In the name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 

Research on the 1st three ayah of Surah-Baqarah 

Before I start describing the ayahs I want to let you know few details about this Surah. At  first, what does the word “Baqarah” mean, it means ‘the heifer’ or ‘the cow’. This surah  was revealed in Al-Medina. This surah is considered to be the second surah and the  lengthiest surah in the Holy Book of Allah ‘The Quran’. This surah has 286 verses or  ayahs, 25,500 letters, 6201 words and 40 no. of rukus. This chapter of the Quran is said to  have the most powerful verses which is known as ‘Ayat al-Kursi’. There are a lot of  virtues of this chapter in the Quran. It is reported in At-Tirmidhi that Abu Hurayrah  stated that Prophet(sm) said: 

Do not turn your houses into graves. Verily, shaytan does not enter the house where  Surah Al-Baqarah is recited. 

#Description of the first ayah 

o ٓالٓم 

Translation: 

∙ Alif Laam Meem 

Description/Meaning:  

∙ This ayah of the beginning of surah ayah is said to be ‘Mutashaihaat’ this word  means that this ayah is considered to have more than one meaning, which is why  for defining this ayah they needed to do put more effort to interpret their preferred  meaning. Hence, giving assurance is difficult with the interpretations of the verse  because it has more than one meaning. 

∙ There are a lot of opinion that is said about this verse, but mostly it is the name of  the surah that indicates as a challenge that was thrown towards the Arab  community. This is because a name for the Arab tribe or any people is what grabs  attention and pulls their ears and forces their vision towards the named thing.  Therefore when a surah is started with these kind of individual letters it grabs  everyone’s attention and turns their vision towards it. There are a lot of other surah’s that also begin with individual letters and their sole purpose is to grab the attention of the listeners towards the surah that will be recited. 

∙ These individual letters are also known as the miracles of Allah, and only Allah  has the concrete meaning of it.

#Description of the second ayah 

ِقي َن oُمتَِّْل ُب ََل َرْي َب فِي ِه ُهدًى لَِٰكتَِْل َك ٱلَٰذَ 

Translation:  

∙ Za likal kita bu la raiba fihi hudallil muttakin. 

Meaning: 

∙ This is the book (the Quran) whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who  are Al-Muttaqun. 

Description: 

∙ After the attention is snatched from the listeners mentioned in the first ayah, Allah  (swt) highlights the reality of the Quran. In the first part of this verse it is said that  the Quran has no doubt. 

∙ ه ِيِف ب َيْر َل ) ََin which there is no rayb), which indicates that there is no doubt. At the  same time, in Surah As-Sajdah Allah mentions the same thing saying ‘the revelation of this book (the Quran) is beyond doubt, is from the lord of all worlds.’ (Verse no.2). 

∙ And nobody could not till now find any sort of mistake in this book and  Insha’Allah nobody can as well. There were a lot of scientific research about the  Holy Quran and everything were proved right.  

∙ Now what does the meaning ‘guidance for those who are Al-Muttaqin’ mean? The  word Al-Muttaqin means those who are said to be believers, the people who are  who avoid accompanying others with Allah (swt) which is known as shirk. And  those who obey him and walk towards the right path remembering Allah (swt).  Ibn’ Abbas stated that Al-Muttaqin also means, the people who fear and remind  

themselves of Allah’s judgment in every step of their life, they also have hopes on  Allah’s mercy by firmly counting on what he has revealed.

#Description of the third ayah 

ُهْم يُنِفقَُٰنَ 

َر َزقْ oَو ِمَّماوةََٰغَ ْي ِب َويُِقي ُمو َن ٱل َّصلَِْٱلِذي َن يُ ْؤ ِمنُو َن بٱل و َن َّ 

Translation: 

∙ Alla zina yu’minuna bil gaibi wa yu ki munas salata wa mimma razak na hum  yu’n fikoon.  

Meaning: 

∙ Who believe in the Ghaib and perform As-Salat, and spend out of what we have  provided for them. 

Description: 

∙ We can discuss about the three major pillars of Islam in this very ayah of Surah  Al-Baqarah. In this ayah there is a specific word that is mentioned here “Al Ghaib” which means a thing that cannot be seen i.e. unseen. Similarly this word  has various sorts of meanings that are: Believing in Allah (swt), in the angels, in  the Holy book of Allah, His Messengers, in the day of resurrection and Al-Qadar.  For example: In this world not a single human being or messengers of Allah met  him face to face. In other words in this era we have never seen how Allah looks or  heard his voice, nor his angels or messengers, but despite all this we still believe in  him, we still pray to him, look upon to him and obey him. This first major pillar of  Islam in this ayah is the immense faith that we have without seeing anything is  known as Iman. 

∙ The next word after Ghaib comes Salah that is the second major pillar of Islam  which is mentioned in this verse. Every human being is appointed to pray 5 times  in a day at the specified times, the males are supposed to pray in the mosque in  congregation and the females are supposed to pray at homes. Salah is known to be  an identification of being a Muslim, without prayer no Muslim can come close to Allah (swt) and be guided in the right path. Muhammad (sm) has said: Order your  children for Salah at the age of seven, and beat them about it at the age of ten. The  chief (of the family, town, tribe etc.) and the Muslim rulers will be held  accountable before Allah in case of non-fulfillment of this obligation by the  Muslims under their authority. 

∙ After this it is mentioned in the ayah about spending from what we have provided  for them which in other words mean giving zakat, spending on themselves, their  parents, their children, their wives, etc. it also includes about giving charity to the 

poor. This action named Zakat is also play a role in Islam, which means a certain  fixed proportion of the wealth and of every kind of property liable to Zakat of a  Muslim to be paid yearly for benefitting the poorer people among the Muslim  communities. Zakat is also as important as Salah and Iman as it is also considered  as the third major pillar in Islam. Zakat is the economic means through which  social justice can be established leading the Muslim society to prosperity and  security. 

~The End~