They also professed to believe in the law which was revealed by Allah to their Prophet Moses (Allah's peace be upon him), and in principle, their way was the same (Islam) that was being taught by Prophet Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him). At Makkah, the Quran generally addressed the mushrik Quraish who were ignorant of Islam, but at Al-Madinah it was also concerned with the Jews who were acquainted with the creed of the Unity of Allah, Prophethood, Revelation, the Hereafter, and angels.In order to understand the meaning of this Surah, we should know its historical background: For the same reason, the last two verses ( 284-286) of this Surah which were revealed at Makkah before the migration of the Holy Prophet to AI-Madinah have also been included in it.
For instance, the verses prohibiting interest were revealed during the last period of the Holy prophet's life but have been inserted in this Surah. The smaller part which was revealed at a later period has been included in this Surah because its contents are closely related to those dealt with in this Surah. The greater part of Al-Baqarah was revealed during the first two years of the Holy Prophet's life at Al-Madinah. Though it is a Madani Surah, it follows naturally a Makki Surah Al- Fatihah, which ended with the prayer: "Show us the straight way." It begins with the answer to that prayer, "This is the Book (that).is guidance." As a matter of fact, all human languages suffer from the same limitation. Many more Surahs of the Quran have been named in the same way because no comprehensive words exist in Arabic (in spite of their richness) to denote the wide scope of the subject discussed in them. Wolf, etc., into their equivalents in other languages or vice versa, because this would imply that the Surah dealt with the subject of "The Cow". It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah into "The Cow" or "The Heifer" as to translate any English name, say, Mr. It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. Al-Baqarah (The Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah ( 67-73).
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