Reflections on Surah Al-Baqarah

Reflections on Surah Al-Baqarah

A Thematic Understanding

Ahmad, Anis

Islamic Foundation

01/2025

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Preface 1

>> Introduction to al-Baqarah 7

>> An Overview: Five Thematic Groups of Verses 12

>> The Change of Leadership 15

>> Guidance on Social Ethics 17

>> The Uniqueness of Qur'anic Guidance 17

>> Preservation of the Qur'an 20

>> The Earlier Scriptures 21

>> The Most Appropriate Universal Guidance (Hidayah) 24

>> The Universality of the Qur'an 27

>> Taqwa is a Prerequisite of Hidayah 29

>> The Ethical Empowerment of Human Beings 32

>> The Role of Guidance (Hidayah) in Achieving Taqwa,

Virtue, Piety and Servitude 34

>> Taqwa as a Behavioural Practice, Objective of all

Acts of Devotion and a Key Theme in the Qur'an 40

>> The Real Success (Falah) 44

>> The Culture of Infaq 45

>> Two Types of Human Conduct and Behaviour:

Disbelief (Kufr) and Hypocrisy (Nifaq) 47

>> The Meaning of Hypocrisy (Nifaq) 49

>> The Inimitability of the Qur'an 53

>> The Wisdom (Hikmah) in the Challenge to Produce

Something Like the Qur'an 54

>> Comprehensiveness of the Din 56

Lessons from the Story of Prophet Adam ? 61

>> Iblis's Modern Forms of Temptations:

Cultural Colonialism and Entrepreneurial Capitalism 63

>> The Fourfold Implication of Khilafah: What Khilafah is and is not 65

>> The Leadership Role of Earlier Peoples: The Case of Bani Isra'il 67

>> In the Wilderness of Sinai 69

>> Shirk (Associating with Allah) and Nifaq (Hypocracy),

The Two Major Transgressions that Lead to Helfire 73

>> Realizing Tawhid in the Social Sphere 74

>> The Transgressions of the Israelites 76

>> Allah's Mercy and the Israelites' Response 77

>> A Universal Message: Tawhid as the Common Ground 79

>> The Israelites' Practice of Double Standards 82

>> The Negative Effects of the Israelites' Cultural Assimilation in Egypt 83

>> The Response of the Jewish Community in Madinah 84

>> Immediacy Instead of Ultimacy 86

>> The Dialogical Approach 90

>> Implications of the Covenant: Serving Allah Through Salah and Zakah 94

>> Serving Parents as a Demand of Tawhid 96

>> The Qur'anic Model of Extended Family 98

>> The Rights of the Marginalized: The Culture of Ihsan 100

>> The Ethics of Communication 101

>> The Culture of Using Communication in a Dignified Way 104

>> The Status of Earlier Sacred Laws 105

>> Religious Pluralism and the Right to Worship in an Islamic Polity 111

>> Similarity of and Constancy in the Message (Da'wah) of all the Prophets 113

>> The Conferment of Leadership on Prophet Ibrahim ? 115

>> A Dialogue Based on the Abrahamic Faith 116

>> Sibghat Allah: From Physical Identity to Ideological Identity

and from Symbolic Colours and Signs of Devotion to

Substantial Transformation and Exemplary Conduct 117

>> Allah's Colour 118

>> The Leadership Role of the Muslim Ummah 119

>> Conferment of the Leadership Role of the Muslim Ummah 121

>> The Ummah as a Model of Justice ('Adl) and Moderation (Wasatiyyah) 123

>> The Obligations of the Leadership of Mankind 127

>> The Culture of Gratitude, Perseverance and Remembrance 128

>> The Culture of Ethical Intelligence and Striving (Jihad) 131

>> Continuity and Change in the Shari'ah 133

>> The Unreasonableness of the People of the Book 136

>> The Culture of Research, Reason, and Introspection 136

>> Qur'anic Pointers 138

>> Is Religion a Personal Matter? 140

>> The Culture of Righteousness, Piety, and Allah-consciousness:

The ayat al-Birr 141

>> The Sanctity of Life and Legal Equality:

The Principle of Justice ('Adl) and Excellence (Ihsan) 145

>> Implications of the Qur'anic Ordinance: The Principle of Legal Equality 148

>> Social Justice 148

>> The Supremacy of Law and the State 149

>> Social and Legal Fairness 151

>> The Dimensions of Piety 153

>> Fasting and the Inculcation of Allah-Consciousness 154

>> The Culture of Tazkiyah in Financial,

Trade and Economic Transactions 159

>> Liberation from Superstitions 160

>> War Ethics 161

>> The Prohibition of Self-infliction of Harm 163

>> The Globalisation of Da'wah and Islamic Brotherhood 164

>> Two Types of Personality 170

>> The Holistic Personality 174

>> The Unity of Humankind 176

>> The Culture of Benevolence (Infaq) and Social Engagement 179

>> The Culture of Benevolence 182

>> War Ethics 184

>> The Dynamics of Faith and Migration (Hijrah) 186

>> The Gradual Removal of Social Evils through Ma'ruf 190

>> The Institutionalization of Social Engagement 192

>> The Building of a Compassionate Family 197

>> Family Ethics 199

>> A Graceful Family Life 201

>> Striving to Achieve Justice and Peace 204

>> The Leadership of Mankind 206

>> The Role of Reason, Revelation and Miracles 210

>> Encouragement of Social Engagement and the

Culture of Spending on Others (Infaq) 212

The Beauty of the Verse of the Throne (Ayat al-Kursi) 213

>> Religious Freedom 215

>> Rushd and Taghut 216

>> Experiential Truth 219

>> Manifestation of Faith in Infaq

(Spending on Others for Allah's Sake) 223

>> The Gift of Wisdom 225

>> The Culture of Almsgiving (Sadaqah) 230

>> The Secular Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility vs.

The Culture of Infaq and Sadaqah 233

>> Establishing an Interest-free Society 233

>> No Gender Disparity in Legal Matters 236
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