Translation of Surah Al-Baqarah in English
Surah Al-Baqarah
In The Name of Allah, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful
Alif-Lam-Mim.
[These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran and none but Allah (Alone)
knows their meanings]. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:1)
This is the Book
(the Quran), whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqun
[the pious and righteous persons who fear Allah much (abstain from all kinds of
sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden) and love Allah much (perform all
kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)]. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:2)
Who believe in
the Ghaib and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and spend out of what we have
provided for them [i.e. give Zakat , spend on themselves, their parents, their
children, their wives, etc., and also give charity to the poor and also in
Allah's Cause - Jihad, etc.]. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:3)
And who believe
in (the Quran and the Sunnah) which has been sent down (revealed) to you
(Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel
(Gospel), etc.] which were sent down before you and they believe with certainty
in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds,
Paradise and Hell, etc.). (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:4)
They are on
(true) guidance from their Lord, and they are the successful. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:5)
Verily, those who
disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad Peace be upon him )
warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah
2:6)
Allah has set a
seal on their hearts and on their hearings, (i.e. they are closed from
accepting Allah's Guidance), and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will
be a great torment. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:7)
And of mankind,
there are some (hypocrites) who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last
Day" while in fact they believe not. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:8)
They (think to)
deceive Allah and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, and
perceive (it) not! (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:9)
In their hearts
is a disease (of doubt and hypocrisy) and Allah has increased their disease. A
painful torment is theirs because they used to tell lies. (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:10)
And when it is
said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "We
are only peacemakers." (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:11)
Verily! They are
the ones who make mischief, but they perceive not. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:12)
And when it is
said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad
Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say:
"Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the
fools, but they know not. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:13)
And when they
meet those who believe, they say: "We believe," but when they are
alone with their Shayatin (devils - polytheists, hypocrites, etc.), they say:
"Truly, we are with you; verily, we were but mocking." (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:14)
Allah mocks at
them and gives them increase in their wrong-doings to wander blindly. (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:15)
These are they
who have purchased error for guidance, so their commerce was profitless. And
they were not guided. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:16)
Their likeness is
as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around
him, Allah took away their light and left them in darkness. (So) they could not
see. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:17)
They are deaf,
dumb, and blind, so they return not (to the Right Path). (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:18)
Or like a
rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder, and lightning. They
thrust their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunderclap for
fear of death. But Allah ever encompasses the disbelievers (i.e. Allah will
gather them all together). (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:19)
The lightning
almost snatches away their sight, whenever it flashes for them, they walk
therein, and when darkness covers them, they stand still. And if Allah willed,
He could have taken away their hearing and their sight. Certainly, Allah has
power over all things. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:20)
O mankind! Worship
your Lord (Allah), Who created you and those who were before you so that you
may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2). (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:21)
Who has made the
earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down water
(rain) from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as a provision for you.
Then do not set up rivals unto Allah (in worship) while you know (that He Alone
has the right to be worshipped). (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:22)
And if you (Arab
pagans, Jews, and Christians) are in doubt concerning that which We have sent
down (i.e. the Quran) to Our slave (Muhammad Peace be upon him ), then produce
a Surah (chapter) of the like thereof and call your witnesses (supporters and
helpers) besides Allah, if you are truthful. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:23)
But if you do it
not, and you can never do it, then fear the Fire (Hell) whose fuel is men and
stones, prepared for the disbelievers. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:24)
And give glad
tidings to those who believe and do righteous good deeds, that for them will be
Gardens under which rivers flow (Paradise). Every time they will be provided
with a fruit therefrom, they will say: "This is what we were provided with
before," and they will be given things in resemblance (i.e. in the same
form but different in taste) and they shall have therein Azwajun Mutahharatun
(purified mates or wives), (having no menses, stools, urine, etc.) and they
will abide therein forever. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:25)
Verily, Allah is
not ashamed to set forth a parable even of a mosquito or so much more when it
is bigger (or less when it is smaller) than it. And as for those who believe,
they know that it is the Truth from their Lord, but as for those who
disbelieve, they say: "What did Allah intend by this parable?" By it
He misleads many, and many He guides thereby. And He misleads thereby only
those who are Al-Fasiqun (the rebellious, disobedient to Allah). (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:26)
Those who break
Allah's Covenant after ratifying it, and sever what Allah has ordered to be
joined (as regards Allah's Religion of Islamic Monotheism, and to practise its
legal laws on the earth and also as regards keeping good relations with kith
and kin ), and do mischief on earth, it is they who are the losers. (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:27)
How can you
disbelieve in Allah? Seeing that you were dead and He gave you life. Then He
will give you death, then again will bring you to life (on the Day of
Resurrection) and then unto Him you will return. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:28)
He it is Who
created for you all that is on earth. Then He Istawa (rose over) towards the
heaven and made them seven heavens and He is the All-Knower of everything. (Quran
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:29)
And (remember)
when your Lord said to the angels: "Verily, I am going to place (mankind)
generations after generations on earth." They said: "Will You place
therein those who will make mischief therein and shed blood, - while we glorify
You with praises and thanks (Exalted be You above all that they associate with
You as partners) and sanctify You." He (Allah) said: "I know that
which you do not know." (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:30)
And He taught
Adam all the names (of everything) , then He showed them to the angels and
said, "Tell Me the names of these if you are truthful." (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:31)
They (angels)
said: "Glory be to You, we have no knowledge except what you have taught
us. Verily, it is You, the All-Knower, the All-Wise." (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah
2:32)
He said: "O
Adam! Inform them of their names," and when he had informed them of their
names, He said: "Did I not tell you that I know the Ghaib (unseen) in the
heavens and the earth, and I know what you reveal and what you have been
concealing?" (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:33)
And (remember)
when We said to the angels: "Prostrate yourselves before Adam.". And
they prostrated except Iblis (Satan), he refused and was proud and was one of
the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah). (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:34)
And We said:
"O Adam! Dwell you and your wife in the Paradise and eat both of you
freely with pleasure and delight of things therein as wherever you will, but
come not near this tree or you both will be of the Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
(Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:35)
Then the Shaitan
(Satan) made them slip therefrom (the Paradise), and got them out from that in
which they were. We said: "Get you down, all, with enmity between
yourselves. On earth will be a dwelling place for you and an enjoyment for a
time." (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:36)
Then Adam
received from his Lord Words . And his Lord pardoned him (accepted his
repentance). Verily, He is the One Who forgives (accepts repentance), the Most
Merciful. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:37)
We said:
"Get down all of you from this place (the Paradise), then whenever there
comes to you Guidance from Me, and whoever follows My Guidance, there shall be
no fear on them, nor shall they grieve. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:38)
But those who
disbelieve and belie Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs,
revelations, etc.) such are the dwellers of the Fire, they shall abide therein
forever. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:39)
O Children of
Israel! Remember My Favour which I bestowed upon you, and fulfill (your obligations
to) My Covenant (with you) so that I fulfill (My Obligations to) your covenant
(with Me), and fear none but Me. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:40)
And believe in
what I have sent down (this Quran), confirming that which is with you, [the
Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)], and be not the first to disbelieve
therein, and buy not with My Verses [the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel
(Gospel)] a small price (i.e. getting a small gain by selling My Verses), and
fear Me and Me Alone. (Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. I, Page 253). (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:41)
And mix not truth
with falsehood, nor conceal the truth [i.e. Muhammad Peace be upon him is
Allah's Messenger and his qualities are written in your Scriptures, the Taurat
(Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] while you know (the truth) . (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:42)
And perform
As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat, and Irka' (i.e. bow down or submit
yourselves with obedience to Allah) along with Ar-Raki'un. (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:43)
Enjoin you
Al-Birr (piety and righteousness and each and every act of obedience to Allah)
on the people and you forget (to practise it) yourselves, while you recite the
Scripture [the Taurat (Torah)]! Have you then no sense? (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah
2:44)
And seek help in
patience and As-Salat (the prayer) and truly it is extremely heavy and hard
except for Al-Khashi'un [i.e. the true believers in Allah - those who obey
Allah with full submission, fear much from His Punishment, and believe in His
Promise (Paradise, etc.) and in His Warnings (Hell, etc.)]. (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:45)
(They are those)
who are certain that they are going to meet their Lord, and that unto Him they
are going to return. (Quran Surah Al-Baqarah 2:46)
O Children of
Israel! Remember My Favour which I bestowed upon you and that I preferred you
to the 'Alamin (mankind and jinns) (of your time period, in the past). (Quran Surah
Al-Baqarah 2:47)
And fear a Day
(of Judgement) when a person shall not avail another, nor will intercession be
accepted from him nor will compensation be taken from him nor will they be
helped. (Quran 2:48)
And (remember)
when We delivered you from Fir'aun's (Pharaoh) people, who were afflicting you
with a horrible torment, killing your sons and sparing your women, and therein
was a mighty trial from your Lord. (Quran 2:49)
And (remember) when
We separated the sea for you and saved you and drowned Fir'aun's (Pharaoh)
people while you were looking (at them, when the sea-water covered them). (Quran
2:50)
And (remember)
when We appointed for Musa (Moses) forty nights, and (in his absence) you took
the calf (for worship), and you were Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers,
etc.). (Quran 2:51)
Then after that
We forgave you so that you might be grateful. (Quran 2:52)
And (remember)
when We gave Musa (Moses) the Scripture [the Taurat (Torah)] and the criterion
(of right and wrong) so that you may be guided aright. (Quran 2:53)
And (remember)
when Musa (Moses) said to his people: "O my people! Verily, you have
wronged yourselves by worshipping the calf. So turn in repentance to your
Creator and kill yourselves (the innocent kill the wrongdoers among you), that
will be better for you with your Lord." Then He accepted your repentance.
Truly, He is the One Who accepts repentance, the Most Merciful. (Quran 2:54)
And (remember)
when you said: "O Musa (Moses)! We shall never believe in you till we see
Allah plainly." But you were seized with a thunderbolt (lightning) while
you were looking. (Quran 2:55)
Then We raised
you up after your death, so that you might be grateful. (Quran 2:56)
And We shaded you
with clouds and sent down on you Al-Manna and the quails, (saying): "Eat
of the good lawful things We have provided for you," (but they rebelled).
And they did not wrong Us but they wronged themselves. (Quran 2:57)
And (remember)
when We said: "Enter this town (Jerusalem) and eat bountifully therein
with pleasure and delight wherever you wish, and enter the gate in prostration
(or bowing with humility) and say: 'Forgive us,' and We shall forgive you your
sins and shall increase (reward) for the good-doers." (Quran 2:58)
But those who did
wrong changed the word from that which had been told to them for another, so We
sent upon the wrong-doers Rijzan (a punishment) from the heaven because of
their rebelling against Allah's Obedience. (Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. I, Page
305). (Quran 2:59)
And (remember)
when Musa (Moses) asked for water for his people, We said: "Strike the
stone with your stick." Then gushed forth therefrom twelve springs. Each
(group of) people knew its own place for water. "Eat and drink of that
which Allah has provided and do not act corruptly, making mischief on the
earth." (Quran 2:60)
And (remember)
when you said, "O Musa (Moses)! We cannot endure one kind of food. So
invoke your Lord for us to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its
herbs, its cucumbers, its Fum (wheat or garlic), its lentils and its
onions." He said, "Would you exchange that which is better for that
which is lower? Go you down to any town and you shall find what you want!"
And they were covered with humiliation and misery, and they drew on themselves
the Wrath of Allah. That was because they used to disbelieve the Ayat (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah and killed the
Prophets wrongfully. That was because they disobeyed and used to transgress the
bounds (in their disobedience to Allah, i.e. commit crimes and sins). (Quran
2:61)
Verily! Those who
believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in
Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with
their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. (Quran 2:62)
And (O Children
of Israel, remember) when We took your covenant and We raised above you the
Mount (saying): "Hold fast to that which We have given you, and remember
that which is therein so that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see
V.2:2). (Quran 2:63)
Then after that
you turned away. Had it not been for the Grace and Mercy of Allah upon you,
indeed you would have been among the losers. (Quran 2:64)
And indeed you
knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (i.e.
Saturday). We said to them: "Be you monkeys, despised and rejected."
(Quran 2:65)
So We made this
punishment an example to their own and to succeeding generations and a lesson
to those who are Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2). (Quran 2:66)
And (remember)
when Musa (Moses) said to his people: "Verily, Allah commands you that you
slaughter a cow." They said, "Do you make fun of us?" He said,
"I take Allah's Refuge from being among Al-Jahilun (the ignorants or the
foolish)." (Quran 2:67)
They said,
"Call upon your Lord for us that He may make plain to us what it is!"
He said, "He says, 'Verily, it is a cow neither too old nor too young, but
(it is) between the two conditions', so do what you are commanded." (Quran
2:68)
They said,
"Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us its colour." He said,
"He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in its colour, pleasing to the
beholders.' " (Quran 2:69)
They said,
"Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us what it is. Verily to us
all cows are alike, And surely, if Allah wills, we will be guided." (Quran
2:70)
He [Musa (Moses)]
said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to till the soil nor water
the fields, sound, having no other colour except bright yellow.' " They
said, "Now you have brought the truth." So they slaughtered it though
they were near to not doing it. (Quran 2:71)
And (remember)
when you killed a man and fell into dispute among yourselves as to the crime.
But Allah brought forth that which you were hiding. (Quran 2:72)
So We said:
"Strike him (the dead man) with a piece of it (the cow)." Thus Allah
brings the dead to life and shows you His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses,
lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) so that you may understand. (Quran 2:73)
Then, after that,
your hearts were hardened and became as stones or even worse in hardness. And
indeed, there are stones out of which rivers gush forth, and indeed, there are
of them (stones) which split asunder so that water flows from them, and indeed,
there are of them (stones) which fall down for fear of Allah. And Allah is not
unaware of what you do. (Quran 2:74)
Do you (faithful
believers) covet that they will believe in your religion inspite of the fact
that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allah [the Taurat
(Torah)], then they used to change it knowingly after they understood it? (Quran
2:75)
And when they
(Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, "We believe", but
when they meet one another in private, they say, "Shall you (Jews) tell
them (Muslims) what Allah has revealed to you [Jews, about the description and
the qualities of Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him , that which are written in
the Taurat (Torah)] , that they (Muslims) may argue with you (Jews) about it
before your Lord?" Have you (Jews) then no understanding? (Quran 2:76)
Know they (Jews)
not that Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal? (Quran 2:77)
And there are
among them (Jews) unlettered people, who know not the Book, but they trust upon
false desires and they but guess. (Quran 2:78)
Then woe to those
who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from
Allah," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their
hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby. (Quran 2:79)
And they (Jews)
say, "The Fire (i.e. Hell-fire on the Day of Resurrection) shall not touch
us but for a few numbered days." Say (O Muhammad Peace be upon him to
them): "Have you taken a covenant from Allah, so that Allah will not break
His Covenant? Or is it that you say of Allah what you know not?" (Quran
2:80)
Yes! Whosoever
earns evil and his sin has surrounded him, they are dwellers of the Fire (i.e.
Hell); they will dwell therein forever. (Quran 2:81)
And those who
believe (in the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good
deeds, they are dwellers of Paradise, they will dwell therein forever. (Quran
2:82)
And (remember)
when We took a covenant from the Children of Israel, (saying): Worship none but
Allah (Alone) and be dutiful and good to parents, and to kindred, and to
orphans and Al-Masakin (the poor), [Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol. 10, Page 158 (Verse
9:60)] and speak good to people [i.e. enjoin righteousness and forbid evil, and
say the truth about Muhammad Peace be upon him ], and perform As-Salat
(Iqamat-as-Salat), and give Zakat. Then you slid back, except a few of you,
while you are backsliders. (Tafsir Al-Qurtubi, Vol. 2, Page 392). (Quran 2:83)
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