Which Surah and Juz is Quran 2:212 from?

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

Are there hadiths related to Quran 2:212?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Ibn Majah.

What tafsir is available for Quran 2:212?

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

What topics does Quran 2:212 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Day of Judgment, Taqwa, Divine Provision, Divine Justice.

Ayah 211

سَلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ كَمْ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُم مِّنْ...

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Q: What does Quran 2:212 mean?

Quran 2:212 (Surah Al-Baqara, Ayah 212) translates to: "Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account."

Ayah 213

كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّه...

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۘ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍۢ

Zuyyina lillazeena kafarul hayaatud dunyaa wa yaskharoona minal lazeena aamanoo; wallazeenat taqaw fawqahum yawmal Qiyaamah; wallaahu yarzuqu mai yashaaa'u bighairi hisaab;

Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allah are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah gives provision to whom He wills without account.

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6 ayahs in Al-Baqara are strongly about worldly life and wealth. This is one of them.

← Previous on Worldly life & wealth2:200And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [previous] remembrance of your fathers or with [much] greater remembrance.Next on Worldly life & wealth →2:266Would one of you like to have a garden of palm trees and grapevines underneath which rivers flow in which he has from every fruit?

Tafsir

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Decked out fair to the disbelievers of Mecca is the life of this world in disguise and they have fallen in love with it; and they deride the believers on account of their poverty the likes of Bilāl al-Habashī ‘Ammār b. Yāsir and Suhayb al-Rūmī mocking them and treating them condescendingly with their wealth; but those who fear idolatry namely those mentioned shall be above them on the Day of Resurrection; and God sustains whomever He will without reckoning with ample sustenance in the Hereafter or in this world when He gives to those that were mocked possession of the property and lives of those that mocked them.

"The world is a prison for the believer and Paradise for the disbeliever."

Sahih Muslim #7233Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a non-believer.

Sunan Ibn Majah #3851It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Da'if

“This world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever.’”

Sahih Muslim #92It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) remarked:Sahih

The summit of unbelief is towards the East and the pride and conceitedness is found among the owners of horses and camels who are rude and uncivil, people of the tents, and tranquillity is found among those who rear goats and sheep.