bismillah ir Rahman ir Rahim
*In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. *
** AL-BAQARA (THE COW) **
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran
Total Verses: 286
Revealed At: MADINA
**Translation – Yusufali **
002.151
A similar (favour have ye already received) in that We have sent among you a Messenger of your own, rehearsing to you Our Signs, and sanctifying you, and instructing you in Scripture and Wisdom, and in new knowledge.
002.152
Then do ye remember Me; I will remember you. Be grateful to Me, and reject not Faith.
002.153
O ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance and prayer; for Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
002.154
And say not of those who are slain in the way of Allah: “They are dead.” Nay, they are living, though ye perceive (it) not.
002.155
Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere,
002.156
Who say, when afflicted with calamity: “To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return”:-
002.157
They are those on whom (Descend) blessings from Allah, and Mercy, and they are the ones that receive guidance.
002.158
Behold! Safa and Marwa are among the Symbols of Allah. So if those who visit the House in the Season or at other times, should compass them round, it is no sin in them. And if any one obeyeth his own impulse to good,- be sure that Allah is He Who recogniseth and knoweth.
002.159
Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down, and the Guidance, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book,-on them shall be Allah’s curse, and the curse of those entitled to curse,-
002.160
Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare (the Truth): To them I turn; for I am Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
002.161
Those who reject Faith, and die rejecting,- on them is Allah’s curse, and the curse of angels, and of all mankind;
002.162
They will abide therein: Their penalty will not be lightened, nor will respite be their (lot).
002.163
And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
002.164
Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day; in the sailing of the ships through the ocean for the profit of mankind; in the rain which Allah Sends down from the skies, and the life which He gives therewith to an earth that is dead; in the beasts of all kinds that He scatters through the earth; in the change of the winds, and the clouds which they Trail like their slaves between the sky and the earth;- (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise.
002.165
Yet there are men who take (for worship) others besides Allah, as equal (with Allah): They love them as they should love Allah. But those of Faith are overflowing in their love for Allah. If only the unrighteous could see, behold, they would see the penalty: that to Allah belongs all power, and Allah will strongly enforce the penalty.
002.166
Then would those who are followed clear themselves of those who follow (them) : They would see the penalty, and all relations between them would be cut off.
002.167
And those who followed would say: “If only We had one more chance, We would clear ourselves of them, as they have cleared themselves of us.” Thus will Allah show them (The fruits of) their deeds as (nothing but) regrets. Nor will there be a way for them out of the Fire.
002.168
O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful and good; and do not follow the footsteps of the evil one, for he is to you an avowed enemy.
002.169
For he commands you what is evil and shameful, and that ye should say of Allah that of which ye have no knowledge.
002.170
When it is said to them: “Follow what Allah hath revealed:” They say: “Nay! we shall follow the ways of our fathers.” What! even though their fathers Were void of wisdom and guidance?
002.171
The parable of those who reject Faith is as if one were to shout Like a goat-herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and cries: Deaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom.
002.172
O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you, and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him ye worship.
002.173
He hath only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that on which any other name hath been invoked besides that of Allah. But if one is forced by necessity, without wilful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits,- then is he guiltless. For Allah is Oft-forgiving Most Merciful.
002.174
Those who conceal Allah’s revelations in the Book, and purchase for them a miserable profit,- they swallow into themselves naught but Fire; Allah will not address them on the Day of Resurrection. Nor purify them: Grievous will be their penalty.
002.175
They are the ones who buy Error in place of Guidance and Torment in place of Forgiveness. Ah! what boldness (They show) for the Fire!
002.176
(Their doom is) because Allah sent down the Book in truth but those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the purpose).
