Al-Baqarah

Al-Baqarah, ("The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter (surah) of the Quran.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.  It consists of 286 verses (āyāt).

 Summary 
 1-20 Unbelievers and hypocrites reproved
 21-38 Exhortation to the worship of the true God
 39-102 Jews and Christians urged to accept the claim of Muhammad to be a prophet of God
 102-112 The opposition of Jews and Christians  to Muhammad’s prophetic pretensions combated
 113 The doctrine of abrogation enunciated
 115 A Qibla declared to be redundant
 116-141The Jews denounced and the religion of Abraham declared to be the true Islam
 142-153 The Jews finally abandoned and the Arabs accepted by the adoption of Makkah as the Qibla of Islam
 154-163 The Bereaved friends of those slain at the Battle of Badr comforted
 164-172 Makkans exhorted to faith in God, and directed to observe the law respecting forbidden meats
 173-176 Law concerning lawful and unlawful food (delivered at Madina)
 177 The sum of Muslim duty
 178-179 The law of retaliation
 180-182 The law concerning bequests
 183-185 The law concerning fasting
 186-187 The fast of Ramadan
 188-202 The pilgrimage to Makkah and war for the faith
 203-206 Hypocrites and true believers contrasted
 207-208 Exhortation to a hearty acceptance of Islam
 209 The doom of infidels pronounced
 210-212 The Jews reproached
 213 Suffering to be patiently endured
 214-242 Sundry laws relating to  almsgiving, war, wine, orphans etc.
 243-253 The duty of warring in defence of religion enjoined by precept, and illustrated by the history of former prophets
 255 The Throne Verse
 256-257 Laa ikraha fid deen.
 258-260 The doctrine of the resurrection illustrated
 261-274 Exhortation and encouragement to almsgiving
 275-277 Usury forbidden
 278-283 Debts in Islam including the longest verse in the Quran
 284-286 The three verses of Paradise. 

 References 

 Other websites 

 Q2:30, 50+ translations, islamawakened.com
 "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

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