Surah Al-Baqarah - ٱلْبَقَرَة, - The Heifer (Ayat no 253-274) - Quran Recitation

Al-Baqarah (Arabic: ٱلْبَقَرَة, "The Heifer" or "The Cow") is the second and longest chapter (Surah) of the Quran. It consists of 286 verses (āyāt), 6,201 words and 25,500 letters. "There is no disagreement over the view that Surat Al-Baqarah was revealed in its entirety in Al-Madinah. Moreover, Al-Baqarah was one of the first Surahs to be revealed in Al-Madinah". Regarding the timing and contextual background of the supposed revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is a later "Medinan surah", which means it is believed to have been revealed in Medina, after the Hijrah, with the exception the verses (2:281) with regard to riba (interest or usury) which Muslims believe were revealed during the Farewell Pilgrimage, the last Hajj of Muhammad. in particular, Verse 281 in this chapter is believed to be the last verse of the Quran to be revealed, on the 10th of Dhul al Hijjah 10 A.H., when Muhammad was in the course of performing his last Hajj, and only 80 or 90 days later he died. Surah al-Baqarah (Quran 2) enjoins fasting on the believer during the month of Ramadan. #AlQuran