Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 1-3 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 1 to 3

Tafseer Surah Baqarah Verse 1-3 | Surah Baqarah explanation in English | Surah Baqarah explained | Surah Baqarah Ayat 1 to 3 Translation

Surah Al Baqarah 

⛰Everything has a hump (or, high peek), and Al-Baqarah is the high peek of the Qur'an. Whoever recites Al-Baqarah at night in his house, then Shaytan will not enter that house for three nights. Whoever recites it during a day in his house, then Shaytan will not enter that house for three days.) 

📜This Hadith was collected by Abu Al-Qasim At-Tabarani, Abu Hatim Ibn Hibban in his Sahih and Ibn Marduwyah.

Al- Baqarah 

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 1

[الم ]

Alif, Lam, Meem. 

These are Huroof al Muqatta'aat- Disjointed letters. 

We do not know their true meaning, which humbles mankind - people who recite letters in their daily speech 

but they do not have full knowledge of the meanings of all words.

These individual letters in the beginning of some Surahs are among those things that Only  Allah SWT has  knowledge of. 

We need to understand and accept we dont know everything, Allah SWT knows Everything. Knowing our Rabb Knows All, should give us a warm, secure feeling.

Surah Al Baqarah 1-3

Surah Al-Baqarah

Verse 2

2:2 Al-Baqarah

[ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ]

 

This is the Book (the Quran), in which 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)].

🔐There is no doubt in this book 

🔐 The Quran is a Guidance For The Mutaqqun.

📗As Muslims we should not have any doubt. Any concerns we have is due to our lack of Knowledge

لا رَيۡبَ‌ۛ فِيهِ 

There is no doubt in it whatsoever.

We should read the Quran to give us the answers we are looking for. It will give us contentment and peace.  When you are in doubt, you are troubled and not at rest, the Quran brings you peace. Whatever is in it is one hundred percent truthful.  Allah revealed it in truth.  Nobody has been able to disprove this book.  Nobody could challenge the Quran or bring a book like this. There is no doubt that the Quran came from Allah and there is no doubt about any of the contents of the Quran.

📚 With Knowledge, One Would Have No Doubt. 

‎ فيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

In which there is Hidaya [guidance] for the Muttaqin.

📜There are 2 types of Hidayah (Guidance): 👇🏻

Hidayah,correct guidance, is only granted to those who have Taqwa (fear of Allah).

📚Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud and other Companions of the Messenger of Allah said, [هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ](guidance for the Muttaqin (the pious and righteous persons), means, a light for those who have Taqwa.

📚Ibn `Abbas said about,[هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ]

(guidance for the Muttaqin) that it means, “They are the believers who avoid Shirk with Allah and who work in His obedience.”  Ibn `Abbas also said that Al-Muttaqin means, “Those who fear Allah’s punishment, which would result if they abandoned the true guidance that they recognize and know. They also HOPE in Allah’s mercy by believing in what He revealed.

 Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 3

He, the Most High, said:

‎( الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ )

“Who believe in the ġayb (the unseen), establish prayer, and spend from that which We have provided for them”

📜This ayah deals with the attributes of the righteous people who fear Allah and abstain from sins. 

📖It states that this Book (The Holy Quran) is indeed a guidance for those are muttaqi (pious). 

📮These are the people who believe in what's hidden from the naked eye

📮Who perform Salat as it should be performed (give priority to it and perform it in the best possible way as it should be performed) 

📮who spend from what has been given to them (rizq). This rizq may be in  tangible(food, money etc) or intangible (knowledge etc) form both. 

🔮 DEEPER PONDER 

 Believe In Gayb 

 Believe

Believe in the ġayb” means: They are described as those with īmān in the ġayb, in words, beliefs, and deeds. The origins of the word ġayb refer to a place that is subdued, comforting, and conceals in its descent that which surrounds it; so everything that is concealed is unseen.

“Believe” means: They believe in Allāh, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Last Day, His Paradise, His Fire, and meeting Him. And they believe in life after death, and in the summoning and the dissemination (of deeds) – all of this is (part of the) unseen. 

Īmān is comprised of words and deeds; it increases and decreases. 

A believer is called a mu’min because if he actualizes īmān, he will be made safe from the punishment of Allāh. 

Ibn Abī Ḥātim said, “I was informed by Maḥmūd ibn Ādam al-Marwazī, in that which he wrote to me, he said, ‘I heard an-Naḍr ibn Shumayl say, ‘The tafsīr (exegesis) of the mu’min is the one who is made safe from the punishment of Allāh.’

💎And from the names of our Lord, Exalted is His Magnificence, is Al-Mu’min for He is the One who makes safe those under His protection from His punishment. Īmān in the religion consists of belief in the heart, affirmation by the tongue, and performing the pillars (of the Islām).

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Pray

"Establish the prayer”: The action of the prayer is called iqāmah (establishment) because of what it entails from qiyām (standing). 

For this reason, it is said, “Qad qāmat-iṣ-ṣalātu (indeed, the prayer has been established).” And it is known that the best act of standing is one with prolonged devoutness. 

Establishing the prayer entails establishing the apparent components of it by fulfilling its pillars, conditions, and its sunan (voluntary acts), along with establishing its inner component by erecting its essence, which is the presence of the heart within it, contemplating what he (the reciter) is saying with his tongue and what he is doing with his body. Iqāmah entails making something right. From the words (of the Arabs): “Qāma bīl amri” (meaning he rightly fulfilled what was entailed) is said if he cemented (a matter) and safeguarded it.

🙏🏻 I ask Allah SWT to help us all to establish Salah in the manner that is acceptable and pleasing to him, Aameen 

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 Zakat

In many places in the Qur’ān, the prayer is paired with zakāt. 

This is because the prayer is the right of Allāh, consisting of Tawḥīd (the monotheistic belief) in Him, mentioning Him, praising Him, exalting Him, compliance to Him, supplicating to Him, and calling upon Him: Calling in worship and calling in regards to a matter while relying upon Him. 

As for the zakāt and spending, then it is goodness towards the creation. It is known that the happiness of an individual lies in his devotion to his Lord and goodness towards the servants of his Lord. 

“And spend from that which We have provided for them”: The phrasing has come using the form “from,” making clear the division to make them aware that He does not want from them except a simple portion from that which He has provided for them, so that it is neither harmful to them to give from it, nor burdensome. In fact, they will benefit by spending it and their brothers will benefit from it. 

In His wording, “provided for them,” this noble āyah alludes to the fact that this wealth that is before you was not acquired by your strengths nor your possessions. Rather, it is provision Allāh has driven towards you, and facilitated for you until you became wealthy, and then He authorized you to act over it. Indeed, He has blessed you with it, so thank Allāh by giving the kindness (portion) from it. 

The original meaning of infāq (spending) is giving by the hand, and giving from one’s possessions. From this comes nifāq-us-sūq (market spending), because the commodity is released by the hand. And it is said nafaqat-id-dābbah (the beast has spent) if its soul leaves (the body). 

And there is a subtle secret when it comes to the order of placing (the act of) spending after having īmān in the ġayb in His saying: 

( وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالْآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ )

“And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith]”

(This subtle secret) is that the one who spends hopes for compensation from Allāh, which is a matter of the ġayb. Whoever has conviction in being compensated will be generous in giving.

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