The­mat­ic Struc­ture of Sura 2

Asif IqbalDavid E. Smith, The Struc­ture of al-Baqarah” in : The Mus­lim World, vol. 91, no 1 & 2 (Spring 2001).

(I) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE QUR’AN AND THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (vers­es 2 – 39).

A- Dec­la­ra­tion of Scrip­tur­al Author­i­ty (24).

B- Respons­es to the Divine Mes­sage (220).

(i) Faith (25)

(ii) Unbe­lief (620).

C- Uni­ver­sal Call to Wor­ship (2122).

D- Proof of Qur’an­ic Authen­tic­i­ty and Muham­madan Prophet­hood (2325).

E- Exhor­ta­tion to Believe (2639).

(II) FAILURE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL (40118)

A- Exhor­ta­tion to Believe and Do Good Works (4046).

B- Admo­ni­tion to Remem­ber (4773).

C- Lev­el­ing of the charge of unfaith­ful­ness to the Mes­sage (7486).

(i) Hard­en­ing of the heart (74).

(ii) Alter­ation of the Mes­sage (7582).

(iii) Break­ing of the Covenant (8386).

(iv) Rejec­tion of the Prophets (87112).

(a) Prophet­ic suc­ces­sion estab­lished (8788).

(b) Rejec­tion of for­mer Scrip­tures affirmed (8990).

(c) Rejec­tion of the Qur’an charged (91112).

D- Reca­pit­u­la­tion of the Charge (113118)

(III) REAFFIRMATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE QUR’AN AND MUHAMMAD THROUGH THE APPROPRIATION OF THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITION (119167).

A- State­ment of Author­i­ty (119121).

B- Abra­ham, Ish­mael and the Ka‘bah (122126).

C- The Seed of Ish­mael (127128).

D- Abra­ham’s prophet­ic prayer (129).

E- Islam as the Reli­gion of Abra­ham (130141).

F- The Qibla (direc­tion of prayer) as the test of loy­al­ty (142143).

G- Qur’an­ic con­fir­ma­tion of the test (144150).

H- Muham­mad as ful­fill­ment of Abra­ham’s prophet­ic prayer (151).

I- All?h as the focus of wor­ship (152167).

(IV) BASIC ISLAMIC LEGISLATION (168284).

A- Dietary Laws : A les­son in Scrip­tur­al restora­tion (168177).

(i) Prop­er under­stand­ing of the dietary laws (168173).

(ii) Dietary laws as exam­ple and metaphor (174175).

(a) Exam­ple of the Scrip­tur­al Fail­ure of the Chil­dren of Israel

(b) Metaphor of judg­ment : eat­ing” the fire.

(iii) Islam­ic pil­lars” as the prop­er con­tent of the Scrip­ture (176177).

B- Fur­ther Leg­is­la­tion : Laws of Retal­i­a­tion, Last Will and Tes­ta­ment, Fast of Ramadan, Jih?d and Pil­grim­age (178210).

C- Fail­ure of the Chil­dren of Israel Revis­it­ed (211214).

D- Fur­ther Leg­is­la­tion : Laws of Giv­ing, Jih?d, Drink­ing, Gam­bling, the Fam­i­ly, and Prayer (215245).

E- Author­i­ty of Muham­mad Revis­it­ed (246252).

(i) Saul and David as Mod­els (246251).

(ii) Muham­mad as God’s Elect (252).

F- Fail­ure of the Chil­dren of Israel Revis­it­ed (253).

G- Fur­ther Leg­is­la­tion : Finan­cial Mat­ters (254284).

H- Reaf­fir­ma­tion of Muham­mad’s author­i­ty (285).

I- Con­clud­ing Prayer (286).Endmark


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