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بِسمِ ٱلله الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيـمِ

With Allah's personal name Ar'Reh'maan [I begin reading Qur'aan] Who is The Infinitely Merciful. [ Note] It should be remembered that it is not the written text/part/Ayah of سُورة الْبَقَرَة [Chapter 2] and hence it is never numbered. For convenience of those readers who are already believers, this is traditionally printed since it is commanded in the Qur'an to read/recite with the Name of Sustainer Lord, The Creator. For Non believers, Qur'aan begins hereafter.
الم

[Three syllabic] Letters/consonants of Arabic language, Alif; Laam and Meem [conjoined and both written with prolongation sign/mark]. [2:001; this is also first Ayah of Chapter 3,29,30,31 & 32]

ذَالِكَ الْكِتَابُ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

"This is that Book, within which there is no suspicious/conjectural/whimsical/un-certain/ perplexing/ disconcerting/illusory matter/statement. This Book is the Guide [the Manual that leads to the straight path of destination, in time and space] for those people who are cautious, heedful, and mindful" {Refer 2:002}


الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنْفِقُونَ

‪[in time and space Mutta'qeena are those people] who accept/believe in the presence/existence [of Creator- Allah, and what is stated in the Book] without being in their sight; and they maintain/ manage/ organize/ stand for the performance of Ass-sa'laat, and out of the worldly resources, which We have given them as sustenance, they spend [only for seeking approval and attention of Allah]. [2:003]


وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ يُوقِنُونَ

‪And [in the present time and space] Mutta'qeena are those, who accept/believe in that [Grand Qur'aan] which has since been sent to you [the Messenger], and they also accept/believe what was sent [by Allah] in the times before you [which you certified/sanctified with/in Qur'aan]. And they have firm belief/conviction in the Last Day [and to be held accountable]. [2:004]

أُولَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ
They are the people who are heading [towards/to return to the original destination/abode] on the guidance [given in "My Aaya'at" in the Qur'aan] from their Sustainer Lord. And they are the people who endeavor for perpetual success. [2:005]

 

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إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَأَنْذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنْذِرْهُمْ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ
خَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ وَعَلَى سَمْعِهِمْ وَعَلَى أَبْصَارِهِمْ غِشَاوَةٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
Indeed for those, it is one and the same thing upon them [outcome/result wise] whether you admonish them or do not admonish them, who have already deliberately refused to accept [Grand Qur'aan]; they will not accept, today and in future. Allah has let [because of their deliberate/ conscious denial to accept the truth/fact] the cover keep veiling upon their hearts and upon their audition [passage of entry closed since they have veiled their intellect and perception with other things]; and upon their faculty of vision is a veil [obscuring them to see the fact]. And for them is a grave torment [in wait]. [To conceive the perception and meanings more in detail, pl read 4:156; 25:43-44 and 36:7-10] [2:06-07]

 

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وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ فَزَادَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَرَضًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْذِبُونَ

And amongst (in those days, Jew) people, there are those who say, claiming "We have accepted the belief in Allah and the Last Day". And the fact is that they are certainly not the believers. [By false declarations in believer's society they perceive as if] They deceive Allah and those people who have accepted [wholeheartedly the Messenger and Grand Qur'aan]; and in fact they deceive none [by false declaration of belief] except their own selves and they do not perceive this fact. There is a disease in their hearts [personality/psychological disorder] and Allah has caused/let [by leaving them as condemned/discarded] their disease increase. And [waits] for them is grievous punishment because they persistently contradict publicly [the Qur'aan]. [2:08-10]

 

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لا تُفْسِدُوا فِي الأَرْضِ قَالُوا إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُصْلِحُونَ
‪And when it is said for [to] them, "You people do not create disorder/imbalance/distortions/spread wicked, unsound ideas in the society", they reply, claiming, "We are indeed the perfectionists". [2:-11]

أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ الْمُفْسِدُونَ وَلَكِنْ لا يَشْعُرُونَ
No, the fact of the matter is that indeed they are the distorters but they do not realize {since don't reflect}. [2:-12]

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَكِنْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ
And when it is said for [to] them: "Believe in the manner as others from amongst the other people {at that time from Jews and Nisa'ra} have believed", they replied: "Should we believe like/in the manner/what the fools have believed?" No, the fact of the matter is that they are indeed the ones who are fools, but they do not know/intend to know. [2:13]

وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَى شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ
اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
And when they confront the ones [whom they regard fools on their back] who have [truly] believed, they say to them, "We have accepted/ believed"; but when they are in privacy with their evil ones, they say to them: "We are certainly with you people; with them we only jest". {These fools do not understand that} Allah is ignoring them and have left them/let be stretched in their blind wandering (by their brothers, evil-doers Refer 7:202) [2:14-15]‪

These are the people who have purchased vagrancy in barter of Guidance. For this {bad bargain} reason they could not benefit from their commerce {perception/hope of enjoying favour from both parties; instead even lost the confidence of their original party}, and nor could become guided {to enjoy the support of the Guided ones}. [2:16]

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي اسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّا أَضَاءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ لا يُبْصِرُونَ
صُمٌّ بُكْمٌ عُمْيٌ فَهُمْ لا يَرْجِعُونَ
The semblance of these {Muna'fi'qeen} people is as if a man kindled a fire and when it caused his surroundings become heated and lighted, [his action did not benefit them as] Allah took away these people's "visible light" and left them in layers of darkness where they cannot have vision. These people {Muna'fi'qeen} are deaf, dumb and blind and for that reason they do not pay heed/respond. [2:17-18]

أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِيهِ ظُلُمَاتٌ وَرَعْدٌ وَبَرْقٌ يَجْعَلُونَ أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ وَاللَّهُ مُحِيطٌ بِالْكَافِرِينَ
Or (example of Mun'afi'qeen is of that person) as if that had overtaken him, from the sky, in which there are layers of darkness and thunder and lightning. They press their fingers in their ears to keep out from stunning thunder-clap in terror of death. But Allah is ever encompassing all those who have deliberately/constantly refused to accept. [2:19]


May be it is near that lightening blurs/obscures their vision. Whenever there is light they walk therein, and when darkness falls upon them they stand still. And if it was the will of Allah He could have taken away their faculty of hearing and vision. Indeed, Allah has eternally the infinite power over all things. [2:20]