Surah 1-2 - YasSarNal QuR'aN

Al-Baqarah (The Cow) | PROLOGUErules and instructions it propounded fourteen centuries ago remain today, and for alltime to come, essential for the regeneration and reconstruction of Muslim society.The battles and the issues and the controversies remain the same. The enemies, andthe means and weapons used against the Qur’ān and its followers also remainfundamentally the same. To fight and win today’s battles, Muslims will need tofollow the Qur’ānic principles and teachings which shaped and guided thatpioneering Muslim community of Madinah.Muslims today need the Qur’ān for a better and a more realistic understanding ofthe world and their role in it. No other source exists that can provide them with theinspiration, the practical guidance and the complete way of life they need to forgeahead and assume the leadership of the world again.The closing two verses take us full circle to the opening of the sūrah, affirming theMuslim world community’s eternal belief in all Prophets and messages sent by Godto man, without exception, and in what lies beyond the reach of human perception.They assert the Muslims’ total unqualified faith in, and submission to, the One God.Thus, the ending of the sūrah coalesces smoothly with its beginning, as the subjectmatter is shaped and honed to give a complete and superb example of the Qur’ān’sinimitable and powerful style.20