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Juz 1Word-to-Word Translation of :Surah Al-BaqarahAyah 1-5By: Momina Mateen
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That. It points at something far away.NOTThe bookDoubtHuroof-e- Muqata’at. Qata’a is cut. So Huroof-e-Muqata’at means the isolated letters. In writing they are joined but they are read separately. The actual meaning of these letters is only known to Allah.In it. It is 2 words:1- في which means in2- ه which means it.
GuidanceThose whoThose who believe. The root letters are      أم ن which means  who believe, who have faith, they have peace. To have peace means to have no fear.ل stands for ‘for’              is those who safeguard themselves. Those who adopt Taqwa.What is Taqwa? The root is و ق ي, meaning to safeguard self to be careful, to be cautious, to have Taqwa. To have Taqwa means to fear Allah.
ANDIt means the salah or prayer. The root word is ل وص which means to incline however if the root words are يلص it means to burn as in burning the sins.ANDFrom whatمم which means fromما which means whatThey establish. It comes from the word إقامة (Iqama) which means to straighten out. So this does not imply only doing the daily prayers but performing them correctly in all possible ways with all the prescribed conditions:      RegularityPunctualityInward concentrationHumility Awe We gave them sustenance. The root word is  رزق.           has three parts to it:رزق meaning sustenance.ن meaning we هم meaning theyWith the unseen.ب means with.           is something that is hidden. It something that ones’ five senses cannot perceive.
Those whoRepitition. It means they believe.ANDThe root is زلن  which means sent down, revealed.They spend. The root word is قفن. نفق is tunnel. A tunnel with 2 openings. So when you put something inside it, it doesn’t stay inside. It comes out.              means they spend. From the sustenance that is given to them they spend from it. They don’t keep any of it. With what
WHATANDANDFromIt means before you.قبل meaning beforeك means you.Towards you.إلى which means towards.ك means you.It is being repeated. It means sent down or revealed.1- ب means with2- الآخرة means the hereafter.       	means the last, something that will come at the end.
Those peopleGuidanceTheyUponDo not confuse إلى and على. إلى means towards and على means upon.They believe with certainty. The root words areن قي which means clear and proven. The thing that makes the heart, the intention, the intellect subservient.إيمان is the first degree. يقين  is the last degree. And the amount of عمل (work) in both of them is the same.
رب  is Rabbهم meaning theyTheyFromThose peopleThose who attain success. It is the plural of مفلح. The root word is ل ح ف which means to cut or tear.  فلح  means success. And فلاح means farmer. A farmer cuts and digs the earth. The one who cuts or tears is a فلاح. And فلح means complete success. It means Dunyah and Akhira success. The one who attains success in Dunyah and Akhira is a مفلح.And
Jazakallah Khair May Allah forgive me if I have made any mistakes or have given an false information.Picture by Momina