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Sura 2 of the Quran
البقرة ; Al-Baqarah; The Heifer
Arabic text; English translation;
Classification	Medinan
Position	Juzʼ 1–3
No. of Rukus	40
No. of verses	286
Opening muqaṭṭaʻāt	Alif lam Meem
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Al-Baqarah, ("The Heifer" or "The Cow"), is the second and longest chapter (surah) of the Quran.^[1] 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.^[2]

References

↑ 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
↑ Wherry, Elwood Morris (1896). A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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

[1] 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

[2] Wherry, Elwood Morris (1896). A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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