Al-Baqarah - 16 Reflections

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اولايك الذين اشتروا الضلالة بالهدى فما ربحت تجارتهم وما كانوا مهتدين ١٦

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ ١٦

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ

ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ

بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ

فَمَا

رَبِحَت

تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡ

وَمَا

كَانُواْ

مُهۡتَدِينَ

١٦

They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.

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Medina Torba

last week · Referencing Ayah 2:16

When reading this before, I was confused. “Why would someone trade guidance for misguidance? Especially some people the Quran explicitly mentions, the people that know the truth but choose to conceal it.” This time around, I’ve found my answer and now see that Muslims also often find it appealing to exchange guidance for misguidance. I paid closer attention to the sentence following the first one: “But this trade is profitless…” People trade beli...See more

Jasser Auda

12 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 2:16

The discussion here about trade, purchase, and profit is not meant as a metaphor or literary analogy; rather, it is a genuine and true discussion. This is because the Quranic concepts of trade, sale, and purchase in the Islamic worldview are not solely worldly and material, but are related to a purpose with two aspects: worldly and otherworldly/Hereafter, which is the purpose of profit. In the correct Islamic perspective, worldly profit is not ab...See more

Muniii khan

4 weeks ago · Referencing Ayah 2:16

Allah SWT clarified that what is real profit or success. It means not the wealth we have in our bank. Allah SWT says! Who dedicate everything in the way of Allah (Fi-sabi-lillah) yes, people can ask how dedicate everything in the way of Allah SWT. Dedicating does not mean you don't enjoy the blessings of Allah SWT no you enjoy, you are the user. You are given by Creator. In this modern world, we don't own money, money owns us, we don't own power,...See more

Tareq Abed

7 years ago · Referencing Ayah 41:17, 2:16

Shara or bay3 is an exchange of goods, services , and can be with in kind items, not necessarily goods for money. Here they exchanged guidance for misguidance, the most miserable trade anyone can make.

Tareq Abed

7 years ago · Referencing Ayah 2:16-18

He compared the hypocrites to someone who lit a fire, and the only reason you would light a fire in darkness of the night is for warmth, comfort, and to be able to see in the darkness around you. In that way belief grants you Serenity, warmth, and the ability to see through the darkness with the light of Allah. He then mentions that he took away their light and that is because they turned away from belief so he left them in darkness without the ...See more

Rabi'a Brown

48 weeks ago · Referencing Surah 2

#Week1 #QuranicCalendar #Yaqeen #Certainty #Iman #Faith #Hajj #Tilawat #Recitation #Reverts #Arabic #Tafsir #Commentaries #QuranInAYear

One of our reflection prompts this week (Week One of Qur'an in a Year) is 'How do we believe in Allah SWT without seeing Him?'

As a recent revert (March 2022) who was coming from a position of near-atheism, I worried greatly for a while about how it would ever be possible to truly believe in God. But little b...See more

Razia Zahra

2 years ago · Referencing Surah 2 and Ayah 1:5-6, 2:121-122

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful,

I had read a few translations of the Qur’an several times during my teenage years. I was marvelled by the science of the Qur’an. Yet, I didn’t really contemplate about the Prophets peace be upon them all, the Day of Judgment and death. I believe I had not ‘experienced’ much about life and especially I had not suffered much loss during my youth.

Then one day, it was as though th...See more

Maryam Nazar

4 years ago · Referencing Surah 2 and Ayah 2:274, 63:9-10, 47:35, 2:270, 2:3, 2:254, 19:76, 2:265, 64:16, 2:261-262

The fruit that a plant bears depends on the seed that we sow.When allah provides us with seeds,we have to nurture and water it in a good fertile soil so that it produces lot and lot of fruits,flowers and seeds.

Throughout our lives Allah is constantly planting seeds of faith in our life and calling us to also plant seeds of faith in the lives of others, on an ongoing basis.

Remember —a farmer who plants good quality seeds,in a highly fertile so...See more

Deen Unraveled

4 years ago · Referencing Surah 2

2: Surah Al Baqara (The Cow/Heifer)
Get to know the Surah that angels descend to the sky for when it is recited.
Early Madani (among the first to be revealed to the Prophet after Hijra)
It was named after the story of Prophet Musa (عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ) and his people regarding the cow
Contains the last verse of the Quran to be revealed to the Prophet (2:281)
It has 286 verses, and is the largest Surah in the Quran.
Has been highly p...See more

Salah

5 years ago · Referencing Surah 3, 2

Reading these two surahs and listening to them in taraweh over the last few days has reminded me just how special they are