Editing Screen: Surah 2: al-Baqarah (The Cow)

 

 

Editing: Important key and unique words of the Surah

Description <ul> <li><strong>Taqwa - </strong>words derived from و ق ي occur with the frequency of 258 times in 237 ayat. Interestingly, the highest frequency of these words appear in Surah al-Baqarah compared to any other Surah. The Muslim nation's character is built upon Taqwa.</li> <li><strong><big>شطر</big> </strong>- Shatr - direction/half etc - is a word only used in Surah al-Baqarah. It appears <a href="http://tanzil.net/#2:144" target="_blank">5 times</a>.</li> <li>The word <big><strong>رَفَثَ </strong>[<small>acts leading and including sexual intercouse] appears only in Surah al-Baqarah. Occuring twice in (2:187) and (2:197)</small></big></li> <li><strong><big>يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا​</big></strong><big> </big>"O you who Believe"<strong> - </strong>This is first time this phrase appears in the Qur’an,  and it does not appear in any Makki Surah. It is mentioned <a href="http://tanzil.net/#search/quran/يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا" target="_blank">11 Times</a>  in Surah al-Baqarah. The phrase  'O you who Believe'  are the the opening words of  Surah al-Maidah and it appears more times in Surah al-Maidah than any other Surah, occuring <a href="http://tanzil.net/#search/quran/يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا/p2" target="_blank">16 times</a>  [<em>confimation needed</em>] </li> <li>'<strong>Baqar</strong>' - 'adult cow' occurs 5 times in Surah al-Baqarah, which is the most amount compared to all other Surahs. In total, it occurs 9 times in the Qur'an. In Surah Yusuf (12) and Surah al-An'am (6) it occurs twice respectively. 7 out of the 9 times it occurs with respect to Children of Israel. </li> <li><strong><big>ٱلْعِجْلَ</big> </strong>- calf -  is the word used to describe the child of the Cow, usually from birth to 2 years old. This word occurs the most frequent in this Surah appearing 4 times. <a href="http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Ejl" target="_blank">It occurs 10 times in the whole Qur'an.</a></li> <li>Words derived from <strong><big><code>قتل</code></big>  </strong>Q-T-L [to fight] occur 170 times in <a href="http://tanzil.net/#search/root/قتل" target="_blank">122 Ayat</a> in the Qur'an. It occurs 30 times in Surah al-Baqarah, which is the highest frequency compared to any other Surah. </li> <li>The word,<big> <strong>رمضان</strong></big> Ramadhan only appears once in the Qur'an, appearing in this Surah. (2:185)</li> <li>The word <strong><big>الْأَهِلَّةِ</big></strong>  - crescent moon - in the (2:189) the only mention of  this word in the Qur’an.</li> <li><big><strong>الْحَجِّ</strong> </big> The word 'Hajj' appears in the Qur’an 12 times – 8 times in Surah al-Baqarah – the most in the Qur’an.</li> <li><big><strong>رَفَثَ</strong> </big> - a word only used in Surah al-Baqarah<strong> - </strong>used twice (2:187) and (2:197). It is defined as to whatever might lead to sexual intercourse, such as embracing, kissing and talking to women about similar subjects.</li> <li>The word <big><strong>يَسْأَلُونَكَ</strong></big> - 'They ask you [O Prophet]' appears in the Qur'an 15 times. It occurs in Surah al-Baqarah 7 times - this highest in any Surah.</li> <li><strong><big><span dir="RTL">إِلْحَافًا</span></big>  </strong>- The triliteral root lām ḥā fā (<span dir="RTL">ل ح ف</span>) occurs<strong> </strong>only once in the Qur'an (2:273).</li> </ul>

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