Soera Al-Baqarah — hoofdstuk 2 van de Heilige Koran, een Medinees soera met 286 ayahs.
Alif Lām Mīm – letters like these begin certain sūrahs of the Qur’ān. Although they have no meaning in themselves, they do however have a purpose. Since there is divine wisdom contained in everything in the Qur’ān, these letters point to the miracle of the Qur’ān, made up of the letters which make up the words we speak.