people to drown before your very eyes; - 2:50 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:51 

Waith waAAadna moosa arbaAAeena laylatan thumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla min baAAdihi waantum thalimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:and the calf] [Moses:on the Mount]

and when We appointed for Moses forty nights [on Mount Sinai], and in his absence you took to worshipping the [golden] calf, and thus became evildoers: - 2:51 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:52 

Thumma AAafawna AAankum min baAAdi thalika laAAallakum tashkuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:and the calf]

yet, even after that, We blotted out this your sin, so that you might have cause to be grateful. - 2:52 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:53 

Waith atayna moosa alkitaba waalfurqana laAAallakum tahtadoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:and the calf] [Moses:given the revelation]

And [remember the time] when We vouchsafed unto Moses the divine writ-and [thus] a standard by which to discern the true from the false -so that you might be guided aright; - 2:53 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:54 

Waith qala moosa liqawmihi ya qawmi innakum thalamtum anfusakum biittikhathikumu alAAijla fatooboo ila bariikum faoqtuloo anfusakum thalikum khayrun lakum AAinda bariikum fataba AAalaykum innahu huwa alttawwabu alrraheemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Oft_Returning] [Children of Israel:and the calf] [Repentance]

and when Moses said unto his people: "O my people! Verily, you have sinned against yourselves by worshipping the calf; turn, then. in repentance to your Maker and mortify yourselves; this will be the best for you in your Maker's sight". And thereupon He accepted your repentance: for, behold, He alone is the Acceptor of Repentance, the Dispenser of Grace. - 2:54 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:55 

Waith qultum ya moosa lan numina laka hatta nara Allaha jahratan faakhathatkumu alssaAAiqatu waantum tanthuroona

And [remember] when you said, "O Moses. indeed we shall not believe thee unto we see God face to face!" - whereupon the thunderbolt of punishment overtook you before your very eyes. - 2:55 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:56 

Thumma baAAathnakum min baAAdi mawtikum laAAallakum tashkuroona

But We raised you again after you had been as dead, so that you might have cause to be grateful. - 2:56 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:57 

Wathallalna AAalaykumu alghamama waanzalna AAalaykumu almanna waalssalwa kuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum wama thalamoona walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:gives sustenance] [Clouds] [Manna and quails]

And We caused the clouds to comfort you with their shade, and sent down unto you manna and quails. [saying,] "Partake of the good things which We have provided for you as sustenance." And [by all their sinning] they did no harm unto Us-but [only] against their own selves did they sin. - 2:57 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:58 

Waith qulna odkhuloo hathihi alqaryata fakuloo minha haythu shitum raghadan waodkhuloo albaba sujjadan waqooloo hittatun naghfir lakum khatayakum wasanazeedu almuhsineena

And [remember the time] when We said: "Enter this land, and eat of its food as you may desire. abundantly; but enter the gate humbly and say, `Remove Thou from us the burden of our sins', [whereupon] We shall forgive you your sins, and shall amply reward the doers of good." - 2:58 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:59 

Fabaddala allatheena thalamoo qawlan ghayra allathee qeela lahum faanzalna AAala allatheena thalamoo rijzan mina alssamai bima kanoo yafsuqoona

But those who were bent on evildoing substituted another saying for that which had been given them: and so We sent down upon those evildoers a plague from heaven in requital for all their iniquity. - 2:59 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:60 

Waithi istasqa moosa liqawmihi faqulna idrib biAAasaka alhajara fainfajarat minhu ithnata AAashrata AAaynan qad AAalima kullu onasin mashrabahum kuloo waishraboo min rizqi Allahi wala taAAthaw fee alardi mufsideena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Moses:and water from the rock]

And [remember] when Moses prayed for water for his people and We replied, "Strike the rock with thy staff!"-whereupon twelve springs gushed forth from it, so that all the people knew whence to drink. [And Moses said:] "Eat and drink the sustenance provided by God, and do not act wickedly on earth by spreading corruption." - 2:60 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:61 

Waith qultum ya moosa lan nasbira AAala taAAamin wahidin faodAAu lana rabbaka yukhrij lana mimma tunbitu alardu min baqliha waqiththaiha wafoomiha waAAadasiha wabasaliha qala atastabdiloona allathee huwa adna biallathee huwa khayrun ihbitoo misran fainna lakum ma saaltum waduribat AAalayhimu alththillatu waalmaskanatu wabaoo bighadabin mina Allahi thalika biannahum kanoo yakfuroona biayati Allahi wayaqtuloona alnnabiyyeena bighayri alhaqqi thalika bima AAasaw wakanoo yaAAtadoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Food]

And [remember] when you said: "O Moses, indeed we cannot endure but one kind of food; pray, then, to thy Sustainer that He bring forth for us aught of what grows from the earth - of its herbs, its cucumbers, its garlic, its lentils, its onions." Said [Moses]: "Would you take a lesser thing in exchange for what is [so much] better? Go back in shame to Egypt , and then you can have what you are asking for!" And so, ignominy and humiliation overshadowed them, and they earned the burden of God's condemnation: all this, because they persisted in denying the truth of God's messages and in slaying the prophets against all right: all this, because they rebelled [against God], and persisted in transgressing the bounds of what is right. - 2:61 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:62 

Inna allatheena amanoo waallatheena hadoo waalnnasara waalssabieena man amana biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri waAAamila salihan falahum ajruhum AAinda rabbihim wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Believers:on them is no fear nor shall they grieve] [Believers:rewarded] [Christians:believers rewarded] [Fear ( none for the Righteous ):or for Believers] [Jews:among them some believe] [People of the Book:among them are those who believe] [Sabians]

VERILY, those who have attained to faith [in this divine writ], as well as those who follow the Jewish faith, and the Christians, and the Sabians -all who believe in God and the Last Day and do righteous deeds-shall have their reward with their Sustainer; and no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve. - 2:62 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:63 

Waith akhathna meethaqakum warafaAAna fawqakumu alttoora khuthoo ma ataynakum biquwwatin waothkuroo ma feehi laAAallakum tattaqoona

AND LO! We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you, [and saying;] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and bear in mind all that is therein, so that you might remain conscious of God!" - 2:63 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:64 

Thumma tawallaytum min baAAdi thalika falawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhu lakuntum mina alkhasireena

And you turned away after that-! And had it not been for God's favour upon you and His grace, you would surely have found yourselves among the lost; - 2:64 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:65 

Walaqad AAalimtumu allatheena iAAtadaw minkum fee alssabti faqulna lahum koonoo qiradatan khasieena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Apes:transgressors become as] [Jews:became apes and swine] [Sabbath transgressed]

for you are well aware of those from among you who profaned the Sabbath, whereupon We said unto them, "Be as apes despicable!" - 2:65 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:66 

FajaAAalnaha nakalan lima bayna yadayha wama khalfaha wamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeena

and set them up as a warning example for their time and for all times to come, as well as an admonition to all who are conscious of God. - 2:66 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:67 

Waith qala moosa liqawmihi inna Allaha yamurukum an tathbahoo baqaratan qaloo atattakhithuna huzuwan qala aAAoothu biAllahi an akoona mina aljahileena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Heifer ( sacrifice of ) ] [Sacrifice]

AND LO! Moses said unto his people: "Behold, God bids you to sacrifice a cow." They said: "Dost thou mock at us?" He answered: "I seek refuge with God against being so ignorant!" - 2:67 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:68 

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbaka yubayyin lana ma hiya qala innahu yaqoolu innaha baqaratun la faridun wala bikrun AAawanun bayna thalika faifAAaloo ma tumaroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Heifer ( sacrifice of ) ] [Sacrifice]

Said they: "Pray on our behalf unto thy Sustainer that He make clear to us what she is to be like." [Moses] replied: "Behold, He says it is to be a cow neither old nor immature, but of art age in-between. Do, then, what you have been bidden!" - 2:68 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:69 

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbaka yubayyin lana ma lawnuha qala innahu yaqoolu innaha baqaratun safrao faqiAAun lawnuha tasurru alnnathireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Colours:of animals] [Heifer ( sacrifice of ) ] [Sacrifice]

Said they: "Pray on our behalf unto thy Sustainer that He make clear to us what her colour should be. "[Mopes] answered: "Behold; He says it is to be a yellow cow, bright of hue, pleasing to the beholder." - 2:69 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:70 

Qaloo odAAu lana rabbaka yubayyin lana ma hiya inna albaqara tashabaha AAalayna wainna in shaa Allahu lamuhtadoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Heifer ( sacrifice of ) ] [Sacrifice]

Said' they: "Pray on our behalf unto thy Sustainer that He make clear to us what she is to be like, for to us all cows resemble one another; and then, if God so wills, we shall truly be guided aright!" - 2:70 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:71 

Qala innahu yaqoolu innaha baqaratun la thaloolun tutheeru alarda wala tasqee alhartha musallamatun la shiyata feeha qaloo alana jita bialhaqqi fathabahooha wama kadoo yafAAaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Heifer ( sacrifice of ) ] [Sacrifice]

[Moses] answered: "Behold, He says it is to be a cow not broken-in to plough the earth or to water the crops, free of fault, without markings of any other colour."Said they: "At last thou hast brought out the truth!"-and thereupon they sacrificed her, although they had almost left it undone. - 2:71 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:72 

Waith qataltum nafsan faiddaratum feeha waAllahu mukhrijun ma kuntum taktumoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Homicide]

For, O children of Israel, because you had slain a human being and then cast the blame for this [crime] upon one another -although God will bring to light what you would conceals - 2:72 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:73 

Faqulna idriboohu bibaAAdiha kathalika yuhyee Allahu almawta wayureekum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's signs]

We said: "Apply this [principle] to some of those [cases of unresolved murder]: in this way God saves lives from death and shows you His will, so that you might [learn to] use your reason." - 2:73 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:74 

Thumma qasat quloobukum min baAAdi thalika fahiya kaalhijarati aw ashaddu qaswatan wainna mina alhijarati lama yatafajjaru minhu alanharu wainna minha lama yashshaqqaqu fayakhruju minhu almao wainna minha lama yahbitu min khashyati Allahi wama Allahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:is not unmindful of what you do] [Fear ( as motive for reclamation )] [Hearts:hardened like rocks] [Rocks parable of]

And yet, after all this, your hearts hardened and became like rocks, or even harder: for, behold, there are rocks from which streams gush forth; and, behold, there are some from which, when they are cleft, water issues; and, behold, there are some that fall down for awe of God And God is not unmindful of what you do! - 2:74 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:75 

AfatatmaAAoona an yuminoo lakum waqad kana fareequn minhum yasmaAAoona kalama Allahi thumma yuharrifoonahu min baAAdi ma AAaqaloohu wahum yaAAlamoona

CAN YOU, then, hope that they will believe in what you are preaching - seeing that a good many of them were wont to listen to the word of God and then, after having understood it, to pervert it knowingly? - 2:75 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:76 

Waitha laqoo allatheena amanoo qaloo amanna waitha khala baAAduhum ila baAAdin qaloo atuhaddithoonahum bima fataha Allahu AAalaykum liyuhajjookum bihi AAinda rabbikum afala taAAqiloona

For, when they meet those who have attained to faith. they say, "We believe [as you believe]" - but when they find themselves alone with one another, they say. "Do you inform them of what God has disclosed to you, so that they might use it in argument against you, quoting the words of your Sustainer? Will you not. then, use your reason?" - 2:76 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:77 

Awala yaAAlamoona anna Allaha yaAAlamu ma yusirroona wama yuAAlinoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:knows all you reveal and conceal]

Do they not know, then, that God is aware of all that they would conceal as well as of all that they bring into the open? - 2:77 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:78 

Waminhum ommiyyoona la yaAAlamoona alkitaba illa amaniyya wain hum illa yathunnoona

And there are among them unlettered people who have no real knowledge of the divine writ, [following] only wishful beliefs and depending on nothing but conjecture. - 2:78 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:79 

Fawaylun lillatheena yaktuboona alkitaba biaydeehim thumma yaqooloona hatha min AAindi Allahi liyashtaroo bihi thamanan qaleelan fawaylun lahum mimma katabat aydeehim wawaylun lahum mimma yaksiboona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Jews:write the Book with their own hands]

Woe, then, unto those who write down, with their own hands, [something which they claim to be] divine writ, and then say. "This is from God," in order to acquire a trifling gain thereby; woe, then, unto them for what their hands have written, and woe unto them for all that they may have gained! - 2:79 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:80 

Waqaloo lan tamassana alnnaru illa ayyaman maAAdoodatan qul attakhathtum AAinda Allahi AAahdan falan yukhlifa Allahu AAahdahu am taqooloona AAala Allahi ma la taAAlamoona

And they say, "The fire will most certainly not touch us for more than a limited number of days." Say [unto them]: "Have you received a promise from God - for God never breaks His promise - or do you attribute to God something which you cannot know?" - 2:80 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:81 

Bala man kasaba sayyiatan waahatat bihi khateeatuhu faolaika ashabu alnnari hum feeha khalidoona

Yea! Those who earn evil and by their sinfulness are engulfed - they are destined for the fire. therein to abide; - 2:81 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:82 

Waallatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati olaika ashabu aljannati hum feeha khalidoona

whereas those who attain to faith and do righteous deeds -they are destined for paradise, therein to abide. - 2:82 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:83 

Waith akhathna meethaqa banee israeela la taAAbudoona illa Allaha wabialwalidayni ihsanan wathee alqurba waalyatama waalmasakeeni waqooloo lilnnasi husnan waaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata thumma tawallaytum illa qaleelan minkum waantum muAAridoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:seek sustenance from Him] [Allah:serve Him] [Allah's Covenant:with Children of Israel] [Charity [zakah]] [Covenant:of the Children of Israel] [Parents:being good to]

AND LO! We accepted this solemn pledge from [you,] ' the children of Israel: "You shall worship none but God; and you shall do good unto your parents and kinsfolk, and the orphans, and the poor; and you shall speak unto all people in a kindly way; and you shall be constant in prayer; and you shall spend in charity. ”And yet, save for a few of you, you turned away: for you are obstinate folk! - 2:83 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:84 

Waith akhathna meethaqakum la tasfikoona dimaakum wala tukhrijoona anfusakum min diyarikum thumma aqrartum waantum tashhadoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's Covenant:with Children of Israel] [Covenant:of the Children of Israel]

And lo! We accepted your solemn pledge that you would not shed one another's blood, and would not drive one another from your homelands - whereupon you acknowledged it; and thereto you bear witness [even now]. - 2:84 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:85 

Thumma antum haolai taqtuloona anfusakum watukhrijoona fareeqan minkum min diyarihim tathaharoona AAalayhim bialithmi waalAAudwani wain yatookum osara tufadoohum wahuwa muharramun AAalaykum ikhrajuhum afatuminoona bibaAAdi alkitabi watakfuroona bibaAAdin fama jazao man yafAAalu thalika minkum illa khizyun fee alhayati alddunya wayawma alqiyamati yuraddoona ila ashaddi alAAathabi wama Allahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:is not unmindful of what you do] [Captives]

And yet, it is you who slay one another and drive some of your own people from their homelands, aiding one another against them in sin and hatred; but if they come to you as captives, you ransom them - although the very [act of] driving them away has been made unlawful to you! . Do you, then, believe in some parts of the divine writ and deny the truth pf other parts? What, then, could be the reward of those among you who do such things but ignominy in the life of this world and, on the Day of Resurrection, commitment to most grievous suffering? For God is not unmindful of what you do. - 2:85 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:86 

Olaika allatheena ishtarawoo alhayata alddunya bialakhirati fala yukhaffafu AAanhumu alAAathabu wala hum yunsaroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hereafter:better than worldly life] [Worldly life]

All who buy the life of this world at the price of the life to come - their suffering shall not be lightened, nor shall they be succoured! - 2:86 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:87 

Walaqad atayna moosa alkitaba waqaffayna min baAAdihi bialrrusuli waatayna AAeesa ibna maryama albayyinati waayyadnahu biroohi alqudusi afakullama jaakum rasoolun bima la tahwa anfusukumu istakbartum fafareeqan kaththabtum wafareeqan taqtuloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Jesus:and the Holy Spirit] [Jesus:given the revelation] [Jews:cursed] [Jews:slew prophets] [Messengers] [Moses:given the revelation] [Prophets:slain]

For, indeed, We vouchsafed unto Moses the divine writ and caused apostle after apostle to follow him; and We vouchsafed unto Jesus, the son of Mary, all evidence of the truth, and strengthened him with holy inspiration. [Yet] is it not so that every time an apostle came unto you with something that was not to your liking, you gloried in your arrogance, and to some of them you gave the lie, while others you would slay? - 2:87 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:88 

Waqaloo quloobuna ghulfun bal laAAanahumu Allahu bikufrihim faqaleelan ma yuminoona

But they say, "Our hearts are already full of knowledge." Nay, but God has rejected them because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth: for, few are the things in which they believe. - 2:88 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:89 

Walamma jaahum kitabun min AAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahum wakanoo min qablu yastaftihoona AAala allatheena kafaroo falamma jaahum ma AAarafoo kafaroo bihi falaAAnatu Allahi AAala alkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's curse] [Unbelievers:cursed]

And whenever there came unto them a [new] revelation from God, confirming the truth already in their possession-and [bear in mind that] aforetime they used to pray for victory over those who were bent on denying the truth -: whenever there came unto them something which they recognized [as the truth], they would deny it. And God's rejection is the due of all who deny the truth. - 2:89 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:90 

Bisama ishtaraw bihi anfusahum an yakfuroo bima anzala Allahu baghyan an yunazzila Allahu min fadlihi AAala man yashao min AAibadihi fabaoo bighadabin AAala ghadabin walilkafireena AAathabun muheenun

Vile is that [false pride] for which they have sold their own selves by denying the truth of what God has bestowed from on high, out of envy that God should bestow aught of His favour upon whomsoever He wills of His servants: and thus have they earned the burden of God's condemnation, over and over. And for those who deny the truth there is shameful suffering in store. - 2:90 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:91 

Waitha qeela lahum aminoo bima anzala Allahu qaloo numinu bima onzila AAalayna wayakfuroona bima waraahu wahuwa alhaqqu musaddiqan lima maAAahum qul falima taqtuloona anbiyaa Allahi min qablu in kuntum mumineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Jews:slew prophets] [Prophets:slain]

For when they are told, "Believe in what God has bestowed from on high," they reply, "We believe [only] in what has been bestowed on us"-and they deny the truth of everything else, although it be a truth confirming the one already in their possession. Say "Why, then, did you slay God's prophets aforetime, if you were (truly] believers?" - 2:91 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:92 

Walaqad jaakum moosa bialbayyinati thumma ittakhathtumu alAAijla min baAAdihi waantum thalimoona

And indeed, there came unto you Moses with all evidence of the truth - and thereupon. in his absence, you took to worshipping the (golden] calf, and acted wickedly. - 2:92 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:93 

Waith akhathna meethaqakum warafaAAna fawqakumu alttoora khuthoo ma ataynakum biquwwatin waismaAAoo qaloo samiAAna waAAasayna waoshriboo fee quloobihimu alAAijla bikufrihim qul bisama yamurukum bihi eemanukum in kuntum mumineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's Covenant:with Children of Israel] [Children of Israel:and the calf] [Covenant:of the Children of Israel]

And, lo, We accepted your solemn pledge, raising Mount Sinai high above you, [saying,] "Hold fast with [all your] strength unto what We have vouchsafed you, and hearken unto it!" [But] they say, "We have heard, but we disobey" - for their hearts are filled to overflowing with love of the [golden] calf because of their refusal to acknowledge the truth. Say: "Vile is what this [false] belief of yours enjoins upon you-if indeed you are believers!" - 2:93 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:94 

Qul in kanat lakumu alddaru alakhiratu AAinda Allahi khalisatan min dooni alnnasi fatamannawoo almawta in kuntum sadiqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hereafter]

Say: "If an afterlife with God is to be for you alone, to the exclusion of all other people, then. you should long for death-if what you say is true!" - 2:94 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:95 

Walan yatamannawhu abadan bima qaddamat aydeehim waAllahu AAaleemun bialththalimeena

But never will they long for it, because [they are aware] of what their hands have sent ahead in this world: and God has full knowledge of evildoers. - 2:95 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:96 

Walatajidannahum ahrasa alnnasi AAala hayatin wamina allatheena ashrakoo yawaddu ahaduhum law yuAAammaru alfa sanatin wama huwa bimuzahzihihi mina alAAathabi an yuAAammara waAllahu baseerun bima yaAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Jews:greedy of life]

And thou wilt most certainly find that they cling to life more eagerly than any other people, even more than those who are bent on ascribing divinity to other beings beside God: every one of them would love to live a thousand years, although the grant of long life could not save him from suffering [in the hereafter]: for God sees all that they do. - 2:96 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:97 

Qul man kana AAaduwwan lijibreela fainnahu nazzalahu AAala qalbika biithni Allahi musaddiqan lima bayna yadayhi wahudan wabushra lilmumineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Gabriel]

SAY [O Prophet]: "Whosoever is an enemy of Gabriel" -who,, verily, by God's leave, has brought down upon thy heart this [divine writ] which confirms the truth of whatever there still remains [of earlier revelations], and is a guidance and a glad tiding for the believers-: - 2:97 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:98 

Man kana AAaduwwan lillahi wamalaikatihi warusulihi wajibreela wameekala fainna Allaha AAaduwwun lilkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Gabriel] [Michael]

"whosover is an enemy of God and His angels and His message-bearers, including Gabriel and Michael, [should know that,] verily, God is the enemy of all who deny the truth." - 2:98 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:99 

Walaqad anzalna ilayka ayatin bayyinatin wama yakfuru biha illa alfasiqoona

For, clear messages indeed have We bestowed upon thee from on high; and none denies their truth save the iniquitous. - 2:99 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:100 

Awakullama AAahadoo AAahdan nabathahu fareequn minhum bal aktharuhum la yuminoona

Is it not so that every time they made a promise [unto God], some of them cast it aside? Nay, indeed: most of them do not believe. - 2:100 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:101 

Walamma jaahum rasoolun min AAindi Allahi musaddiqun lima maAAahum nabatha fareequn mina allatheena ootoo alkitaba kitaba Allahi waraa thuhoorihim kaannahum la yaAAlamoona

And [even now,] when there has come unto them an apostle from God, confirming the truth already in their possession, some of those who were granted revelation aforetime cast the divine writ behind their backs as though unaware [of what it says], - 2:101 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:102 

WaittabaAAoo ma tatloo alshshayateenu AAala mulki sulaymana wama kafara sulaymanu walakinna alshshayateena kafaroo yuAAallimoona alnnasa alssihra wama onzila AAala almalakayni bibabila haroota wamaroota wama yuAAallimani min ahadin hatta yaqoola innama nahnu fitnatun fala takfur fayataAAallamoona minhuma ma yufarriqoona bihi bayna almari wazawjihi wama hum bidarreena bihi min ahadin illa biithni Allahi wayataAAallamoona ma yadurruhum wala yanfaAAuhum walaqad AAalimoo lamani ishtarahu ma lahu fee alakhirati min khalaqin walabisa ma sharaw bihi anfusahum law kanoo yaAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Babylon] [Haroot and Maroot] [Hereafter:better than worldly life] [Magic] [Mariit] [Solomon]

and follow [instead] that which the evil ones used to practice during Solomon's reign - for it was not Solomon who denied the truth, but those evil ones denied it by teaching people sorcery -; and [they follow] that which has come down through the two angels in Babylon, Hurut and Marut-although these two never taught it to anyone without first declaring, "We are but a temptation to evil: do not, then, deny [God's] truth!" And they learn from these two how to create discord between a man and his wife; but whereas they can harm none thereby save by God's leave, they acquire a knowledge that only harms themselves and does not benefit them - although they know; indeed, that he who acquires this [knowledge] shall have no share in the good of the life to come. For, vile indeed is that [art] for which they have sold their own selves -had they but known it! - 2:102 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:103 

Walaw annahum amanoo waittaqaw lamathoobatun min AAindi Allahi khayrun law kanoo yaAAlamoona

And had they but believed and been conscious of Him, reward from God would indeed have brought them good-had they but known it! - 2:103 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:104 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo la taqooloo raAAina waqooloo onthurna waismaAAoo walilkafireena AAathabun aleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Manners:in the Prophet's presence] [Muhammad:speak to him with respect]

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not say [to the Prophet], "Listen to us," but rather say, "Have patience with us," and hearken [unto him], since grievous suffering awaits those who deny the truth. - 2:104 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:105 

Ma yawaddu allatheena kafaroo min ahli alkitabi wala almushrikeena an yunazzala AAalaykum min khayrin min rabbikum waAllahu yakhtassu birahmatihi man yashao waAllahu thoo alfadli alAAatheemi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:full of bounty] [Allah's attributes:Lord of grace abounding] [Allah's Bounty]

Neither those from among the followers of earlier revelation who are bent on denying the truth, nor those who ascribe divinity to other beings beside God, would like to see any good ever bestowed upon you from on high by your Sustainer; but God singles out for His grace whom He wills-for God is limitless in His great bounty. - 2:105 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:106 

Ma nansakh min ayatin aw nunsiha nati bikhayrin minha aw mithliha alam taAAlam anna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:Abrogation]

Any message which, We annul or consign to oblivion We replace with a better or a similar one. Dost thou not know that God has the power to will anything? - 2:106 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:107 

Alam taAAlam anna Allaha lahu mulku alssamawati waalardi wama lakum min dooni Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth] [Allah's attributes:Protector]

Dost thou not know that God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth, and that besides God you have none to protect you or bring you succour? - 2:107 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:108 

Am tureedoona an tasaloo rasoolakum kama suila moosa min qablu waman yatabaddali alkufra bialeemani faqad dalla sawaa alssabeeli

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Moses]

Would you, perchance, ask of the Apostle who has been sent unto you what was asked aforetime of Moses? But whoever chooses to deny the [evidence of the] truth, instead of believing in it, has already strayed from the right path. - 2:108 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:109 

Wadda katheerun min ahli alkitabi law yaruddoonakum min baAAdi eemanikum kuffaran hasadan min AAindi anfusihim min baAAdi ma tabayyana lahumu alhaqqu faoAAfoo waisfahoo hatta yatiya Allahu biamrihi inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Forgiveness]

Out of their selfish envy, many among the followers of earlier revelation would like to bring you back to denying the truth after you have attained to faith - [even] after the truth has become clear unto them. None the less, forgive and forbear, until God shall make manifest His will: behold, God has the power to will anything. - 2:109 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:110 

Waaqeemoo alssalata waatoo alzzakata wama tuqaddimoo lianfusikum min khayrin tajidoohu AAinda Allahi inna Allaha bima taAAmaloona baseerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Charity [zakah]] [Zakah]

And be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues; for, whatever good deed you send ahead for your own selves, you shall find it with God: behold, God sees all that you do. - 2:110 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:111 

Waqaloo lan yadkhula aljannata illa man kana hoodan aw nasara tilka amaniyyuhum qul hatoo burhanakum in kuntum sadiqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Christians] [Jews]

AND THEY claim, "None shall ever enter paradise unless he be a Jew" - or, "a Christian". Such are their wishful beliefs! Say: "Produce an evidence for what you are claiming, if what you say is true!" - 2:111 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:112 

Bala man aslama wajhahu lillahi wahuwa muhsinun falahu ajruhu AAinda rabbihi wala khawfun AAalayhim wala hum yahzanoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Believers:on them is no fear nor shall they grieve] [Face of God] [Fear ( none for the Righteous ):or those who submit to Allah] [Islam]

Yea, indeed: everyone who surrenders his whole being unto God, and is a doer of good withal, shall have his reward with his Sustainer; and all such need have no fear, and neither shall they grieve. - 2:112 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:113 

Waqalati alyahoodu laysati alnnasara AAala shayin waqalati alnnasara laysati alyahoodu AAala shayin wahum yatloona alkitaba kathalika qala allatheena la yaAAlamoona mithla qawlihim faAllahu yahkumu baynahum yawma alqiyamati feema kanoo feehi yakhtalifoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Christians] [Jews]

Furthermore, the Jews assert, "The Christians have no valid ground for their beliefs," while the Christians assert, "The Jews have no valid ground for their beliefs" - and both quote the divine writ! Even thus, like unto what they say, have [always] spoken those who were devoid of knowledge;" but it is God who will judge between them on Resurrection Day with regard to all on which they were wont to differ. - 2:113 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:114 

Waman athlamu mimman manaAAa masajida Allahi an yuthkara feeha ismuhu wasaAAa fee kharabiha olaika ma kana lahum an yadkhulooha illa khaifeena lahum fee alddunya khizyun walahum fee alakhirati AAathabun AAatheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Remembrance of Allah:Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr)]

Hence, who could be more wicked than those who bar the mention of God's name from [any of] His houses of worship and strive for their ruin, [although] they have no right to enter them save in fear [of God]? For them, in this world, there is ignominy in store; and for them, in the life to come, awesome suffering. - 2:114 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:115 

Walillahi almashriqu waalmaghribu faaynama tuwalloo fathamma wajhu Allahi inna Allaha wasiAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:to Him belong the East and the West] [Allah's attributes:All Embracing (cares for all)] [Allah's Face]

And God's is the east and the west: and wherever you turn, there is God's countenance. Behold, God is infinite, all-knowing. - 2:115 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:116 

Waqaloo itakhatha Allahu waladan subhanahu bal lahu ma fee alssamawati waalardi kullun lahu qanitoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:Glory be to Him] [Allah:has no son] [Allah:to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth]

And yet some people assert, "God has taken unto Himself a son!" Limitless is He in His glory! Nay, but His is all that is in the heavens and on earth; all things devoutly obey His will. - 2:116 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:117 

BadeeAAu alssamawati waalardi waitha qada amran fainnama yaqoolu lahu kun fayakoonu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:says Be and it is] [Allah's attributes:Originator of the heavens and earth] [Be and it is]

The Originator is He of the heavens and the earth: and when He wills a thing to be, He but says unto it, "Be" -and it is. - 2:117 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:118 

Waqala allatheena la yaAAlamoona lawla yukallimuna Allahu aw tateena ayatun kathalika qala allatheena min qablihim mithla qawlihim tashabahat quloobuhum qad bayyanna alayati liqawmin yooqinoona

AND [only] those who are devoid of knowledge say, "Why does God not speak unto us, nor is a [miraculous] sign shown to us?" Even thus, like unto what they, say, spoke those who lived before their time their hearts are all alike. Indeed, We have made all the signs manifest unto people who are endowed with inner certainty. - 2:118 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:119 

Inna arsalnaka bialhaqqi basheeran wanatheeran wala tusalu Aaan ashabi aljaheemi

Verily, We have sent thee [O Prophet] with the truth, as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner: and thou shalt not be held accountable for those who are destined for the blazing fire. - 2:119 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:120 

Walan tarda AAanka alyahoodu wala alnnasara hatta tattabiAAa millatahum qul inna huda Allahi huwa alhuda walaini ittabaAAta ahwaahum baAAda allathee jaaka mina alAAilmi ma laka mina Allahi min waliyyin wala naseerin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Protector] [Christians] [Jews]

For, never will the Jews be pleased with thee. nor yet the Christians, unless thou follow their own creeds. Say: "Behold, God's guidance is the only true guidance." And, indeed, if thou shouldst follow their errant views after all the knowledge that has come unto thee. thou wouldst have none to protect thee from God, and none to bring thee succour. - 2:120 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:121 

Allatheena ataynahumu alkitaba yatloonahu haqqa tilawatihi olaika yuminoona bihi waman yakfur bihi faolaika humu alkhasiroona

Those unto whom We have vouchsafed the divine writ [and who] follow it as it ought to be followed -it is they who [truly] believe in it; whereas all who choose to deny its truth -it is they, they who are the losers! - 2:121 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:122 

Ya banee israeela othkuroo niAAmatiya allatee anAAamtu AAalaykum waannee faddaltukum AAala alAAalameena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel:told to remember Allahs favours] [Remembrance of Allah's favours:commanded of the Children of Israel]

O CHILDREN of Israel ! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and how I favoured you above all other people; - 2:122 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:123 

Waittaqoo yawman la tajzee nafsun AAan nafsin shayan wala yuqbalu minha AAadlun wala tanfaAAuha shafaAAatun wala hum yunsaroona

and remain conscious of [the coming of] a Day when no human being shall in the least avail another, nor shall ransom be accepted from any of them, nor shall intercession be of any use to them, and none shall be succoured. - 2:123 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:124 

Waithi ibtala ibraheema rabbuhu bikalimatin faatammahunna qala innee jaAAiluka lilnnasi imaman qala wamin thurriyyatee qala la yanalu AAahdee alththalimeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:fulfilled Allah's command] [Abraham:tried by Allah] [Trials and tests]

And [remember this:] when his Sustainer tried Abraham by [His] commandments and the latter fulfilled them, He said: "Behold, I shall make thee a leader of men. "Abraham asked: "And [wilt Thou make leaders] of my offspring as well? "[God] answered: "My covenant does not embrace the evildoers." - 2:124 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:125 

Waith jaAAalna albayta mathabatan lilnnasi waamnan waittakhithoo min maqami ibraheema musallan waAAahidna ila ibraheema waismaAAeela an tahhira baytiya lilttaifeena waalAAakifeena waalrrukkaAAi alssujoodi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:and the Ka'bah] [Abraham:Station of] [Ismail:and the Kabah] [Kabah:built by Abraham and Isma_il] [Pilgrimage:instituted by Abraham]

AND LO! We made the Temple a goal to which people might repair again and again, and a sanctuary: take then, the place whereon Abraham once stood as your place of prayer." And thus did We command Abraham and Ishmael: "Purify My Temple for those who will walk around it, and those who will abide near it in meditation, and those who will bow down and prostrate themselves [in prayer]." - 2:125 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:126 

Waith qala ibraheemu rabbi ijAAal hatha baladan aminan waorzuq ahlahu mina alththamarati man amana minhum biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri qala waman kafara faomattiAAuhu qaleelan thumma adtarruhu ila AAathabi alnnari wabisa almaseeru

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:and the Ka'bah] [Abraham:prayer of] [Allah:gives sustenance] [Ismail:and the Kabah] [Kabah:built by Abraham and Isma_il]

And, lo, Abraham prayed: "O my Sustainer! Make this a land secure, and grant its people fruitful sustenance - such of them as believe in God and the Last Day." [God] answered: "And whoever shall deny the truth, him will I let enjoy himself for a short while -but in the end I shall drive him to suffering through fire: and how vile a journey's end!" - 2:126 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:127 

Waith yarfaAAu ibraheemu alqawaAAida mina albayti waismaAAeelu rabbana taqabbal minna innaka anta alssameeAAu alAAaleemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:and the Ka'bah] [Abraham:prayer of] [Ismail:and the Kabah] [Kabah:built by Abraham and Isma_il]

And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the Temple , [they prayed:] "O our Sustainer! Accept Thou this from us: for, verily, Thou alone art all-hearing, all-knowing! - 2:127 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:128 

Rabbana waijAAalna muslimayni laka wamin thurriyyatina ommatan muslimatan laka waarina manasikana watub AAalayna innaka anta alttawwabu alrraheemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:prayer of] [Muslims]

"O our Sustainer! Make us surrender ourselves unto Thee, and make out of our offspring a community that shall surrender itself unto Thee, and show us our ways of worship, and accept our repentance: for, verily, Thou alone art the Acceptor of Repentance, the Dispenser of Grace! - 2:128 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:129 

Rabbana waibAAath feehim rasoolan minhum yatloo AAalayhim ayatika wayuAAallimuhumu alkitaba waalhikmata wayuzakkeehim innaka anta alAAazeezu alhakeemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:prayer of] [Allah's attributes:Wise] [Messengers:sanctify the people] [Sanctification]

"O our Sustainer! Raise up from the midst of our off spring an apostle from among themselves, who shall convey unto them Thy messages, and impart unto them revelation as well as wisdom, and cause them to grow in purity: for, verily, Thou alone art almighty, truly wise!" - 2:129 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:130 

Waman yarghabu AAan millati ibraheema illa man safiha nafsahu walaqadi istafaynahu fee alddunya wainnahu fee alakhirati lamina alssaliheena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:chosen by Allah] [Abraham:in the ranks of the Righteous] [Abraham:religion of]

And who, unless he be weak of mind, would want to abandon Abraham's creed, seeing that We have indeed raised him high in this world, and that, verily, in the life to come he shall be among the righteous? - 2:130 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:131 

Ith qala lahu rabbuhu aslim qala aslamtu lirabbi alAAalameena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:religion of] [Allah's attributes:Lord of the Worlds]

When his Sustainer said to him, "Surrender thyself unto Me!" - he answered, "I have surrendered myself unto [Thee,] the Sustainer of all the worlds." - 2:131 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:132 

Wawassa biha ibraheemu baneehi wayaAAqoobu ya baniyya inna Allaha istafa lakumu alddeena fala tamootunna illa waantum muslimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:religion of] [Jacob] [Muslims]

And this very thing did Abraham bequeath unto his children, and [so did] Jacob: "O my children! Behold, God has granted you the purest faith; so do not allow death to overtake you ere you have surrendered yourselves unto Him." - 2:132 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:133 

Am kuntum shuhadaa ith hadara yaAAqooba almawtu ith qala libaneehi ma taAAbudoona min baAAdee qaloo naAAbudu ilahaka wailaha abaika ibraheema waismaAAeela waishaqa ilahan wahidan wanahnu lahu muslimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham] [Abraham:religion of] [Allah:no god but He] [Allah's attributes:One God] [Fathers ( following of ) ] [Jacob]

Nay, but you [yourselves, O children of Israel ,] bear witness that when death was approaching Jacob, he said unto his sons: "Whom will you worship after I am gone?" They answered: "We will worship thy God, the God of thy forefathers Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, the One God; and unto Him w;1l we surrender ourselves." - 2:133 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:134 

Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha ma kasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tusaloona AAamma kano yaAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Earnings] [Generations previous]

Now those people have passed away; unto them shall be accounted what they have earned, and unto you, what you have earned; and you will not be, judged on the strength of what they did. - 2:134 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:135 

Waqaloo koonoo hoodan aw nasara tahtadoo qul bal millata ibraheema haneefan wama kana mina almushrikeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:Haniif the true in faith] [Abraham:religion of] [Christians] [Jews]

AND THEY say, "Be Jews" - or, "Christians" - "and you shall be on the right path." Say: "Nay, but [ours is] the creed of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false, and was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God." - 2:135 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:136 

Qooloo amanna biAllahi wama onzila ilayna wama onzila ila ibraheema waismaAAeela waishaqa wayaAAqooba waalasbati wama ootiya moosa waAAeesa wama ootiya alnnabiyyoona min rabbihim la nufarriqu bayna ahadin minhum wanahnu lahu muslimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham] [Isaac] [Jacob] [Jesus:given the revelation] [Moses:given the revelation] [Muslims] [Prophets] [Revelation:belief in] [Tribes]

Say: "We believe in God, and in that which has been bestowed from on high upon us, and that which has been bestowed upon Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and ,their descendants, and that which has been vouchsafed to Moses and Jesus; and that which has been vouchsafed to all the [other] prophets by their Sustainer: we make no distinction between any of them. And it is unto Him that we surrender ourselves." - 2:136 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:137 

Fain amanoo bimithli ma amantum bihi faqadi ihtadaw wain tawallaw fainnama hum fee shiqaqin fasayakfeekahumu Allahu wahuwa alssameeAAu alAAaleemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:is sufficient]

And if [others] come to believe in the way you believe, they will indeed find themselves on the right path; and if they turn away, it is but they who will be deeply in the wrong, and God will protect thee from them: for He alone is all-hearing, all-knowing. - 2:137 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:138 

Sibghata Allahi waman ahsanu mina Allahi sibghatan wanahnu lahu AAabidoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Baptism of Allah]

[Say: "Our life takes its] hue from God! And who could give a better hue [to life] than God, if we but truly worship Him?" - 2:138 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:139 

Qul atuhajjoonana fee Allahi wahuwa rabbuna warabbukum walana aAAmaluna walakum aAAmalukum wanahnu lahu mukhlisoona

Say [to the Jews and the Christians]: "Do you argue with us about God? But He is our Sustainer as well as your Sustainer - and unto us shall be accounted our deeds, and unto you, your deeds; and it- is unto Him alone that we devote ourselves. - 2:139 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:140 

Am taqooloona inna ibraheema waismaAAeela waishaqa wayaAAqooba waalasbata kanoo hoodan aw nasara qul aantum aAAlamu ami Allahu waman athlamu mimman katama shahadatan AAindahu mina Allahi wama Allahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham] [Allah:is not unmindful of what you do] [Isaac] [Ismail] [Jacob] [Tribes]

"Do you claim that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and their descendants were `Jews' or `Christians'?" Say: "Do you know more than God does? And who could be more wicked than he who suppresses a testimony given to him by God? Yet God is not unmindful of what you do. - 2:140 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:141 

Tilka ommatun qad khalat laha ma kasabat walakum ma kasabtum wala tusaloona AAamma kanoo yaAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Earnings] [Generations previous]

"Now those people have passed away; unto them shall be accounted what they have earned, and unto you, what you have earned; and you will not be judged on the strength of what they did." - 2:141 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:142 

Sayaqoolu alssufahao mina alnnasi ma wallahum AAan qiblatihimu allatee kanoo AAalayha qul lillahi almashriqu waalmaghribu yahdee man yashao ila siratin mustaqeemin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:to Him belong the East and the West] [Qiblah] [Straight way (or path)]

THE WEAK-MINDED among people will say, "What has turned them away from the direction of prayer which they have hitherto observed?" Say: "God's is the east and the west; He guides whom He wills onto a straight way." - 2:142 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:143 

Wakathalika jaAAalnakum ommatan wasatan litakoonoo shuhadaa AAala alnnasi wayakoona alrrasoolu AAalaykum shaheedan wama jaAAalna alqiblata allatee kunta AAalayha illa linaAAlama man yattabiAAu alrrasoola mimman yanqalibu AAala AAaqibayhi wain kanat lakabeeratan illa AAala allatheena hada Allahu wama kana Allahu liyudeeAAa eemanakum inna Allaha bialnnasi laraoofun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:full of kindness] [Qiblah] [Ummah ( Islamic Unity ):Ummah]

And thus have We willed you to be a community of the middle way, so that [with your lives] you might bear witness to the truth before all mankind, and that the Apostle might bear witness to it before you. And it is only to the end that We might make a clear distinction between those who follow the Apostle and those who turn about on their heels that We have appointed [for this community] the direction of prayer which thou [O Prophet] hast formerly observed: for this was indeed a hard test for all but those whom God has guided aright. But God will surely not lose sight of your faith-for, behold, God is most compassionate towards man, a dispenser of grace. - 2:143 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:144 

Qad nara taqalluba wajhika fee alssamai falanuwalliyannaka qiblatan tardaha fawalli wajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wahaythu ma kuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahu wainna allatheena ootoo alkitaba layaAAlamoona annahu alhaqqu min rabbihim wama Allahu bighafilin AAamma yaAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:is not unmindful of what you do] [Kabah] [Masjid al Haram] [Qiblah]

We have seen thee [O Prophet] often turn thy face towards heaven [for guidance]: and now We shall indeed make thee turn in prayer in a direction which will fulfil thy desire. Turn, then, thy face towards the Inviolable House of Worship; and wherever you all may be, turn your faces towards it [in prayer]. And, verily, those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime know well that this [commandment] comes in truth from their Sustainer; and God is not unaware of what they do. - 2:144 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:145 

Walain atayta allatheena ootoo alkitaba bikulli ayatin ma tabiAAoo qiblataka wama anta bitabiAAin qiblatahum wama baAAduhum bitabiAAin qiblata baAAdin walaini ittabaAAta ahwaahum min baAAdi ma jaaka mina alAAilmi innaka ithan lamina alththalimeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Qiblah]

And yet, even if thou wert to place all evidence before those who have been vouchsafed earlier revelation, they would not follow thy direction of prayer; and neither mayest thou follow their direction of prayer, nor even do they follow one another's direction. And if thou shouldst follow their errant views after all the knowledge that has come unto thee thou wouldst surely be among the evildoers. - 2:145 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:146 

Allatheena ataynahumu alkitaba yaAArifoonahu kama yaAArifoona abnaahum wainna fareeqan minhum layaktumoona alhaqqa wahum yaAAlamoona

They unto whom We have vouchsafed revelation aforetime know it as they know their own children: but, behold, some of them knowingly suppress the truth - - 2:146 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:147 

Alhaqqu min rabbika fala takoonanna mina almumtareena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:speaks the truth]

the truth from thy Sustainer! Be not, then, among the doubters: - 2:147 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:148 

Walikullin wijhatun huwa muwalleeha faistabiqoo alkhayrati ayna ma takoonoo yati bikumu Allahu jameeAAan inna Allaha AAala kulli shayin qadeerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Protector] [People of the Book]

for, every community faces a direction of its own, of which He is the focal point. Vie, therefore, with one another in doing good works. Wherever you may be, God will gather you all unto Himself: for, verily, God has the power to will anything. - 2:148 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:149 

Wamin haythu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wainnahu lalhaqqu min rabbika wama Allahu bighafilin AAamma taAAmaloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:is not unmindful of what you do] [Kabah] [Masjid al Haram] [Qiblah]

Thus, from wherever thou mayest come forth, turn thy face [in prayer] towards the Inviolable House of Worship-for,. behold, this [commandment] comes in truth from thy Sustainer; and God is not unaware of what you do. - 2:149 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:150 

Wamin haythu kharajta fawalli wajhaka shatra almasjidi alharami wahaythu ma kuntum fawalloo wujoohakum shatrahu lialla yakoona lilnnasi AAalaykum hujjatun illa allatheena thalamoo minhum fala takhshawhum waikhshawnee waliotimma niAAmatee AAalaykum walaAAallakum tahtadoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Kabah] [Masjid al Haram] [Qiblah]

Hence, from wherever thou mayest come forth, turn thy face [in prayer] towards the Inviolable House of Worship; and wherever you all may be, turn your faces towards it, so that people should have no argument against you unless they are bent upon wrongdoing. And hold not them in awe, but stand in awe of Me, and [obey Me,] so that I might bestow upon you the full measure of My blessings., and that you might follow the right path. - 2:150 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:151 

Kama arsalna feekum rasoolan minkum yatloo AAalaykum ayatina wayuzakkeekum wayuAAallimukumu alkitaba waalhikmata wayuAAallimukum ma lam takoonoo taAAlamoona

Even as We have sent unto you an apostle from among yourselves to convey unto you Our messages, and to cause you to grow in purity, and to impart unto you revelation and wisdom, and to teach you that which you knew not: - 2:151 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:152 

Faothkuroonee athkurkum waoshkuroo lee wala takfurooni

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Remembrance of Allah:Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr)]

so remember Me, and I shall remember you; and be grateful unto Me, and deny Me not. - 2:152 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:153 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo istaAAeenoo bialssabri waalssalati inna Allaha maAAa alssabireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:seek His help] [Patience]

O YOU who have attained to faith! Seek aid in steadfast patience and prayer: for, behold, God is with those who are patient in adversity. - 2:153 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:154 

Wala taqooloo liman yuqtalu fee sabeeli Allahi amwatun bal ahyaon walakin la tashAAuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Martyrdom]

And say not of those who are slain in God's cause, "They are dead": nay, they are alive, but you perceive it not. - 2:154 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:155 

Walanabluwannakum bishayin mina alkhawfi waaljooAAi wanaqsin mina alamwali waalanfusi waalththamarati wabashshiri alssabireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Trials and tests]

And most certainly shall We try you by means of danger, and hunger, and loss of worldly goods, of lives and of [labour's] fruits. But give glad tidings unto those who are patient in adversity - 2:155 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:156 

Allatheena itha asabathum museebatun qaloo inna lillahi wainna ilayhi rajiAAoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:the return to Him] [Allah:to Himyou shall be brought (gathered) back]

who, when calamity befalls them, say, "Verily, unto God do we belong and, verily, unto Him we shall return." - 2:156 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:157 

Olaika AAalayhim salawatun min rabbihim warahmatun waolaika humu almuhtadoona

It is they upon whom their Sustainer's blessings and grace are bestowed, and it is they, they who are on the right path! - 2:157 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:158 

Inna alssafa waalmarwata min shaAAairi Allahi faman hajja albayta awi iAAtamara fala junaha AAalayhi an yattawwafa bihima waman tatawwaAAa khayran fainna Allaha shakirun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Kabah] [Sacrifice:Safa and Marwah] [Umrah ( to Mecca ):'Umrah]

[Hence,] behold, As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the symbols set up by God; and thus, no wrong does he who, having come to the Temple on pilgrimage or on a pious visit, strides to and fro between these two: for, if one does more good than he is bound to do-behold, God is responsive to gratitude, all-knowing. - 2:158 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:159 

Inna allatheena yaktumoona ma anzalna mina albayyinati waalhuda min baAAdi ma bayyannahu lilnnasi fee alkitabi olaika yalAAanuhumu Allahu wayalAAanuhumu allaAAinoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Qur'an:guidance]

BEHOLD, as for those who suppress aught of the evidence of the truth and of the guidance which We have bestowed from on high, after We have made it clear unto mankind through the divine writ - these it is whom God will reject, and whom all who can judge will reject. - 2:159 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:160 

Illa allatheena taboo waaslahoo wabayyanoo faolaika atoobu AAalayhim waana alttawwabu alrraheemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Most Merciful] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Returning] [Repentance]

Excepted, however, shall be they that repent, and put themselves to rights, and make known the truth: and it is they whose repentance I shall accept-for I alone am the Acceptor of Repentance, the Dispenser of Grace. - 2:160 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:161 

Inna allatheena kafaroo wamatoo wahum kuffarun olaika AAalayhim laAAnatu Allahi waalmalaikati waalnnasi ajmaAAeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's curse] [Angels] [Unbelievers:cursed]

Behold, as for those who are bent on denying the truth and die as deniers of the truth -their due is rejection by God, and by the angels,, and by all [righteous] men. - 2:161 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:162 

Khalideena feeha la yukhaffafu AAanhumu alAAathabu wala hum yuntharoona

In this state shall they abide; [and] neither will their suffering, be lightened, nor will they be granted respite. - 2:162 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:163 

Wailahukum ilahun wahidun la ilaha illa huwa alrrahmanu alrraheemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:no god but He] [Allah's attributes:Most Gracious] [Allah's attributes:Most Merciful] [Allah's attributes:One God]

AND YOUR GOD is the One God: there is no deity save Him, the Most Gracious, the Dispenser of Grace. - 2:163 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:164 

Inna fee khalqi alssamawati waalardi waikhtilafi allayli waalnnahari waalfulki allatee tajree fee albahri bima yanfaAAu alnnasa wama anzala Allahu mina alssamai min main faahya bihi alarda baAAda mawtiha wabaththa feeha min kulli dabbatin watasreefi alrriyahi waalssahabi almusakhkhari bayna alssamai waalardi laayatin liqawmin yaAAqiloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Animals:scattered through the earth] [Clouds] [Creation] [Earth:given life after its death] [Night and day alterations of] [Rain sent down by Allah] [Ships and sailing] [Signs in creation] [Winds]

Verily, in the creation of the heavens and of the earth, and the succession of night and day: and in the ships that speed through the sea with what is useful to man: and in the waters which God sends down from the sky, giving life thereby to the earth after it had, been lifeless, and causing all manner of living creatures to multiply thereon: and in the change of the winds, and the clouds that run their appointed courses between sky and earth: [in all this] there are messages indeed for people who use their reason. - 2:164 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:165 

Wamina alnnasi man yattakhithu min dooni Allahi andadan yuhibboonahum kahubbi Allahi waallatheena amanoo ashaddu hubban lillahi walaw yara allatheena thalamoo ith yarawna alAAathaba anna alquwwata lillahi jameeAAan waanna Allaha shadeedu alAAathabi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:love for Him] [Allah's attributes:strict in punishment] [Believers:overflowing in their love for Allah] [Faith:rejecters of] [Love:of Allah]

And yet there are people who choose to believe in beings that allegedly rival God, loving them as [only] God should be loved: whereas those who have attained to faith love God more than all else. If they who are bent on evildoing could but see - as see they will when they are made to suffer [on Resurrection Day] -that all might belongs to God alone, and that God is severe in [meting out] punishment! - 2:165 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:166 

Ith tabarraa allatheena ittubiAAoo mina allatheena ittabaAAoo waraawoo alAAathaba wataqattaAAat bihimu alasbabu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Faith:rejecters of]

[On that Day] it will come to pass that those who had been [falsely] adored shall disown their followers, and the latter shall see the suffering [that awaits them], with all their hopes cut to pieces! - 2:166 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:167 

Waqala allatheena ittabaAAoo law anna lana karratan fanatabarraa minhum kama tabarraoo minna kathalika yureehimu Allahu aAAmalahum hasaratin AAalayhim wama hum bikharijeena mina alnnari

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Faith:rejecters of]

And then those followers shall say: "Would that we had a second chance [in life], so that we could disown them as they have disowned us!" Thus will God show them their works [in a manner that will cause them] batter regrets; but they will not come out of the fire. - 2:167 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:168 

Ya ayyuha alnnasu kuloo mimma fee alardi halalan tayyiban wala tattabiAAoo khutuwati alshshaytani innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Food] [Satan:do not follow or obey or worship]

O MANKIND! Partake of what is lawful and good on earth, and follow not Satan's footsteps: for, verily, he is your open foe, - 2:168 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:169 

Innama yamurukum bialssooi waalfahshai waan taqooloo AAala Allahi ma la taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Vice to be avoided]

and bids you only to do evil, and to commit deeds of abomination, and to attribute unto God something of which you have no knowledge. - 2:169 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:170 

Waitha qeela lahumu ittabiAAoo ma anzala Allahu qaloo bal nattabiAAu ma alfayna AAalayhi abaana awalaw kana abaohum la yaAAqiloona shayan wala yahtadoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Fathers ( following of ) ]

But when they are told, "Follow what God has bestowed from on high," some answer, "Nay, we shall follow [only] that which we found our forefathers believing in and doing." Why, even if their forefathers did not use their reason at all, and were devoid of all guidance? - 2:170 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:171 

Wamathalu allatheena kafaroo kamathali allathee yanAAiqu bima la yasmaAAu illa duAAaan wanidaan summun bukmun AAumyun fahum la yaAAqiloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Unbelievers:deaf _ dumb _ and blind]

And so, the parable of those who re bent on denying the truth is that of the beast which hears the shepherd's cry, and hears in it nothing but the sound of a voice and a call. Deaf are they, and dumb, and blind: for they do not use their reason. - 2:171 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:172 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kuloo min tayyibati ma razaqnakum waoshkuroo lillahi in kuntum iyyahu taAAbudoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:gives sustenance] [Food]

O you who have attained to faith! Partake of the good things which We have provided for you as sustenance, and render thanks unto God, if it is [truly] Him that you worship. - 2:172 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:173 

Innama harrama AAalaykumu almaytata waalddama walahma alkhinzeeri wama ohilla bihi lighayri Allahi famani idturra ghayra baghin wala AAadin fala ithma AAalayhi inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Food:lawful and forbidden]

He has forbidden to you only carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that over which any name other than God's has been invoked; but if one is driven by necessity - neither coveting it nor exceeding his immediate need -no sin shall be upon him: for, behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. - 2:173 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:174 

Inna allatheena yaktumoona ma anzala Allahu mina alkitabi wayashtaroona bihi thamanan qaleelan olaika ma yakuloona fee butoonihim illa alnnara wala yukallimuhumu Allahu yawma alqiyamati wala yuzakkeehim walahum AAathabun aleemun

VERILY, as for those who suppress aught of the revelation which God has bestowed from on high, and barter it away for a trifling gain - they but fill their bellies with fire. And God will not speak unto them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He cleanse them [of their sins]; and grievous suffering awaits them. - 2:174 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:175 

Olaika allatheena ishtarawoo alddalalata bialhuda waalAAathaba bialmaghfirati fama asbarahum AAala alnnari

It is they who take error in exchange for guidance, and suffering in exchange for forgiveness: yet how little do they seem to fear the fire! - 2:175 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:176 

Thalika bianna Allaha nazzala alkitaba bialhaqqi wainna allatheena ikhtalafoo fee alkitabi lafee shiqaqin baAAeedin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Qur'an:revelation of]

Thus it is: since it is God who bestows the divine writ from on high, setting forth the truth, all those who set their own views against the divine writ are, verily, most deeply in the wrong. - 2:176 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:177 

Laysa albirra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibala almashriqi waalmaghribi walakinna albirra man amana biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri waalmalaikati waalkitabi waalnnabiyyeena waata almala AAala hubbihi thawee alqurba waalyatama waalmasakeena waibna alssabeeli waalssaileena wafee alrriqabi waaqama alssalata waata alzzakata waalmoofoona biAAahdihim itha AAahadoo waalssabireena fee albasai waalddarrai waheena albasi olaika allatheena sadaqoo waolaika humu almuttaqoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:love for Him] [Angels:belief in] [Charity [zakah]] [Contracts] [Day of judgment:belief in] [Distribution of charity] [Faith] [Kin] [Love:of Allah] [Messengers:belief in] [Orphans] [Patience] [Qur'an:belief in] [Righteousness] [Slaves:freeing of] [Spending in the cause of Allah] [Zakah]

True piety does not consist in turning your faces towards the east or the west - but truly pious is he who believes in God, and the Last Day; and the angels, and revelation, and the prophets; and spends his substance - however much he himself may cherish - it - upon his near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and the beggars, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage; and is constant in prayer, and renders the purifying dues; and [truly pious are] they who keep their promises whenever they promise, and are patient in misfortune and hardship and in time of peril: it is they that have proved themselves true, and it is they, they who are conscious of God. - 2:177 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:178 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu alqisasu fee alqatla alhurru bialhurri waalAAabdu bialAAabdi waalontha bialontha faman AAufiya lahu min akheehi shayon faittibaAAun bialmaAAroofi waadaon ilayhi biihsanin thalika takhfeefun min rabbikum warahmatun famani iAAtada baAAda thalika falahu AAathabun aleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Blood money] [Homicide:compensation for] [Qisas] [Slaves:and QiSas]

O YOU who have attained to faith! Just retribution is ordained for you in cases of killing: the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the woman for the woman. And if something [of his guilt] is remitted to a guilty person by his brother, this [remission] shall be adhered to with fairness, and restitution to his fellow-man shall be made in a goodly manner. This is an alleviation from your Sustainer, and an act of His grace. And for him who, none the less, wilfully transgresses the bounds of what is right, there is grievous suffering in store: - 2:178 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:179 

Walakum fee alqisasi hayatun ya olee alalbabi laAAallakum tattaqoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Blood money] [Qisas]

for, in [the law of] just retribution, O you who are endowed with insight, there is life for you, so that you might remain conscious of God! - 2:179 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:180 

Kutiba AAalaykum itha hadara ahadakumu almawtu in taraka khayran alwasiyyatu lilwalidayni waalaqrabeena bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Bequest] [Death] [Parents:and inheritance]

IT IS ordained for you, when death approaches any of you and he is leaving behind much wealth, to make bequests in favour of his parents and [other] near of kin in accordance with what is fair: I this is binding on all who are conscious of God. - 2:180 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:181 

Faman baddalahu baAAdama samiAAahu fainnama ithmuhu AAala allatheena yubaddiloonahu inna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Bequest]

And if anyone alters such a provision._ after having come to know it, the sin of acting thus shall fall only upon those who have altered it. Verily, God is all-hearing, all-knowing. - 2:181 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:182 

Faman khafa min moosin janafan aw ithman faaslaha baynahum fala ithma AAalayhi inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Bequest]

If, however, one has reason to fear that the testator has committed a mistake or a [deliberate] wrong, and thereupon brings about a settlement between the heirs, he will incur no sin [thereby]. Verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. - 2:182 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:183 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo kutiba AAalaykumu alssiyamu kama kutiba AAala allatheena min qablikum laAAallakum tattaqoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fasting:in Ramadan]

O YOU who have attained to faith! Fasting is ordained for you as it was ordained for those before you, so that you might remain conscious of God: - 2:183 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:184 

Ayyaman maAAdoodatin faman kana minkum mareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun min ayyamin okhara waAAala allatheena yuteeqoonahu fidyatun taAAamu miskeenin faman tatawwaAAa khayran fahuwa khayrun lahu waan tasoomoo khayrun lakum in kuntum taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fasting:in Ramadan] [Feeding the poor:in expiation]

[fasting] during a certain number of days. But whoever of you is ill, or on a journey, [shall fast instead for the same] number of other days; and [in such cases] it is incumbent upon those who can afford it to make sacrifice by feeding a needy person. And whoever does more good than he is bound to do does good unto himself thereby; for to fast is to do good unto yourselves - if you but knew it. - 2:184 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:185 

Shahru ramadana allathee onzila feehi alquranu hudan lilnnasi wabayyinatin mina alhuda waalfurqani faman shahida minkumu alshshahra falyasumhu waman kana mareedan aw AAala safarin faAAiddatun min ayyamin okhara yureedu Allahu bikumu alyusra wala yureedu bikumu alAAusra walitukmiloo alAAiddata walitukabbiroo Allaha AAala ma hadakum walaAAallakum tashkuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:magnify Him] [Fasting:in Ramadan] [Qur'an:revelation of] [Ramadan]

It was the month of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was [first] bestowed from on high as a guidance unto man and a self-evident proof of that guidance, and as the standard by which to discern the true from the false. Hence, whoever of you lives to see this month shall fast throughout it; but he that is ill, or on a journey, [shall fast instead for the same] number of other days. God wills that you shall have ease, and does not will you to suffer hardship; but [He desires] that you complete the number [of days required], and that you extol God for His having guided you aright, and that you render your thanks [unto Him]. - 2:185 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:186 

Waitha saalaka AAibadee AAannee fainnee qareebun ojeebu daAAwata alddaAAi itha daAAani falyastajeeboo lee walyuminoo bee laAAallahum yarshudoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:nearness to Him] [Allah's attributes:Near]

AND IF My servants ask thee about Me - behold, I am near; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right way. - 2:186 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:187 

Ohilla lakum laylata alssiyami alrrafathu ila nisaikum hunna libasun lakum waantum libasun lahunna AAalima Allahu annakum kuntum takhtanoona anfusakum fataba AAalaykum waAAafa AAankum faalana bashiroohunna waibtaghoo ma kataba Allahu lakum wakuloo waishraboo hatta yatabayyana lakumu alkhaytu alabyadu mina alkhayti alaswadi mina alfajri thumma atimmoo alssiyama ila allayli wala tubashiroohunna waantum AAakifoona fee almasajidi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taqrabooha kathalika yubayyinu Allahu ayatihi lilnnasi laAAallahum yattaqoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's signs:explained] [Fasting:in Ramadan] [Wives]

IT IS lawful for you to go in unto your wives during the night preceding the [day's] fast: they are as a garment for you, and you are as a garment for them. God is aware that you would have deprived yourselves of this right, and so He has turned unto you in His mercy and removed this hardship from you. Now, then, you may lie with them skin to skin, and avail yourselves of that which God has ordained for you, and eat and drink until you can discern the white streak of dawn against the blackness of night, and then resume fasting until nightfall; but do not lie with them skin to skin when you are about to abide in meditation in houses of worship. These are the bounds set by God: do not, then, offend against them - [for] it is thus that God makes clear His messages unto mankind, so that they might remain conscious of Him. - 2:187 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:188 

Wala takuloo amwalakum baynakum bialbatili watudloo biha ila alhukkami litakuloo fareeqan min amwali alnnasi bialithmi waantum taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Bribery] [Property and wealth]

AND DEVOUR NOT one another's possessions wrongfully, and neither employ legal artifices with a view to devouring sinfully, and knowingly, anything that by right belongs to others. - 2:188 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:189 

Yasaloonaka AAani alahillati qul hiya mawaqeetu lilnnasi waalhajji walaysa albirru bian tatoo albuyoota min thuhooriha walakinna albirra mani ittaqa watoo albuyoota min abwabiha waittaqoo Allaha laAAallakum tuflihoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Moon:new] [New moon] [Pilgrimage]

THEY WILL ASK thee about the new moons. Say: "They indicate the periods for [various doings of] mankind, including the pilgrimage." However, piety does not consist in your entering houses from the rear, [as it were,] but truly pious is he who is conscious of God. Hence, enter houses through their doors, and remain conscious of God, so that you might attain to a happy state. - 2:189 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:190 

Waqatiloo fee sabeeli Allahi allatheena yuqatiloonakum wala taAAtadoo inna Allaha la yuhibbu almuAAtadeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah]

AND FIGHT in God's cause against those who wage war against you, but do not commit aggression-for, verily, God does not love aggressors. - 2:190 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:191 

Waoqtuloohum haythu thaqiftumoohum waakhrijoohum min haythu akhrajookum waalfitnatu ashaddu mina alqatli wala tuqatiloohum AAinda almasjidi alharami hatta yuqatilookum feehi fain qatalookum faoqtuloohum kathalika jazao alkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah] [Kabah:fighting at] [Masjid al Haram]

And slay them wherever you may come upon them, and drive them away from wherever they drove you away - for oppression is even worse than killing. And fight not against them near the Inviolable House of Worship unless they fight against you there first; but if they fight against you, slay them: such shall be the recompense of those who deny the truth. - 2:191 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:192 

Faini intahaw fainna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Most Merciful] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah]

But if they desist-behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. - 2:192 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:193 

Waqatiloohum hatta la takoona fitnatun wayakoona alddeenu lillahi faini intahaw fala AAudwana illa AAala alththalimeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah]

Hence, fight against them until there is no more oppression and all worship is devoted to God alone; but if they desist, then all hostility shall cease, save against those who [wilfully] do wrong. - 2:193 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:194 

Alshshahru alharamu bialshshahri alharami waalhurumatu qisasun famani iAAtada AAalaykum faiAAtadoo AAalayhi bimithli ma iAAtada AAalaykum waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo anna Allaha maAAa almuttaqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Months] [Qisas]

Fight during the sacred months if you are attacked: for a violation of sanctity is [subject to the law of] just retribution. Thus, if anyone commits aggression against you, attack him just as he has attacked you - but remain conscious of God, and know that God is with those who are conscious of Him. - 2:194 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:195 

Waanfiqoo fee sabeeli Allahi wala tulqoo biaydeekum ila alttahlukati waahsinoo inna Allaha yuhibbu almuhsineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:loves those who are kind and do good] [Spending in the cause of Allah]

And spend [freely] in God's cause, and let not your own hands throw you into destruction; and persevere in doing good: behold, God loves the doers of good. - 2:195 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:196 

Waatimmoo alhajja waalAAumrata lillahi fain ohsirtum fama istaysara mina alhadyi wala tahliqoo ruoosakum hatta yablugha alhadyu mahillahu faman kana minkum mareedan aw bihi athan min rasihi fafidyatun min siyamin aw sadaqatin aw nusukin faitha amintum faman tamattaAAa bialAAumrati ila alhajji fama istaysara mina alhadyi faman lam yajid fasiyamu thalathati ayyamin fee alhajji wasabAAatin itha rajaAAtum tilka AAasharatun kamilatun thalika liman lam yakun ahluhu hadiree almasjidi alharami waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo anna Allaha shadeedu alAAiqabi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:strict in punishment] [Masjid al Haram] [Pilgrimage] [Umrah ( to Mecca ):'Umrah]

AND PERFORM the pilgrimage and the pious visit [to Mecca ] in honour of God; and if you are held back, give instead whatever offering you can easily afford. And do not shave your heads until the offering has been sacrificed; but he from among you who is ill or suffers from an ailment of the head shall redeem himself by fasting, or alms, or [any other] act of worship. And if you are hale and secure, then he who takes advantage of a pious visit before the [time of] pilgrimage shall give whatever offering he can easily afford; whereas he who cannot afford it shall fast for three days during the pilgrimage and for seven days after your return: that is, ten full [days]. All this relates to him who does not live near the Inviolable House of Worship. And remain conscious of God, and know that God is severe in retribution. - 2:196 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:197 

Alhajju ashhurun maAAloomatun faman farada feehinna alhajja fala rafatha wala fusooqa wala jidala fee alhajji wama tafAAaloo min khayrin yaAAlamhu Allahu watazawwadoo fainna khayra alzzadi alttaqwa waittaqooni ya olee alalbabi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Pilgrimage]

The pilgrimage shall take place in the months appointed for it. And whoever undertakes the pilgrimage in those [months] shall, while on pilgrimage, abstain from lewd speech, from all wicked conduct, and from quarrelling; and whatever good you may do, God is aware of it. And make provision for yourselves - but, verily, the best of all provisions is God-consciousness: remain, then, conscious of Me, O you who are endowed with insight! - 2:197 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:198 

Laysa AAalaykum junahun an tabtaghoo fadlan min rabbikum faitha afadtum min AAarafatin faothkuroo Allaha AAinda almashAAari alharami waothkuroohu kama hadakum wain kuntum min qablihi lamina alddalleena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Arafat ( Mount ) ] [Pilgrimage] [Remembrance of Allah:Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr)]

[However,] you will be committing no sin if [during the pilgrimage] you seek to obtain any bounty from your Sustainer. And when you surge downward in multitudes from `Arafat, remember God at the holy place, and remember Him as the One who guided you after you had indeed been lost on your way; - 2:198 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:199 

Thumma afeedoo min haythu afada alnnasu waistaghfiroo Allaha inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Pilgrimage]

and surge onward together with the multitude of all the other people who surge onward, and ask God to forgive you your sins: for, verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. - 2:199 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:200 

Faitha qadaytum manasikakum faothkuroo Allaha kathikrikum abaakum aw ashadda thikran famina alnnasi man yaqoolu rabbana atina fee alddunya wama lahu fee alakhirati min khalaqin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hereafter] [Pilgrimage] [Remembrance of Allah:Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr)] [Worldly life]

And when you have performed your acts of worship, [continue to] bear God in mind as you would bear your own fathers in mind-nay, with a yet keener remembrance! For there are people who [merely] pray, "O our Sustainer! Give us in this world" -and such shall not partake in the blessings of the life to come. - 2:200 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:201 

Waminhum man yaqoolu rabbana atina fee alddunya hasanatan wafee alakhirati hasanatan waqina AAathaba alnnari

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hereafter:better than worldly life] [Hereafter] [Pilgrimage] [Worldly life]

But there are among them such as pray, "O our Sustainer! Grant us good in this world and good in the life to come, and keep us safe from suffering through the fire": - 2:201 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:202 

Olaika lahum naseebun mimma kasaboo waAllahu sareeAAu alhisabi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Swift in taking account] [Pilgrimage]

it is these. that shall have their portion [of happiness] in return for what they have earned. And God is swift in reckoning. - 2:202 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:203 

Waothkuroo Allaha fee ayyamin maAAdoodatin faman taAAajjala fee yawmayni fala ithma AAalayhi waman taakhkhara fala ithma AAalayhi limani ittaqa waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo annakum ilayhi tuhsharoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Pilgrimage] [Remembrance of Allah:Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr)]

And bear God in mind during the appointed days; but he who hurries away within two days shall incur no sin, and he who tarries longer shall incur no sin, provided that he is conscious of God. Hence, remain conscious of God, and know that unto Him you shall be gathered. - 2:203 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:204 

Wamina alnnasi man yuAAjibuka qawluhu fee alhayati alddunya wayushhidu Allaha AAala ma fee qalbihi wahuwa aladdu alkhisami

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Worldly life:deception of]

NOW THERE IS a kind of man whose views on the life of this world may please thee greatly, and [the more so as] he cites God as witness to what is in his heart and is, moreover, exceedingly skillful in argument. - 2:204 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:205 

Waitha tawalla saAAa fee alardi liyufsida feeha wayuhlika alhartha waalnnasla waAllahu la yuhibbu alfasada

But whenever he prevails, he goes about the earth spreading corruption and destroying [man's] tilth and progeny: and God does not love corruption. - 2:205 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:206 

Waitha qeela lahu ittaqi Allaha akhathathu alAAizzatu bialithmi fahasbuhu jahannamu walabisa almihadu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Hell]

And whenever he is told, "Be conscious of God," his false pride drives him into sin: wherefore hell will be his allotted portion-and how vile a resting-place! - 2:206 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:207 

Wamina alnnasi man yashree nafsahu ibtighaa mardati Allahi waAllahu raoofun bialAAibadi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:full of kindness] [Allah's good pleasure]

But there is [also] a kind of man who would willingly sell his own self in order to please God: and God is most compassionate towards His servants. - 2:207 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:208 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo odkhuloo fee alssilmi kaffatan wala tattabiAAoo khutuwati alshshaytani innahu lakum AAaduwwun mubeenun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Islam:enter wholeheartedly] [Satan:do not follow or obey or worship]

O you who have attained to faith! Surrender yourselves wholly unto God, and follow not Satan's footsteps, for, verily, he is your open foe. - 2:208 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:209 

Fain zalaltum min baAAdi ma jaatkumu albayyinatu faiAAlamoo anna Allaha AAazeezun hakeemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Exalted in Power and Might] [Allah's attributes:Wise]

And if you should stumble after all evidence of the truth has come unto you, then know that, verily, God is almighty, wise. - 2:209 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:210 

Hal yanthuroona illa an yatiyahumu Allahu fee thulalin mina alghamami waalmalaikatu waqudiya alamru waila Allahi turjaAAu alomooru

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:to Him all questions go back] [Angels]

Are these people waiting, perchance, for God to reveal Himself unto them in the shadows of the clouds, together with the angels - although [by then] all will have been decided, and unto God all things will have been brought back? - 2:210 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:211 

Sal banee israeela kam ataynahum min ayatin bayyinatin waman yubaddil niAAmata Allahi min baAAdi ma jaathu fainna Allaha shadeedu alAAiqabi

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:strict in punishment] [Children of Israel]

Ask the children of Israel how many a clear message We have given them! And if one alters God's blessed message after it has reached him - verily, God is severe in retribution! - 2:211 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:212 

Zuyyina lillatheena kafaroo alhayatu alddunya wayaskharoona mina allatheena amanoo waallatheena ittaqaw fawqahum yawma alqiyamati waAllahu yarzuqu man yashao bighayri hisabin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:gives sustenance] [Allah:gives without measure] [Worldly life]

Unto those who are bent on denying the truth the life of this world [alone] seems goodly; hence, they scoff at those who have attained to faith: but they who are conscious of God shall be above them on Resurrection Day. And God grants sustenance unto whom He wills, beyond all reckoning. - 2:212 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:213 

Kana alnnasu ommatan wahidatan fabaAAatha Allahu alnnabiyyeena mubashshireena wamunthireena waanzala maAAahumu alkitaba bialhaqqi liyahkuma bayna alnnasi feema ikhtalafoo feehi wama ikhtalafa feehi illa allatheena ootoohu min baAAdi ma jaathumu albayyinatu baghyan baynahum fahada Allahu allatheena amanoo lima ikhtalafoo feehi mina alhaqqi biithnihi waAllahu yahdee man yashao ila siratin mustaqeemin

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:guides whom He will] [Allah's help] [Mankind:unity of] [Messengers] [People of the Book:differed among themselves] [Qur'an:revelation of] [Straight way (or path)]

ALL MANKIND were once one single community; [then they began to differ - ] whereupon God raised up the prophets as heralds of glad tidings and as warners, and through them bestowed revelation from on high, setting forth the truth, so that it might decide between people with regard to all on which they had come to hold divergent views. Yet none other than the selfsame people who had been granted this [revelation] began, out of mutual jealousy, to disagree about its meaning after all evidence of the truth had come unto them. But God guided the believers unto the truth about which, by His leave, they had disagreed: for God guides onto a straight way him that wills [to be guided]. - 2:213 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:214 

Am hasibtum an tadkhuloo aljannata walamma yatikum mathalu allatheena khalaw min qablikum massathumu albasao waalddarrao wazulziloo hatta yaqoola alrrasoolu waallatheena amanoo maAAahu mata nasru Allahi ala inna nasra Allahi qareebun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Trials and tests]

[But] do you think that you could enter para-dise without having suffered like those [believers] who passed away before you? Misfortune and hardship befell them, and so shaken were they that the apostle, and the believers with him, would exclaim, "When will God's succour come?" Oh, verily, God's succour is [always] near! - 2:214 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:215 

Yasaloonaka matha yunfiqoona qul ma anfaqtum min khayrin falilwalidayni waalaqrabeena waalyatama waalmasakeeni waibni alssabeeli wama tafAAaloo min khayrin fainna Allaha bihi AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Orphans] [Parents:being good to] [Spending in the cause of Allah]

THEY WILL ASK thee as to what they should spend on others. Say: "Whatever of your wealth you spend shall [first] be for your parents, and for the near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer; and whatever good you do, verily, God has full knowledge thereof." - 2:215 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:216 

Kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalu wahuwa kurhun lakum waAAasa an takrahoo shayan wahuwa khayrun lakum waAAasa an tuhibboo shayan wahuwa sharrun lakum waAllahu yaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah]

FIGHTING is ordained for you, even though it be hateful to you; but it may well be that you hate a thing the while it is good for you, and it may well be that you love a thing the while it is bad for you: and God knows, whereas you do not know. - 2:216 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:217 

Yasaloonaka AAani alshshahri alharami qitalin feehi qul qitalun feehi kabeerun wasaddun AAan sabeeli Allahi wakufrun bihi waalmasjidi alharami waikhraju ahlihi minhu akbaru AAinda Allahi waalfitnatu akbaru mina alqatli wala yazaloona yuqatiloonakum hatta yaruddookum AAan deenikum ini istataAAoo waman yartadid minkum AAan deenihi fayamut wahuwa kafirun faolaika habitat aAAmaluhum fee alddunya waalakhirati waolaika ashabu alnnari hum feeha khalidoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah] [Kabah:fighting at] [Masjid al Haram] [Months]

They will ask thee about fighting in the sacred month. Say: "Fighting in it is an awesome thing (grave transgression); but turning men away from the path of God and denying Him, and [turning them away from] the Inviolable House of Worship and expelling its people there from - [all this] is yet more awesome (greater transgression) in the sight of God, since oppression is more awesome (greater transgression) than killing." [Your enemies] will not cease to fight against you till they have turned you away from your faith, if they can. But if any of you should turn away from his faith and die as a denier of the truth - these it is whose works will go for nought in this world and in the life to come; and these it is who are destined for the fire, therein to abide. - 2:217 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:218 

Inna allatheena amanoo waallatheena hajaroo wajahadoo fee sabeeli Allahi olaika yarjoona rahmata Allahi waAllahu ghafoorun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Most Merciful] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Allah's mercy] [Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah]

Verily, they who have attained to faith, and they who have forsaken the domain of evil and are striving hard in God's cause - these it is who may look forward to God's grace: for God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. - 2:218 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:219 

Yasaloonaka AAani alkhamri waalmaysiri qul feehima ithmun kabeerun wamanafiAAu lilnnasi waithmuhuma akbaru min nafAAihima wayasaloonaka matha yunfiqoona quli alAAafwa kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakumu alayati laAAallakum tatafakkaroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Gambling] [Wine]

THEY WILL ASK thee about intoxicants and games of chance. Say: "In both there is great evil as well as some benefit for man; but the evil which they cause is greater than the benefit which they bring." And they will ask thee as to what they should spend [in God's cause]. Say: "Whatever you can spare." In this way God makes clear unto you His messages, so that you might reflect - 2:219 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:220 

Fee alddunya waalakhirati wayasaloonaka AAani alyatama qul islahun lahum khayrun wain tukhalitoohum faikhwanukum waAllahu yaAAlamu almufsida mina almuslihi walaw shaa Allahu laaAAnatakum inna Allaha AAazeezun hakeemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Exalted in Power and Might] [Allah's attributes:Wise] [Hereafter] [Orphans] [Worldly life]

on this world and on the life to come. And they will ask thee about [how to deal with] orphans. Say: "To improve their condition is best." And if you share their life, [remember that] they are your brethren: for God distinguishes between him who spoils things and him who improves. And had God so willed, He would indeed have imposed on you hardships which you would not have been able to bear: [but,] behold, God is almighty, wise! - 2:220 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:221 

Wala tankihoo almushrikati hatta yuminna walaamatun muminatun khayrun min mushrikatin walaw aAAjabatkum wala tunkihoo almushrikeena hatta yuminoo walaAAabdun muminun khayrun min mushrikin walaw aAAjabakum olaika yadAAoona ila alnnari waAllahu yadAAoo ila aljannati waalmaghfirati biithnihi wayubayyinu ayatihi lilnnasi laAAallahum yatathakkaroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's signs:explained] [Marriage]

AND DO NOT marry women who ascribe divinity to aught beside God ere they attain to [true] belief: for any believing bondwoman [of God] is certainly better than a woman who ascribes divinity to aught beside God, even though she please you greatly. And do not give your women in marriage to men who ascribe divinity to aught beside God ere they attain to [true] belief: for- any believing bondman [of God] is certainly better than a man who ascribes divinity to aught beside God, even though he please you greatly. [Such as] these invite unto the fire, whereas God invites unto paradise, and unto [the achievement of] forgiveness by His leave; and He makes clear His messages unto mankind, so that they might bear them in mind. - 2:221 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:222 

Wayasaloonaka AAani almaheedi qul huwa athan faiAAtaziloo alnnisaa fee almaheedi wala taqraboohunna hatta yathurna faitha tatahharna fatoohunna min haythu amarakumu Allahu inna Allaha yuhibbu alttawwabeena wayuhibbu almutatahhireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:loves those who make themselves pure] [Purification] [Women]

AND THEY will ask thee about [woman's] monthly courses. Say: "It is a vulnerable condition. Keep, therefore, aloof from women during their monthly courses, and do not draw near unto them until they are cleansed; and when they are cleansed, go in unto them as God has bidden you to do." Verily, God loves those who turn unto Him in repentance and He loves those who keep themselves pure. - 2:222 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:223 

Nisaokum harthun lakum fatoo harthakum anna shitum waqaddimoo lianfusikum waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo annakum mulaqoohu wabashshiri almumineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:meeting with Him] [Wives] [Women]

Your wives are your tilth; go, then, unto your tilth as you may desire, but first provide something for your souls, and remain conscious of God, and know that you are destined to meet Him. And give glad tidings unto those who believe. - 2:223 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:224 

Wala tajAAaloo Allaha AAurdatan liaymanikum an tabarroo watattaqoo watuslihoo bayna alnnasi waAllahu sameeAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Hears all things] [Allah's attributes:Knows all things] [Noah:rules regarding]

AND DO NOT allow your oaths in the name of God to become an obstacle to virtue and God-consciousness and the promotion of peace between men: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing. - 2:224 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:225 

La yuakhithukumu Allahu biallaghwi fee aymanikum walakin yuakhithukum bima kasabat quloobukum waAllahu ghafoorun haleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:to Him belongs all in the heavens and on earth] [Allah's attributes:Forbearing] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Allah's attributes:Self Subsisting Eternal] [Noah:rules regarding]

God will not take you to task for oaths which you may have uttered without thought, but will take you to task [only] for what your hearts have conceived [in earnest]: for God is much-forgiving, forbearing. - 2:225 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:226 

Lillatheena yuloona min nisaihim tarabbusu arbaAAati ashhurin fain faoo fainna Allaha ghafoorun raheemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Most Merciful] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Noah:rules regarding] [Wives:abstention from]

Those who take an oath that they will not approach their wives shall have four months of grace; and if they go back [on their oath] -behold, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace. - 2:226 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:227 

Wain AAazamoo alttalaqa fainna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Knows all things] [Divorce] [Fear ( none for the Righteous ):or who believe and do good]

But if they are resolved on divorce -behold, God is all-hearing, all-knowing. - 2:227 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:228 

Waalmutallaqatu yatarabbasna bianfusihinna thalathata qurooin wala yahillu lahunna an yaktumna ma khalaqa Allahu fee arhamihinna in kunna yuminna biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri wabuAAoolatuhunna ahaqqu biraddihinna fee thalika in aradoo islahan walahunna mithlu allathee AAalayhinna bialmaAAroofi walilrrijali AAalayhinna darajatun waAllahu AAazeezun hakeemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Exalted in Power and Might] [Allah's attributes:Wise] [Divorce]

And the divorced women shall undergo, without remarrying, a waiting-period of three monthly courses: for it is not lawful for them to conceal what God may have created in their wombs, if they believe in God and the Last Day. And during this period their husbands are fully entitled to take them back, if they desire reconciliation; but, in accordance with justice, the rights of the wives [with regard to their husbands] are equal to the [husbands'] rights with regard to them, although men have precedence over them [in this respect]. And God is almighty, wise. - 2:228 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:229 

Alttalaqu marratani faimsakun bimaAAroofin aw tasreehun biihsanin wala yahillu lakum an takhuthoo mimma ataytumoohunna shayan illa an yakhafa alla yuqeema hudooda Allahi fain khiftum alla yuqeema hudooda Allahi fala junaha AAalayhima feema iftadat bihi tilka hudoodu Allahi fala taAAtadooha waman yataAAadda hudooda Allahi faolaika humu alththalimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Divorce] [Dower]

A divorce may be [revoked] twice, whereupon the marriage must either be resumed in fairness or dissolved in a goodly manner. And it is not lawful for you to take back anything of what you have ever given to your wives unless both [partners] have cause to fear that they may not be able to keep within the bounds set by God: hence, if you have cause to fear that the two may not be able to keep within the bounds set by God, there shall be no sin upon either of them for what the wife may give up [to her husband] in order to free herself. These are the bounds set by God; do not, then, transgress them: for they who transgress the bounds set by God-it is they, they who are evildoers! - 2:229 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:230 

Fain tallaqaha fala tahillu lahu min baAAdu hatta tankiha zawjan ghayrahu fain tallaqaha fala junaha AAalayhima an yatarajaAAa in thanna an yuqeema hudooda Allahi watilka hudoodu Allahi yubayyinuha liqawmin yaAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Divorce]

And if he divorces her [finally], she shall thereafter not be lawful unto him unless she first takes another man for husband; then, if the latter divorces her, there shall be no sin upon either of the two if they return to one another-provided that both of them think that they will be able to keep within the bounds set by God: for these are the bounds of God which He makes clear unto people of [innate] knowledge. - 2:230 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:231 

Waitha tallaqtumu alnnisaa fabalaghna ajalahunna faamsikoohunna bimaAAroofin aw sarrihoohunna bimaAAroofin wala tumsikoohunna diraran litaAAtadoo waman yafAAal thalika faqad thalama nafsahu wala tattakhithoo ayati Allahi huzuwan waothkuroo niAAmata Allahi AAalaykum wama anzala AAalaykum mina alkitabi waalhikmati yaAAithukum bihi waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo anna Allaha bikulli shayin AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's grace to humanity] [Allah's signs:not to be treated as a jest or falsehood] [Divorce] [Iddah] [Qur'an:revelation of] [Remembrance of Allah's favours:Remembrance of Allah's favours and grace _ commanded] [Wisdom]

And so, when you divorce women and they are about to reach the end of their waiting-term, then either retain them in a fair manner or let them go in a fair manner. But do not retain them against their will in order to hurt [them]: for he who does so sins indeed against himself. And do not take [these] messages of God in a frivolous spirit; and remember the blessings with which God has graced you, and all the revelation and the wisdom which He has bestowed on you from on high in order to admonish you thereby; and remain conscious of God, and know that God has full knowledge of everything. - 2:231 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:232 

Waitha tallaqtumu alnnisaa fabalaghna ajalahunna fala taAAduloohunna an yankihna azwajahunna itha taradaw baynahum bialmaAAroofi thalika yooAAathu bihi man kana minkum yuminu biAllahi waalyawmi alakhiri thalikum azka lakum waatharu waAllahu yaAAlamu waantum la taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's knowledge] [Divorce] [Iddah]

And when you divorce women, and they have come to the end of their waiting-term, hinder them not from marrying other men if they have agreed with each other in a fair manner. This is an admonition unto every one of you who believes in God and the Last Day; it is the most virtuous [way] for you, and the cleanest. And God knows, whereas you do not know. - 2:232 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:233 

Waalwalidatu yurdiAAna awladahunna hawlayni kamilayni liman arada an yutimma alrradaAAata waAAala almawloodi lahu rizquhunna wakiswatuhunna bialmaAAroofi la tukallafu nafsun illa wusAAaha la tudarra walidatun biwaladiha wala mawloodun lahu biwaladihi waAAala alwarithi mithlu thalika fain arada fisalan AAan taradin minhuma watashawurin fala junaha AAalayhima wain aradtum an tastardiAAoo awladakum fala junaha AAalaykum itha sallamtum ma ataytum bialmaAAroofi waittaqoo Allaha waiAAlamoo anna Allaha bima taAAmaloona baseerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children:after divorce] [Divorce] [Mothers]

And the [divorced] mothers may nurse their children for two whole years, if they wish to complete the period of nursing; and it is incumbent upon him who has begotten the child to provide in a fair manner for their sustenance and clothing. No human being shall be burdened with more than he is well able to bear: neither shall a mother be made to suffer because of her child, nor, because of his child, he who has begotten it. And the same duty rests upon the [father's] heir. And if both [parents] decide, by mutual consent and counsel, upon separation [of mother and child], they will incur no sin [thereby]; and if you decide to entrust your children to foster-mothers, you will incur no sin provided you ensure, in a fair manner, the safety of the child which you are handing over. But remain conscious of God, and know that God sees all that you do. - 2:233 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:234 

Waallatheena yutawaffawna minkum wayatharoona azwajan yatarabbasna bianfusihinna arbaAAata ashhurin waAAashran faitha balaghna ajalahunna fala junaha AAalaykum feema faAAalna fee anfusihinna bialmaAAroofi waAllahu bima taAAmaloona khabeerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Aware (Well_acquainted)] [Widows]

And if any of you die and leave wives behind, they shall undergo, without remarrying, a waiting-period of four months and ten days; whereupon, when they have reached the end of their waiting-term, there shall be no sin in whatever they may do with their persons in a lawful manner. And God is aware of all that you do. - 2:234 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:235 

Wala junaha AAalaykum feema AAarradtum bihi min khitbati alnnisai aw aknantum fee anfusikum AAalima Allahu annakum satathkuroonahunna walakin la tuwaAAidoohunna sirran illa an taqooloo qawlan maAAroofan wala taAAzimoo AAuqdata alnnikahi hatta yablugha alkitabu ajalahu waiAAlamoo anna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee anfusikum faihtharoohu waiAAlamoo anna Allaha ghafoorun haleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Forbearing] [Allah's attributes:Oft_Forgiving] [Allah's knowledge]

But you will incur no sin if you give a hint of [an intended] marriage-offer to [any of] these women, or if you conceive such an intention without making it obvious: [for] God knows that you intend to ask them in marriage. Do not, however, plight your troth with them in secret, but speak only in a decent manner; and do not proceed with tying the marriage-knot ere the ordained [term of waiting] has come to its end. And know that God knows what is in your minds, and therefore remain conscious of Him; and know, too, that God is much-forgiving, forbearing. - 2:235 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:236 

La junaha AAalaykum in tallaqtumu alnnisaa ma lam tamassoohunna aw tafridoo lahunna fareedatan wamattiAAoohunna AAala almoosiAAi qadaruhu waAAala almuqtiri qadaruhu mataAAan bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuhsineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Divorce] [Dower]

You will incur no sin if you divorce women while you have not yet touched them nor settled a dower upon them; but [even in such a case] make provision for them - the affluent according to his means, and the straitened according to his means - a provision in an equitable manner: this is a duty upon all who would do good. - 2:236 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:237 

Wain tallaqtumoohunna min qabli an tamassoohunna waqad faradtum lahunna fareedatan fanisfu ma faradtum illa an yaAAfoona aw yaAAfuwa allathee biyadihi AAuqdatu alnnikahi waan taAAfoo aqrabu lilttaqwa wala tansawoo alfadla baynakum inna Allaha bima taAAmaloona baseerun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Divorce] [Dower]

And if you divorce them before having touched them, but after having settled a dower upon them, then [give them] half of what you have settled - unless it be that they forgo their claim or he in whose hand is the marriage-tie forgoes his claim [to half of the dower]: and to forgo what is due to you is more in accord with God-consciousness. And forget not [that you are to act with] grace towards one another: verily, God sees all that you do. - 2:237 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:238 

Hafithoo AAala alssalawati waalssalati alwusta waqoomoo lillahi qaniteena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Middle Prayer]

BE EVER mindful of prayers, and of praying in the most excellent way; and stand before God in devout obedience. - 2:238 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:239 

Fain khiftum farijalan aw rukbanan faitha amintum faothkuroo Allaha kama AAallamakum ma lam takoonoo taAAlamoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Remembrance of Allah:Remembrance of Allah (Zhikr)]

But if you are in danger, [pray] walking or riding; and when you are again secure, bear God in mind - since it is He who taught you what you did not previously know. - 2:239 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:240 

Waallatheena yutawaffawna minkum wayatharoona azwajan wasiyyatan liazwajihim mataAAan ila alhawli ghayra ikhrajin fain kharajna fala junaha AAalaykum fee ma faAAalna fee anfusihinna min maAAroofin waAllahu AAazeezun hakeemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Exalted in Power and Might] [Allah's attributes:Wise] [Bequest] [Widows]

AND IF any of you die and leave wives behind, they bequeath thereby to their widows [the right to] one year's maintenance without their being obliged to leave [the dead husband's home]. If, however, they leave [of their own accord], there shall be no sin in whatever they may do with themselves in a lawful manner. And God is almighty, wise. - 2:240 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:241 

Walilmutallaqati mataAAun bialmaAAroofi haqqan AAala almuttaqeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Divorce]

And the divorced women, too, shall have [a right to] maintenance in a goodly manner: this is a duty for all who are conscious of God. - 2:241 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:242 

Kathalika yubayyinu Allahu lakum ayatihi laAAallakum taAAqiloona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's signs]

In this way God makes clear unto you His messages, so that you might [learn to] use your reason. - 2:242 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:243 

Alam tara ila allatheena kharajoo min diyarihim wahum oloofun hathara almawti faqala lahumu Allahu mootoo thumma ahyahum inna Allaha lathoo fadlin AAala alnnasi walakinna akthara alnnasi la yashkuroona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:gives life to the dead] [Allah's attributes:full of bounty] [Allah's favours gratitude for:ingratitude for] [Death] [Mankind:ungrateful]

ART THOU NOT aware of those who forsook their homelands in their thousands for fear of death-whereupon God said unto them, "Die," and later brought them back to life ? Behold, God is indeed limitless in His bounty unto man -but most people are ungrateful. - 2:243 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:244 

Waqatiloo fee sabeeli Allahi waiAAlamoo anna Allaha sameeAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah]

Fight, then, in God's cause, and know that God is all-hearing, all-knowing. - 2:244 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:245 

Man tha allathee yuqridu Allaha qardan hasanan fayudaAAifahu lahu adAAafan katheeratan waAllahu yaqbidu wayabsutu wailayhi turjaAAoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:enlarges the provision and restricts it] [Charity [zakah]:a beautiful loan to Allah] [Loan beautiful to Allah]

Who is it that will offer up unto God a goodly loan, which He will amply repay, with manifold increase? For, God takes away, and He gives abundantly; and it is unto Him that you shall be brought back. - 2:245 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:246 

Alam tara ila almalai min banee israeela min baAAdi moosa ith qaloo linabiyyin lahumu ibAAath lana malikan nuqatil fee sabeeli Allahi qala hal AAasaytum in kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalu alla tuqatiloo qaloo wama lana alla nuqatila fee sabeeli Allahi waqad okhrijna min diyarina waabnaina falamma kutiba AAalayhimu alqitalu tawallaw illa qaleelan minhum waAllahu AAaleemun bialththalimeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel] [Fighting (and striving) in the ca'use of Allah] [Samuel]

Art thou not aware of those elders of the children of Israel , after the time of Moses, how they said unto a prophet of theirs, "Raise up a king for us, [and] we shall fight in God's cause"? Said he: "Would you, perchance, refrain from fighting if fighting is ordained for you?" They answered: "And why should we not fight in God's cause when we and our children have been driven from our homelands?" Yet, when fighting was ordained for them, they did turn back, save for a few of them; but God had full knowledge of the evildoers. - 2:246 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:247 

Waqala lahum nabiyyuhum inna Allaha qad baAAatha lakum taloota malikan qaloo anna yakoonu lahu almulku AAalayna wanahnu ahaqqu bialmulki minhu walam yuta saAAatan mina almali qala inna Allaha istafahu AAalaykum wazadahu bastatan fee alAAilmi waaljismi waAllahu yutee mulkahu man yashao waAllahu wasiAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:All Embracing (cares for all)] [Children of Israel] [Samuel] [Taluut]

And their prophet said unto those elders: "Behold, now God has raised up Saul to be your king." They said: "How can he have dominion over us when we have a better claim to dominion than he, and he has not [even] been endowed with abundant wealth?" [The prophet] replied: "Behold, God has exalted him above you, and endowed him abundantly with knowledge and bodily perfection. And God bestows His dominion upon whom He wills: for God is infinite, all-knowing." - 2:247 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:248 

Waqala lahum nabiyyuhum inna ayata mulkihi an yatiyakumu alttabootu feehi sakeenatun min rabbikum wabaqiyyatun mimma taraka alu moosa waalu haroona tahmiluhu almalaikatu inna fee thalika laayatan lakum in kuntum mumineena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Aaron] [Angels] [Ark of the Covenant] [Children of Israel] [Moses] [Samuel] [Taluut]

And their prophet said unto them: "Behold, it shall be a sign of his [rightful] dominion that you will be granted a heart endowed by your Sustainer with inner peace and with all that is enduring in the angel-borne heritage left behind by the House of Moses and the House of Aaron. Herein, behold, there shall indeed be a sign for you if you are [truly] believers." - 2:248 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:249 

Falamma fasala talootu bialjunoodi qala inna Allaha mubtaleekum binaharin faman shariba minhu falaysa minnee waman lam yatAAamhu fainnahu minnee illa mani ightarafa ghurfatan biyadihi fashariboo minhu illa qaleelan minhum falamma jawazahu huwa waallatheena amanoo maAAahu qaloo la taqata lana alyawma bijaloota wajunoodihi qala allatheena yathunnoona annahum mulaqoo Allahi kam min fiatin qaleelatin ghalabat fiatan katheeratan biithni Allahi waAllahu maAAa alssabireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:meeting with Him] [Children of Israel] [Goliath] [Taluut] [Trials and tests]

And when Saul set out with his forces, he said: "Behold, God will now try you by a river: he who shall drink of it will not belong to me, whereas he who shall refrain from tasting it - he, indeed, will belong to me; but forgiven shall be he who shall scoop up but a single handful." However, save for a few of them, they all drank [their fill] of it. And as soon as he and those who had kept faith with him had crossed the river, the others said: "No strength have we today [to stand up] against Goliath and his forces!" [Yet] those who knew with certainty that they were destined to meet God, replied: "How often has a small host overcome a great host by God's leave! For God is with those who are patient in adversity." - 2:249 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:250 

Walamma barazoo lijaloota wajunoodihi qaloo rabbana afrigh AAalayna sabran wathabbit aqdamana waonsurna AAala alqawmi alkafireena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel] [Goliath]

And when they came face to face with Goliath and his forces, they prayed: "O our Sustainer! Shower us with patience in adversity, and make firm our steps, and succour us against the people who deny the truth!" - 2:250 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:251 

Fahazamoohum biithni Allahi waqatala dawoodu jaloota waatahu Allahu almulka waalhikmata waAAallamahu mimma yashao walawla dafAAu Allahi alnnasa baAAdahum bibaAAdin lafasadati alardu walakinna Allaha thoo fadlin AAala alAAalameena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:full of bounty] [Allah's Bounty] [Allah's signs] [Children of Israel] [David:given power and wisdom] [David:slays Goliath] [Earth:mischief (corruption) in] [Goliath]

And thereupon, by God's leave, they routed them. And David slew Goliath; and God bestowed upon him dominion, and wisdom, and imparted to him the knowledge of whatever He willed. And if God had not enabled people to defend themselves against one another, corruption would surely overwhelm the earth: but God is limitless in His bounty unto all the worlds. - 2:251 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:252 

Tilka ayatu Allahi natlooha AAalayka bialhaqqi wainnaka lamina almursaleena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Children of Israel] [Messengers]

THESE are God's messages: We convey them unto thee, [O Prophet,] setting forth the truth-for, verily, thou art among those who have been entrusted with a message. - 2:252 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:253 

Tilka alrrusulu faddalna baAAdahum AAala baAAdin minhum man kallama Allahu warafaAAa baAAdahum darajatin waatayna AAeesa ibna maryama albayyinati waayyadnahu biroohi alqudusi walaw shaa Allahu ma iqtatala allatheena min baAAdihim min baAAdi ma jaathumu albayyinatu walakini ikhtalafoo faminhum man amana waminhum man kafara walaw shaa Allahu ma iqtataloo walakinna Allaha yafAAalu ma yureedu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:does what He wills] [Allah:raises people to ranks (degrees)] [Jesus:and the Holy Spirit] [Jesus:given the revelation] [Messengers]

Some of these apostles have We endowed more highly than others: among them were such as.were spoken to by God [Himself], and some He has raised yet higher.' And We vouchsafed unto Jesus, the son of Mary, all evidence of the truth, and strengthened him with holy inspiration. And if God had so willed, they who succeeded those [apostles] would not have contended with one another after all evidence of the truth had come to them; but [as it was,] they did take to divergent views, and some of them attained to faith, while some of them came to deny the truth. Yet if God had so willed, they would not have contended with one another: but God does whatever He wills. - 2:253 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:254 

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo anfiqoo mimma razaqnakum min qabli an yatiya yawmun la bayAAun feehi wala khullatun wala shafaAAatun waalkafiroona humu alththalimoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Intercession]

O YOU who have attained to faith! Spend [in Our way] out of what We have granted you as sustenance ere there come a Day when there will be no bargaining, and no friendship, and no intercession. And they who deny the truth -it is they who are evildoers! - 2:254 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:255 

Allahu la ilaha illa huwa alhayyu alqayyoomu la takhuthuhu sinatun wala nawmun lahu ma fee alssamawati wama fee alardi man tha allathee yashfaAAu AAindahu illa biithnihi yaAAlamu ma bayna aydeehim wama khalfahum wala yuheetoona bishayin min AAilmihi illa bima shaa wasiAAa kursiyyuhu alssamawati waalarda wala yaooduhu hifthuhuma wahuwa alAAaliyyu alAAatheemu

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah:never wearies] [Allah:no god but He] [Allah's attributes:Living] [Allah's attributes:Most High] [Allah's attributes:Supreme (Most Great)] [Allah's knowledge] [Allah's Throne] [Ayat al Kursi] [Intercession]

GOD - there is no deity save Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsistent Fount of All Being. Neither slumber overtakes Him, nor sleep. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth. Who is there that could intercede with Him, unless it be by His leave? He knows all that lies open before men and all that is hidden from them, whereas they cannot attain to aught of His knowledge save that which He wills [them to attain]. His eternal power overspreads the heavens and the earth, and their upholding wearies Him not. And he alone is truly exalted, tremendous. - 2:255 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:256 

La ikraha fee alddeeni qad tabayyana alrrushdu mina alghayyi faman yakfur bialttaghooti wayumin biAllahi faqadi istamsaka bialAAurwati alwuthqa la infisama laha waAllahu sameeAAun AAaleemun

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Hears all things] [Allah's attributes:Knows all things] [Islam:the most trustworthy handhold] [Taghuut (Evil)]

THERE SHALL BE no coercion in matters of faith. Distinct has now become the right way from [the way of] error: hence, he who rejects the powers of evil and believes in God has indeed taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing. - 2:256 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:257 

Allahu waliyyu allatheena amanoo yukhrijuhum mina alththulumati ila alnnoori waallatheena kafaroo awliyaohumu alttaghootu yukhrijoonahum mina alnnoori ila alththulumati olaika ashabu alnnari hum feeha khalidoona

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Allah's attributes:Protector] [Allah's friendship (to the believers)] [Light and darkness] [Taghuut (Evil)]

God is near unto those who have faith, taking them out of deep darkness into the light - whereas near unto those who are bent on denying the truth are the powers of evil that take them out of the light into darkness deep: it is they who are destined for the fire, therein to abide. - 2:257 (Asad) -   

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 Al-Baqara (The Cow) - 2:258 

Alam tara ila allathee hajja ibraheema fee rabbihi an atahu Allahu almulka ith qala ibraheemu rabbiya allathee yuhyee wayumeetu qala ana ohyee waomeetu qala ibraheemu fainna Allaha yatee bialshshamsi mina almashriqi fati biha mina almaghribi fabuhita allathee kafara waAllahu la yahdee alqawma alththalimeena

Topics discussed in this Verse:
[Abraham:argues with a sceptic]