Which Surah and Juz is Quran 2:84 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 2:84?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 2:84?

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

What topics does Quran 2:84 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Children of Israel, Knowledge, Justice.

Ayah 83

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ لَا...

2:84Al-Baqara

Q: What does Quran 2:84 mean?

Quran 2:84 (Surah Al-Baqara, Ayah 84) translates to: "And [recall] when We took your covenant, [saying], "Do not shed each other's blood or evict one another from your homes." Then you acknowledged [this] while you were witnessing."

Ayah 85

ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ ...

وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَكُمْ لَا تَسْفِكُونَ دِمَآءَكُمْ وَلَا تُخْرِجُونَ أَنفُسَكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

Wa iz akhaznaa meesaa qakum laa tasfikoona dimaaa'akum wa laa tukrijoona anfusakum min diyaarikum summa aqrartum wa antum tashhadoon

And [recall] when We took your covenant, [saying], "Do not shed each other's blood or evict one another from your homes." Then you acknowledged [this] while you were witnessing.

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26 ayahs in Al-Baqara are strongly about justice and honesty. This is one of them.

← Previous on Justice & honesty2:27Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth.Next on Justice & honesty →2:85Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes,

Tafsir

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And when We made a covenant with you and We said ‘You shall not shed your own blood spilling it by slaying one another; neither expel your own from your habitations’ let no one of you expel the other from his house; then you confirmed it that is you accepted this covenant and you bore witness upon your own souls.

"The day of the house (when he was besieged), 'Uthman said: 'Indeed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took a covenant from me, and I will abide by it.'"

Sahih al-Bukhari #5852Narrated `Asim:Sahih

I said to Anas bin Malik, "Did it reach you that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no treaty of brotherhood in Islam'?" Anas said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) made a treaty (of brotherhood) between the Ansar and the Quraish in my home."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4006It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:Sahih

"The first matter concerning which scores will be settled among the people will be bloodshed."