Which Surah and Juz is Quran 2:129 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), the 2th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 1.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 2:129?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 2:129?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 2:129 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Al-Hakim, Prophethood, Al-Aziz, Supplication, Divine Revelation.

Ayah 128

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِ...

2:129Al-Baqara

Q: What does Quran 2:129 mean?

Quran 2:129 (Surah Al-Baqara, Ayah 129) translates to: "Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise.""

Ayah 130

وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ إِلَّا مَ...

رَبَّنَا وَٱبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

Rabbanaa wab'as feehim Rasoolam minhum yatloo 'alaihim aayaatika wa yu'allimuhumul Kitaaba wal Hikmata wa yuzakkeehim; innaka Antal 'Azeezul Hakeem

Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

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11 ayahs in Al-Baqara are strongly about dua. This is one of them.

← Previous on Dua2:128Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You.Next on Dua →2:200And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance.

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Our Lord! And send among them the people of this House a messenger one of them and God granted him this petition with the sending of Muhammad (s) who shall recite to them Your signs the Qur’ān and teach them the Book the Qur’ān and Wisdom that is what the former contains of judgments and purify them cleanse them of idolatry; You are the Mighty the Victor the Wise in His creation.

"The Messenger of Allah embraced me and said: 'O Allah, teach him wisdom and the (correct) interpretation of the Book.'"

Sunan Ibn Majah #4291It was narrated that 'Uthmaan bin 'Affan said:Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The most excellent of you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.'"

Sahih Muslim #4411It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abu Aufa that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) cursed the tribes (who had marched upon Medina with a combined force in 5 H) and said:Sahih

O Allah, Revealer of the Book, swift in (taking) account, put the tribes to rout. O Lord, defeat them and shake them.

Sunan Abu Dawud #590Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:Da'if

Let the best among you call the adhan for you, and the Qur'an-readers act as your imams.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2992Narrated 'Ali bin Abi Talib:Sahih

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The best of you is he who learns the Qur'an and teaches it."