al-Mīzān⌕
Sūrah 2
ٱلْبَقَرَة

Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Tafsīr al-Mīzān by ʿAllāmah Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī (English translation). Source: vol 1 pp 64–74, vol 1 pp 75–78, vol 1 pp 79–81, vol 1 pp 82–119, vol 1 pp 120–143, vol 1 pp 144–148, vol 1 pp 149–159, vol 1 pp 160–165, vol 1 pp 166–198, vol 1 pp 199–200, vol 1 pp 201–203, vol 1 pp 204–242, vol 1 pp 243–252, vol 1 pp 253–258, vol 1 pp 259–278, vol 1 pp 279–285, vol 1 pp 286–291, vol 1 pp 292–300, vol 2 pp 15–22, vol 2 pp 23–23, vol 2 pp 24–41, vol 2 pp 42–47, vol 2 pp 48–56, vol 2 pp 57–64, vol 2 pp 65–68, vol 2 pp 69–70, vol 2 pp 71–74, vol 2 pp 75–91, vol 2 pp 92–118, vol 2 pp 119–132, vol 2 pp 133–142, vol 2 pp 143–175, vol 2 pp 176–180, vol 2 pp 181–230, vol 2 pp 231–235, vol 2 pp 236–242, vol 2 pp 243–273, vol 2 pp 274–284, vol 2 pp 285–289, vol 2 pp 290–295, vol 2 pp 296–304, vol 2 pp 305–309, vol 3 pp 15–47, vol 3 pp 48–65, vol 3 pp 66–75, vol 3 pp 76–79, vol 3 pp 80–85, vol 3 pp 86–105, vol 3 pp 106–136, vol 3 pp 137–144, vol 3 pp 145–156, vol 3 pp 157–159, vol 3 pp 160–212, vol 3 pp 213–215, vol 3 pp 216–220, vol 3 pp 221–256, vol 3 pp 257–270, vol 3 pp 271–277, vol 3 pp 278–291, vol 4 pp 13–20, vol 4 pp 21–82, vol 4 pp 83–87, vol 4 pp 88–121, vol 4 pp 122–144, vol 4 pp 145–160, vol 4 pp 161–167, vol 4 pp 168–207, vol 4 pp 208–245, vol 4 pp 246–281, vol 4 pp 282–285, vol 4 pp 286–292, vol 4 pp 293–302

  1. Verses 1–5Alif Lām Mīm.Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical Discussion · Another Philosophical Discussion
  2. Verses 6–7Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing; and there is a covering over their eyes; and for them is a great punishment.Commentary · Examining Narrations
  3. Verses 8–20Commentary
  4. Verses 21–25Who made the earth a bed [resting place] and the sky a structure; and [Who] sends down rain from the heaven, thereby brings forth with it subsistence for you ofCommentary · Miracle and its Quiddity · The Miracle of the Qur’an · First Specific Challenge: The Knowledge it Contains · Second Specific Challenge: The Recipient of the Revelation · Third Specific Challenge: Its Prophecies and Information of Unseen · Fourth Specific Challenge: No Discrepancies in the Qur’an · Fifth Specific Challenge: Its Eloquence · The Reality of Miracle: According to the Qur’an · 1. The Qur’an Confirms the General Rule of the Cause-and-Effect · 2. The Qur’an Affirms Miracles (Super-Natural Events) · 3. Whatever is Caused by Natural Causes is Really Caused by God · 4. The Souls of the Prophets do have Influence over the Super-Natural Events · from God · 6. The Qur’an Attributes the Miracle to an Invincible Cause · 7. The Qur’an Counts Miracle as a Proof of the Truth of the Claim of Prophethood · Examining Narrations
  5. Verses 26–27Commentary · An Essay on Compulsion and Delegation · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical Discussion
  6. Verses 28–29He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth, and He directed Himself to the heaven, so He made them complete seven heavens; and He knows all things.Introduction · Commentary
  7. Verses 30–33And He taught Adam the names, all of them, then presented them to the angels and He said: Tell Me the names of those if you are right.Introduction & Commentary · Examining Narrations
  8. Verse 34Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  9. Verses 35–39But the Satan made them both slip from it and drove them out of what they were in; and We said: Get down, some of you being the enemies of others; and there is Commentary · Examining Narrations
  10. Verses 40–44Introduction & Commentary
  11. Verses 45–46who know that they shall meet their Lord and that they shall return to Him.Commentary · Examining Narrations
  12. Verses 47–48Commentary · A Discourse on Intercession · 1. What is the Meaning of Intercession? · 2. The Objections against Intercession · 3. Who will Benefit from Intercession? · 4. Who are the Intercessors? · 5. Intercession: About what? · 6. When will Intercession be effected? · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical Contemplation · A Social Discourse
  13. Verses 49–61And when We parted the sea for you, so We saved you and drowned the followers of Pharaoh while you watched by.Commentary · Examining Narrations
  14. Verse 62Commentary · Examining Narrations · A Historical Discussion (About the Sabaeans)
  15. Verses 63–74So We made them an example to those who witnessed it and those who came after it, and an admonition to those who guard [against evil].Commentary · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical Discourse About Making Dead Bodies Alive and About Metamorphosis · An Academic and Ethical Discourse on Unquestioning Adoption of Concepts and Rulings
  16. Verses 75–82And there are among them illiterates who know not the Book but only lies, and they do but conjecture [78].Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  17. Verses 83–88And when We made a covenant with you: You shall not shed your blood and you shall not turn your people out of your cities; then you gave a promise while you witCommentary · Examining Narrations
  18. Verses 89–93Evil is that for which they sold their souls—that they should deny what Allah has revealed, out of envy that Allah should send down of His grace on whomsoever oCommentary · Examining Narrations
  19. Verses 94–99And they will never invoke it on account of what their hands have sent before, and Allah knows the unjust ones.Commentary · Examining Narrations
  20. Verses 100–101Commentary
  21. Verses 102–103Commentary · Examining Narrations · On Some Spurious Narrations · A Philosophical Discourse on Sorcery and Witchcraft · An Academic Description of Various Kinds of Magic
  22. Verses 104–105Commentary · Examining Narrations
  23. Verses 106–107Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  24. Verses 108–115Many of the People of the Book wish that they could turn you back into unbelievers after your faith, out of envy on their part, [even] after the truth has becomCommentary · Examining Narrations
  25. Verses 116–117Commentary · Examining Narrations · An Academic and Philosophical Discourse on the Originality of the Creation
  26. Verses 118–119Commentary
  27. Verses 120–123Those to whom We have given the Book read it as it aught to be read. These [it is who] believe in it; and whoever disbelieves in it, these it is that are the loCommentary · Examining Narrations
  28. Verse 124Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  29. Verses 125–129And [remember] when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House: Our Lord! accept from us; surely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing.Commentary · Examining Narrations · An Academic Discourse (The Philosophy of Hajj)
  30. Verses 130–134And the same did Abraham enjoin on his sons and [so did] Jacob: O my sons! surely Allah has chosen for you [this] faith, therefore die not unless you are MuslimCommentary · The Various Stages of al-Islām and al-Īmān · Examining Narrations
  31. Verses 135–141Say: We believe in Allah and [in] that which has been revealed to us, and [in] that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribesCommentary · Examining Narrations
  32. Verses 142–151Indeed We see the turning of thy face to heaven, so We shall surely turn thee to a qiblah which thou shalt be pleased with; turn then thy face towards the SacreIntroduction · Commentary · Relationship Between Prescription of Qiblah and Ummah Being Witnesses for the People and the Messenger Being Witness for the Ummah · Examining Narrations · An Academic and Historical Discourse on Ways of Finding the Direction of Qiblah · A Sociological Essay on the Meaning of Qiblah and its Benefits
  33. Verse 152Commentary · Examining Narrations
  34. Verses 153–157And do not speak of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead;Introduction · Commentary · The Life of al-Barzakh · The Immateriality of the Soul · Discourse on Ethics · Examining Narrations · About al-Barzakh and the Soul’s Life after Death: · A Philosophical Discourse on the Immateriality of the Soul · A Discourse on Ethics · A Few Narrations on Some Related Topics
  35. Verse 158Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  36. Verses 159–162Surely those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers, these it is on whom is the curse of Allah and the angels and men all;Commentary · Examining Narrations
  37. Verses 163–167Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the ships that run in the sea with that which profitCommentary · Can Man-Made Things be Attributed to God? · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical Discourse on Love · A Philosophical Discourse on Perpetuity of Punishment · A Qur’anic Note on the Above Subject
  38. Verses 168–171He only enjoins you evil and indecency, and that you may speak against Allah what you do not know.Commentary · Examining Narrations · A Moral and Sociological Discourse on Blind Imitation
  39. Verses 172–176Surely those who conceal what Allah has revealed of the Book and take for it a small price, they eat nothing but fire into their bellies, and Allah will not speCommentary · Examining Narrations
  40. Verse 177Commentary · Examining Narrations
  41. Verses 178–179Commentary · Examining Narrations · An Academic Essay on Retaliation
  42. Verses 180–182Whoever then alters it after he has heard it, the sin of it then is only upon those who alter it; surely Allah is Hearing, Knowing. (2:182) But he who fears an Commentary · Examining Narrations
  43. Verses 183–185for a counted number of days; but whoso among you be sick or on a journey than [he shall fast] that number of other days; and those who are with difficulty ableIntroduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  44. Verse 186Commentary · Examining Narrations
  45. Verse 187Commentary · Examining Narrations
  46. Verse 188Commentary · Examining Narrations · On Social Science
  47. Verse 189Commentary · Examining Narrations
  48. Verses 190–195And kill them wherever you find them and drive them out from whence they drove you out; and mischief [disbelief] is more grievous than slaughter; and do not figIntroduction · Commentary · The War as Ordained by the Qur’an · From the Sociological Point of View · Examining Narrations
  49. Verses 196–203Ḥajj is the months well-known; so whoever determines [to perform] the ḥajj therein, then there shall be no sexual intercourse, nor bad language, nor quarrellingIntroduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations · Narrations on Mutʿatu al-Ḥajj
  50. Verses 204–207And when he becomes ruler, he strives on earth that he may cause mischief therein and destroy the crop and the progeny; and Allah does not love mischief.Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  51. Verses 208–210But if you slip after clear signs have come to you, then know thatIntroduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations · Other Narrations (Day of Return)
  52. Verses 211–212Commentary
  53. Verse 213Introduction · How Mankind came into Being · His Composition from Soul and Body · His Perception and Connection with Other Things · His Practical Knowledge · His Exploitation of Other Things · Man is Social by Nature · Difference Among Human Beings · Religion Removes the Difference · Difference in Religion Itself · Man After this World · Commentary · Sinlessness of the Prophets · About Prophethood · Examining Narrations · Prophethood From a Philosophical Point of View · Sociological Arguments About Prophethood
  54. Verse 214Commentary
  55. Verse 215Commentary · Examining Narrations
  56. Verses 216–218They ask you concerning the sacred month about fighting in it. Say: Fighting in it is a grave matter; and hindering [men] from Allah’s way and denying it, and [Commentary · Forfeiture of Deeds · An Essay on the Rules Governing Actions · A) About Their Reward and Punishment: · B) Actions Preserved, Written and Embodied: · C) Relation Between Actions and “Natural” Phenomena: · D)Actions with Reference to Happiness and Misery: · E) Actions with Reference to Reason: · Examining Narrations
  57. Verses 219–220Commentary · Examining Narrations
  58. Verse 221Commentary · Examining Narrations
  59. Verses 222–223Commentary · Examining Narrations
  60. Verses 224–227And make not Allah a target of your swearing [by Him] against your doing good and guarding [against evil] and making peace between men, and Allah is Hearing, KnCommentary · The Meaning of Heart in the Qur’an · Examining Narrations
  61. Verses 228–242Commentary · Examining Narrations · A Scientific Discourse About Woman · The Life of Woman in Uncivilized Nations · Woman in Pre-Islamic Civilizations · Woman in Some Other Civilizations · Woman in Arabia: The Environment in which the Qur'an was Revealed · What Islam Brought for Woman · The Freedom of Women in Western Civilization · A Discussion About Marriage and Divorce
  62. Verse 243Commentary · Examining Narrations
  63. Verses 244–252Who is it that will lend to Allah a goodly loan, so He will multiply it for him manifold, and Allah holds and extends and to Him you shall be returned.Introduction · Commentary · Meaning of al-Sakīnah · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical and Social Discussion about the Struggle for Existence and the Survival of the Fittest · History and how much the Qur'an is Concerned with it
  64. Verses 253–254Introduction · Commentary · A Talk about the Speech of God · Examining Narrations · A Philosophical Discussion about the Speech of God · Discussion of Speech in Theology
  65. Verse 255Commentary · Examining Narrations
  66. Verses 256–257Commentary · Examining Narrations
  67. Verses 258–260Or like him who passed by a town, and it had fallen down upon its roofs; he said: How will Allah give it life after its death? So Allah caused him to die for a Commentary · Good & Evil Deeds vis-a-vis Guidance & Misguidance · Examining Narrations
  68. Verses 261–274Those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah, then do not follow up what they have spent with reproach or injury, for them is their reward with their Lord, Introduction · Spending in the Way of God · Commentary · Examining Narrations
  69. Verses 275–281Allah effaces interest, and He causes charities to grow; and Allah does not love any ungrateful sinner.Introduction · Commentary · Examining Narrations · Discourse about Interest · Another Discourse about Interest
  70. Verses 282–283Commentary
  71. Verse 284Commentary · Examining Narrations
  72. Verses 285–286Introduction · Commentary