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An-Nisa 101

Ayah 101 of 176 · Medinan

وَإِذَا ضَرَبۡتُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَلَيۡسَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَقۡصُرُواْ مِنَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ إِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ أَن يَفۡتِنَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ كَانُواْ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٗا مُّبِينٗا ١٠١

And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer,1 [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you.2 Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The four rakʿah prayers are shortened to two rakʿahs.

2 The example of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his companions illustrates that fear is not a condition for this allowance, merely travel.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. ضَرَبۡتُمۡyou travelḍarabtum
  3. فِيinfī
  4. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  5. فَلَيۡسَthen notfalaysa
  6. عَلَيۡكُمۡupon youʿalaykum
  7. جُنَاحٌ(is) any blamejunāḥun
  8. أَنthatan
  9. تَقۡصُرُواْyou shortentaqṣurū
  10. مِنَ[of]mina
  11. ٱلصَّلَوٰةِthe prayerl-ṣalati
  12. إِنۡifin
  13. خِفۡتُمۡyou fearkhif'tum
  14. أَنthatan
  15. يَفۡتِنَكُمُ(may) harm youyaftinakumu
  16. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  17. كَفَرُوٓاْۚdisbelievedkafarū
  18. إِنَّIndeedinna
  19. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna
  20. كَانُواْarekānū
  21. لَكُمۡfor youlakum
  22. عَدُوّٗاan enemyʿaduwwan
  23. مُّبِينٗاopenmubīnan

Tafsir

When you travel in the land, there is no sin on you if you shorten the prayer from four units to two units of prayer, if you fear that the disbelievers will harm you. The disbelievers are open enemies to you, O believers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran