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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (2)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (1-5)



In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

{ الم } [البقرة: 1]
1- These are the scattered letters with which Allah begins some Surah of the Qur'an. There is no authentic Hadiths reported to explain them. Moreover, the commentators did not agree about their meanings, therefore, I did not explain them in all positions because the knowledge of which is solely for Allah.

{ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدَىً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ } [البقرة: 2]
2- There is no doubt that the Qur'an was revealed by Allah. It is a light and explanation for the pious who obey Allah, a warning against His Punishment and seeking for His Mercy along with belief in that was mentioned therein.

{ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاَةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ } [البقرة: 3]
3- Those who believe in Allah, His Angels, His Scriptures, His Messengers, the Hereafter and in that was revealed in the Qur'an. Those who perform the obligatory Salahs in their proper times along with their pillars and conditions. Those who pay Zakah (obligatory charity) of their properties for the poor and the needy as was ordained by Allah.

{ وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالآْخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ } [البقرة: 4]
4- Those who believe in what the Prophet has brought from Allah and in what had been revealed before you (Prophet Muhammad) to the Messengers without discrimination between them or denying what was revealed to them by their Lord. They believe in resurrection, reckoning and retribution and in paradise and Hell.

{ أُولَئِكَ عَلَى هُدَىً مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ } [البقرة: 5]
5- Those who believe in the Unseen, perform Salah, pay Zakah, believe in what was brought down to you or what had brought down to the Messengers before you and have faith in the Day of Recompense; those are the guided and enlightened people. They are the straight, the guided and the winners who have gained what they deserved by their belief and deeds. They won the reward and the eternal abode in Paradise and were saved from the punishment by the mercy of their Lord.