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Al-Baqarah 238

Ayah 238 of 286 · Medinan

حَٰفِظُواْ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱلۡوُسۡطَىٰ وَقُومُواْ لِلَّهِ قَٰنِتِينَ ٢٣٨

Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle [i.e., ʿaṣr] prayer and stand before Allāh, devoutly obedient.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. حَٰفِظُواْGuard strictlyḥāfiẓū
  2. عَلَى[on]ʿalā
  3. ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِthe prayersl-ṣalawāti
  4. وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِand the prayer wal-ṣalati
  5. ٱلۡوُسۡطَىٰ[the] middlel-wus'ṭā
  6. وَقُومُواْand stand upwaqūmū
  7. لِلَّهِfor Allahlillahi
  8. قَٰنِتِينَdevoutly obedientqānitīna

Tafsir

Guard your prayers by fulfilling them completely as Allah has instructed. In particular, guard the middle prayer, which is the ‘aṣr (afternoon) prayer; and stand before Allah in submission and devotion.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran