Some points on Suratul Baqarah

The following are a few things I jotted down whilst memorising/revising Suratul Baqarah to help me. They are not in any specific order.

Over time the need for anchors like these has diminished as I have become more efficient at memorising and pay less attention to understanding during memorisation as it slows you down. These may not help you except to give you an example of how I make links, they are after all, specific to the workings of my mind. Some came to me whilst memorising, others whilst revising or reciting.

Number One

كتب عليكم القتال و هو كره لكم و عسى أن تكرهوا شيئا و هو خيرلكم و عسى أن تحبوا شيئا و هو شرلكم والله يعلم و أنتم لا تعلمون

Fighting has been enjoined upon you while it is hateful to you. But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not. (A216)

الله says about fighting و هو كره لكم ‘hateful to you’.

Then الله says you may hate something and it is good for you.

Then الله says you may love something and it is bad for you.

الله doesn’t say hated as:

1. That wouldn’t make sense
   
2. And no effect would be stated otherwise. Effect meaning like ‘this is bad’ ‘this is good’ ‘this is of some benefit’
   

Also worth noting the pairing of hate with good and love with bad.

Number Two

والفتنة أكبر من القتل

And fitnah is greater than killing (A217)

Possible confusion with A191

والفتنة أشد من القتل

And fitnah is worse than killing (A191)

Thing to note is the occurrence of كبير and أكبر shortly before so link to that.

يسئلونك عن الشهر الحرام قتال فيه قل قتال فيه كبير و صد عن سبيل الله و كفر به والمسجد الحرام و إخراج أهله منه أكبر عند الله والفتنة أكبر من القتل

More updates to come إن شاء الله

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~ by flanteen on October 13, 2009.