To know benefits of reciting surah Baqarah we have toknow more about it.Surah Baqarah is one of the greatest surahs in the holyQuran, it contains 286 ِAyah (the longest one), and is thesecond surah in the Quran after Al-fatiha.It was revealed in Madina which means that it wasrevealed after migration.This great surah has many benefits and rewards to ourlife, so we have to know more about benefits of recitingsurah Baqarah.
We can mention some of these benefits:
● Reciting surah Baqarah dismisses Shyateen so theycannot enter the house where surah Baqarah arerecited, Abu hurairah (RA) said that the prophetMuhammad (SAW) said: “Do not turn your housesinto graves. Verily, Shaytan does not enter thehouse where Surah Al-Baqarah is recited”(Tirmidhi).● Everyone reciting surah Baqarah will be protectedagainst evil eye, and witchcraft.● It brings barakah to our time, our money, our children,and our whole life.● One of the great benefits of reciting surah Baqarah isgiving the reward on the day of judgment.● Most muslims memorize the last 2 verses of it torecite them at night as this will suffice them.● Also reciting the last two verses of surah Baqarah forthree days, will dismiss shyateen.So, we can say that benefits of reciting surah Baqarah areendless, and for this reason we have to not only recite it,but also to memorize it.Reciting doesn’t mean reading by tongue but it meansreading by tongue, understanding by mind and sensingthese meanings by heart.As prophet Muhammad (SAW) said, a house withoutrecting surah Baqarah, will be like a grave.Upon keeping on reciting surah Baqarah, no hurt will cometo you, your family, and your life.
How long does it take to read surah Baqarah?
It’s great to read it, and if you are fluent in reading Quran,it will take less than an hour. But if you are a beginner inreading, reciting the Quran, and learning Arabic so it willtake 2-3 hours approximately.So time used to read surah Baqarah is dependent on thefluency of the reciter.Simply, if we say surah Baqarah consists of 50 pages, andit will take one minute for each page, that means 50minutes for reciting it as a whole.Reading surah Baqarah for 3 days:As we said before, if you want to protect your house,family and yourself, you have to read surah Baqarahinside your house every 3 days to get the whole protectionagainst bad things.
Benefits of the last two Ayats of surah Baqarah:
These two ayats of surah Baqarah are of the mostimportant.This doesn’t mean that the rest of ayats are not important,but they are still important besides the very highimportance of these two ayats.1- it can protect me at night, as prophet muhammad said“If someone recites the last two verses of surat Al-baqaraat night, that will be sufficient for him” Bukhari.2-Source of light:We should see these 2 ayats as asourse from Allah asthey guide and protect us.We have to understand benefits of reciting surah Baqarahcarefully to get its blessings.
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