The last two verses of Surah Baqarah: Arabic, meaning and virtues

What are the last two verses of Surah Baqarah in Arabic and English?

Al-Baqarah, the second surah, has 286 verses, so these are verses 285 and 286. The last ayat of Surah Baqarah is verse 286, which opens "La yukallifullahu nafsan illa wus'aha". To copy and paste the Arabic, use the button under the scroll.

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What do the last two verses of Al-Baqarah mean?

Verse 285 describes the messenger and the believers: what they believe in, and the words they say. Verse 286 opens with "Allah does not burden a soul beyond its scope", then turns into requests to Allah. Here are both verses in their 11 lines, cut where the Arabic carries a small pause mark (the marks are left out of the list).

1. 1

   ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

   Amanar-rasulu bima unzila ilayhi mir-rabbihi wal-mu'minun

   The messenger believes in that which has been revealed to him from his Lord and (so do) believers.

   2:285 Amana is "believes". Ar-rasul is the messenger; al-mu'minun, the believers.

2. 2

   كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ

   Kullun amana billahi wa mala'ikatihi wa kutubihi wa rusulih, la nufarriqu bayna ahadim mir-rusulih

   Each one believes in Allah and His angels and His scriptures and His messengers - We make no distinction between any of His messengers -

   2:285 Four things believed in: Allah, His angels, His scriptures (kutub) and His messengers (rusul).

3. 3

   وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا

   Wa qalu sami'na wa ata'na

   and they say: We hear, and we obey.

   2:285 In Sahih Muslim 125 the Prophet told his companions to say the words of this line and the next.

4. 4

   غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

   Ghufranaka rabbana wa ilaykal-masir

   (Grant us) Your forgiveness, our Lord. To You is the journeying.

   2:285 Ghufranaka: Your forgiveness. Al-masir: the journeying, the return.

5. 5

   لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا

   La yukallifullahu nafsan illa wus'aha

   Allah does not burden a soul beyond its scope.

   2:286 Yukallifu is to place a duty on someone. Wus' is capacity: what a soul can manage.

6. 6

   لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ

   Laha ma kasabat wa 'alayha mak-tasabat

   For it (is only) that which it has earned, and against it (only) that which it has deserved.

   2:286 Kasabat and iktasabat share the root k-s-b, to earn.

7. 7

   رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا

   Rabbana la tu'akhidhna in nasina aw akhta'na

   Our Lord! Do not condemn us if we forget, or miss the mark!

   2:286 Nasina: we forget. Akhta'na: we make a mistake.

8. 8

   رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا

   Rabbana wa la tahmil 'alayna isran kama hamaltahu 'alal-ladhina min qablina

   Our Lord! Do not lay on us such a burden as You laid on those before us!

   2:286 Isr is a heavy load; this translation gives "burden".

9. 9

   رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ

   Rabbana wa la tuhammilna ma la taqata lana bih

   Our Lord! Do not impose on us that which we do not have the strength to bear!

   2:286 Taqah is strength: what we have no strength to bear.

10. 10

    وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ

    Wa'fu 'anna waghfir lana warhamna

    Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us.

    2:286 Three requests in a row: pardon, forgiveness, mercy.

11. 11

    أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

    Anta mawlana fansurna 'alal-qawmil-kafirin

    You are our Protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving folk.

    2:286 Mawla is protector or patron.

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Why were the last two verses of Al-Baqarah revealed?

Sahih Muslim records that they came after the verse before them, verse 284, troubled the companions. That verse says "whether you make known what is in your minds or hide it, Allah will bring you to account for it".

If you were looking for the last three ayat of Surah Baqarah, this is the third.

What are the benefits of the last two verses of Surah Baqarah?

Each report in the table is graded sahih or hasan.

What does "they will suffice him" mean?

Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet said whoever recites the two verses at the end of Surah Al-Baqarah in a night, they will suffice him. The Arabic word is kafatahu. The narration does not say what they suffice him from, and it names no hour of the night.

1AuthenticSahih al-Bukhari 5009also Sahih Muslim 807 and 808

Al-Nawawi, in his book al-Adhkar, says scholars differed over its meaning: one view is that they suffice him against harms through his night, another that they suffice him for standing in prayer that night. He adds that both may be meant (source 7). He places the hadith in his chapter on what to say when going to sleep.