Al - Baqara - wikipedia Al - Baqara ← Sura 2 of the Quran → البقرة Al - Baqarah The Cow Arabic text English translation Classification Medinan Position Juzʼ 1 -- 3 No. of Rukus 40 No. of verses 286 Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt Alif Lam Mim Quran Text Chapter List Meccan Medinan Verse Section Muqatta'at Content Animals Eschatology Female figures God Legends Miracles Parables Prophets Science Reading Elocution Memorized Reciter School Speed Translations List English translations by Ahmadis History Samarkand Kufic Quran Sana'a manuscript Topkapi manuscript Birmingham manuscript Exegesis Abrogation Biblical narratives Esoteric interpretation Hermeneutics Persons related to verses mentioned by name Revelation Related Createdness Criticism Inimitability Quran and tradition Quranism Shi'a view Islam portal Wikipedia book First verses of al - Baqarah The Cow or Sūrat al - Baqarah ( Arabic : سورة البقرة ‎, `` The Cow '' ) is the second and longest chapter ( Surah ) of the Qur'an. It is a Medinan sura ( revealed to Muhammad when he was at Medina ), with the exception of verse 281 which Muslims believe was revealed during The Farewell Pilgrimage. It is also considered to be one of the first chapters revealed after the Hijra from Mecca to Medina. The chapter comprises 286 verses ( ayat ) according to the division of Ali, the most widely accepted count among all Muslim denominations, and includes the single longest verse in the Qur'an ( 2 : 282 ). The surah 's name references verses 66 -- 72 which recall the story of a heifer sacrificed by the Israelites. Surah al - Baqarah enjoins fasting on the believer during the month of Ramadan. Contents 1 Background 2 Theme and subject matter 3 Notable verses 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Background Al - Baqarah is the longest surah of the Quran, having 286 verses. According to Muslim belief, this Medinan Surah was not revealed at once to Muhammad, but the various Islamic social circumstances and conditions are discussed among verses. Verse 281 is believed by Muslims to have been revealed during The Farewell Pilgrimage in Mecca. It is also considered to be one of the first chapters revealed after the Hijra from Mecca to Medina. Theme and subject matter The surah addresses a wide variety of topics, including substantial amounts of law, and retells stories of Adam, Abraham and Moses. A major theme is guidance : urging the pagans ( Al - Mushrikeen ) and the Jews of Medina to embrace Islam, and warning them and the hypocrites ( Munafiq ) of the fate God had visited in the past on those who failed to heed his call. The stories in this chapter are told to help the reader understand the theological conception of truth in Islam. Condemnation of alcoholic beverages and gambling is also first found in the chapter, and it is one of only four chapters in the Qur'an to refer to Christians as Nazarenes instead of the more frequent terms People of the Book or `` Helpers of Christ. '' Al - Baqarah contains several verses dealing with the subject of warfare. Verses 2 : 190 - 194 are quoted on the nature of battle in Islam. The chapter also consists of five stories regarding God giving life to the dead, one story of God giving life to a dead animal ( donkey ) and one story regarding giving life to a bird. As a part of Lutheran efforts at translating the Qur'an in the 17th century, itinerant German orientalist Christian Ravis translated al - Baqarah along with Al - Fatiha and published bilingual versions in Amsterdam in 1646. The surah includes a few Islamic rules related to varying subjects, such as : prayers, fasting, striving on the path of God, the pilgrimage to Mecca, the change of the direction of prayer ( Qiblah ) from Jerusalem to Mecca, marriage and divorce, commerce, debt, and a great many of the ordinances concerning usury. Notable verses The Throne Verse ( Ayat Al - Kursi ) in the form of a calligraphic horse, India, Deccan, Bijapur - 16th century Verse 255 is `` The Throne Verse '' ( آية الكرسي ʾāyatu - l - kursī ). It is the most famous verse of the Qur'an and is widely memorized and displayed in the Islamic world due to its emphatic description of God 's omnipotence in Islam. Verse 256 is one of the most quoted verses in the Qur'an. It famously notes that `` there is no compulsion in religion ''. Two other verses, 285 and 286, are sometimes considered part of `` The Throne Verse ''. See also Quran portal Ayatul Kursi References Jump up ^ Salwa M.S. El - Awa, Introduction to Textual Relations in Qur'an, pg. 1. Part of the Routledge Studies in the Qur'an series. London : Routledge, 2005. ISBN 9781134227471 ^ Jump up to : Mahmoud Ayoub, The Qurʾan and its interpreters, pg. 55. Albany : State University of New York Press, 1984. ISBN 9780791495469 ^ Jump up to : Felicitas Meta Maria Opwis, Maṣlaḥah and the Purpose of the Law : Islamic Discourse on Legal Change from the 4th / 10th to 8th / 14th Century, pg. 296. Volume 31 of Studies in Islamic Law and Society. Leiden : Brill Publishers, 2010. ISBN 9789004184169 Jump up ^ `` Physical Aspects of the Noble Qur'an ''. www.al-islam.org. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 10. Jump up ^ Michael Binyon, Fighting is ' allowed ' during the holy month of fasting The Times, 18 December 1998 ^ Jump up to : Sadr - ' ameli Sayyid Abbas. `` Surah Al - Baqarah, Chapter 2, Introduction ''. Al - islam. Retrieved 14 May 2015. Jump up ^ R.G. Ghattas and Carol B. Ghattas, A Christian Guide to the Qur'an : Building Bridges in Muslim Evangelism, pg. 40. Kregel Academic, 2009. ISBN 9780825493423 Jump up ^ Kathryn Kueny, The Rhetoric of Sobriety : Wine in Early Islam, pg. 66. Albany : State University of New York Press, 2001. ISBN 9780791450536 Jump up ^ Karen Steenbrink, `` Muslims and the Christian Other : Nasara in Qur'anic Readings. '' Taken from Mission is a Must : Intercultural Theology and the Mission of the Church, pg. 200. Eds. Frans Jozef Servaas Wijsen and Peter J.A. Nissen. Volume 40 of Church and Theology in Context Series. Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2002. ISBN 9789042010819 Jump up ^ `` Uzair '' ( PDF ). imedbham. webs. Retrieved 14 May 2015. Jump up ^ Alastair Hamilton, `` A Lutheran Translator for the Qur'an : A Late Seventeenth - Century Quest. '' Taken from The Republic of Letters And the Levant, pg. 197. Eds. Alastair Hamilton, Maurits H. Van Den Boogert and Bart Westerweel. Volume 5 of Intersections. Leiden : Brill Publishers, 2005. ISBN 9789004147614 Jump up ^ Prana Dev ( 2010 ). Spiritual Quest of a Baby Yogi : Journey Through Islam, Christianity, and Beyond. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4502 - 6904 - 9. External links Wikisource has original text related to this article : The Holy Qur'an ( Maulana Muhammad Ali ) / 2. The Cow `` The Cow '', a manuscript, dating from the 13th - century, of the al - Baqarah via the World Digital Library Qur'anic Verses, a manuscript for al - Baqarah from the 13th - century Surah 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 People and things in the Quran Characters God in Islam ( Allah ) Names of God found in the Quran Angels Israfil Izra'il / Azrael ( Malak al - Mawt ) Jibra'il / Gabriel ( Al - Ruh al - Amin ) and Holy Spirit ( Al - Ruh al - Qudus ) and Al - Ruh ( The Spirit ) Maalik Mika'il Harut and Marut Jinns Iblīs / Devil Shaitan / Satan Ifrit ( and Marid ) Qareen In Heaven ( Jannah ) Ghilman and Wildan Houri In Hell ( Jahannam ) Zabaniyya Zaqqum Prophets and apostles ( messengers ) of God Mentioned Ādam / Adam Alyasa ' / Elisha Ayyub / Job Dawud / David Dhul - Kifl / Ezekiel ? Harun / Aaron Hud / Eber ? Ibrahim / Abraham ( Khalilullah ) Idris / Enoch ? Ilyas / Elijah Imran / Joachim ( father of Maryam ) Isa / Jesus Isḥaq / Isaac Isma'il / Ishmael Dhabih Ullah Lut / Lot Muhammad or Ahmad / Paraclete Musa / Moses ( Kalimullah ) Nuh / Noah Saleh / Shelah ? Shuaib / Jethro Sulayman / Solomon Uzair / Ezra ? Yahya / John the Baptist Yaqub / Jacob ( Israel ) Yunus / Jonah ( Dhul - Nun, Sahib al - Hut ) Yūsuf / Joseph Zakariya / Zechariah Implied Ermia / Jeremiah Samuel Yusha ' ibn Nūn / Joshua Good people ( before Islam ) Mentioned Dhul - Qarnayn Luqman Maryam / Mary ( mother of Isa ) Talut / Saul Implicitly mentioned Asiyah bint Muzahim / Bithiah ? ( wife of Fir'aun ) Asif ibn Barkhiya Bilquis ( Queen of Saba / Sheba ) Believer of Fir'aun Family ( Hizbil / Hizqil ibn Sabura ) Beniamin / Benjamin Habib the Carpenter ( believer of Ya - Sin ) Kaleb / Caleb Khidr Magicians of Fir'aun Simon Cephas / Simon Peter Other people ( before Islam ) Mentioned Āzar ( uncle of Ibrahim ) Fir'aun / Pharaoh Haman Jalut / Goliath Qarun / Korah Sāmiri Implicitly mentioned Abraha Bal'am / Balaam Barṣīṣā Nebuchadnezzar II Nimrod Potiphar ( Al - Aziz ) Shaddad Simeon ( son of Ya'qub ) Slayers of Saleh 's she - camel ( Qaddar ibn Salif and Musda ' ibn Dahr ) Valid ibn Rayyan ( king of Egypt in the account of Yūsuf ) Zuleika ( wife of al - Aziz ) Mentioned people ( after inception of Islam ) Abū Lahab Zayd ibn Harithah Relatives of prophets Specified good relatives Daughters of Lut / Lot ( Ritha, Za'ura, et al. ) Elizabeth or ' Ishā ' ( wife of Zakariya ) Habil / Abel ( son of Adam ) Hawwa ' / Eve ( wife of Adam ) Kulthum / Miriam ( sister of Musa ) Saffurah / Zipporah ( wife of Musa ) and Layya ( Saffura 's sister ) Sarah ( wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isḥaq ) Yukabed / Jochebed ( mother of Musa ) Non-specified good relatives Abiona / Amtelai daughter of Karnebo ( mother of Ibrahim ) Bathsheba ( wife of Dawud ) Muhammad 's wives Daughters of Muhammad Hājar / Hagar ( wife of Ibrahim, mother of Isma'il ) Hannah / Anne daughter of Faquz ( mother of Maryam ) Imran / Amram ( father of Musa ) Lamech ( father of Nuh ) Rāhil / Rachel ( wife of Ya'qub ) Rahma / Dinah ( wife of Ayyub ) Shamkha bint Anush / Betenos ( mother of Nuh ) Son of Luqman Other relatives Brothers of Yūsuf Children of Ayyub Dead son of Sulaiman Qabil / Cain ? Tārah / Terah ( father of Ibrahim ) Umm Jamil ( wife of Abu Lahab ) Wali'ah or Wa'ilah / Waala ? ( wife of Nuh ) Walihah or Wahilah ( wife of Lut ) Yam or Kan'an ( son of Nuh ) Groups and tribes Tribes and ethnicities Mentioned ' Ād ( people of Hud ) Arabs and Ajam Children of Israel / Israelites Companions of the Rass People of Saba ' / Sheba People of Shu'aib ( people of Madyan and people of Aykah / Wood ) People of Tubba ' Quraysh Romans Thamud ( people of Saleh, companions of Hijr ) Ya'juj and Ma'juj / Gog and Magog Implicitly mentioned Ahl al - Bayt Amalek Banu Hashim Banu Nadir Banu Qaynuqa Banu Qurayza Iranian people Umayyad Dynasty Groups Mentioned Christian apostles Disciples of Jesus Companions of Noah 's Ark Companions of Sabbath ( Aşḥāb al - Sabt ) Companions of the Cave / Seven Sleepers and Companions of al - Raqaim Companions of the Elephant People of al - Ukhdūd People of the City ( People of Ya - Sin ) People of the Burned Garden ( Aşḥāb al - Jannah ) Ulu'l azm prophets Implicitly mentioned Ahl al - Suffa ( People of the Verandah ) Aus and Khazraj Copts Hezbollah Muhajirun ( The emigrants ) and Ansar ( The helpers ) Ummah of Islam ( Ummah of Muhammad ) Religious groups Ahl al - dhimmah ( Dhimmi ) Christians ( People of Injil ) Jews Kafir ( Infidels ) Majus Zoroastrians Munafiq Hypocrites Mushrik Polytheists Muslims People of the Book ( ‎ ′ Ahl al - Kitāb ) Sabians Ahbār ( Jewish scholars ) Qissis ( Christian priest ) Rabbani / Rabbi Ruhban ( Christian monks ) Locations, entities and events Locations Mentioned Ahqāf Al - Aqsa Mosque Arafat and Mash'ar al - Harām Bābil / Babylon Badr Door of Hittah Hijr / Hegra Holy Land ( Palestine and Levant ) Hunayn Iram Ka'bah / Kaaba ( Bayt al - Harām / Sacred House, Bayt al - ' Atīq / Ancient House ) Madyan / Midian Madinah / Medina ( formerly Yathrib ) Majma ' al - Bahrain Makkah / Mecca ( Umm al - Qura, Balad al - Amin, Bakkah ) Maqām Ibrahim Masjid al - Dirar Masjid al - Haram Mount Judi Mu'tafikat ( Sodom ) Rass Saba ' / Sheba Al - Safa and Al - Marwah Tur Sinā ' / Mount Sinai and Jabal al - Tur Egypt Valley of Tuwa Implicitly mentioned Antioch Antakya Ayla Barrier of Dhul - Qarnayn Bayt al - Muqaddas and ' Ariha Black Stone ( Al - Ḥajar al - Aswad ) and Al - Hijr of Isma'il Canaan Cave of Hira and Cave of Thawr Cave of Seven Sleepers Dār al - Nadwa Hudaybiyyah Jordan River Ma'rib Dam Masjid al - Nabawi ( Prophet 's Mosque ) Mesopotamia Nile River Nineveh Palestine River Paradise of Shaddad Quba Mosque Sinai Desert and Tīh Desert Ta'if Religious locations Bay'a ( Church ) Mihrab Monastery Mosque Salat ( Synagogue ) Non-human physical entities Religious texts Injil / Gospel Quran Suhuf - i Ibrahim ( Scrolls of Abraham ) Tawrat / Torah, Suhuf - i - Musa ( Scrolls of Moses ) and Tablets of Stone Zabur Related animals Cow of Israelites and Golden calf Dog of Seven Sleepers Fish of Yunis Hoopoe of Sulayman She - Camel of Saleh Related objects Forbidden fruit of Adam Heavenly Food of Christian Apostles Noah 's Ark Staff of Musa Tabut al - Sakina ( Casket of Shekhinah ) Throne of Bilqis Trumpet of Israfil Mentioned idols ( cult images ) Baal Lāt, ' Uzza and Manāt Wadd, Suwa ', Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr ( Jibt and Taghut Ansāb ) Events Battle of Badr Battle of Hunayn Battle of Khaybar Battle of Tabouk Battle of the Trench ( Battle of the Confederates ) Battle of Uhud Conquest of Mecca Hadith of the pond of Khumm Incident of Ifk Layla al - Mabit Mubahala The Farewell Pilgrimage ( Hujja al - Wada ' ) Treaty of Hudaybiyyah Umrah al - Qaza Yawm al - Dār Note : The names are sorted alphabetically. 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Question: what is the meaning of surah al baqarah
Answer: The Cow