Surah Al-Baqarah Verse 112

114 The word translated "self is Wajh, a comprehensive Arabic word. It means (1) literally face, but it may imply (2) countenance or favour, as in 92:20; (3) honour, glory. Presence as applied to Allah, as in 4:72; (4) cause, sake ("for the sake of) as in 76:8; (5) the first part, the beginning, as in 3:71; (6) nature, inner being, essence, self, as in 5 :111, 27:88, and perhaps also 55:27. Here I understand meaning 6; the face expresses the personality or the whole inner self of man. (Cf. 7:29 and n. 1010) (R). 115 This phrase comes in aptly in its own context many times. In this Surah it occurs in 2:38 , 62, 112, 262,274. and 277. (R).