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An-Nisa 103

Ayah 103 of 176 · Medinan

فَإِذَا قَضَيۡتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ قِيَٰمٗا وَقُعُودٗا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمۡۚ فَإِذَا ٱطۡمَأۡنَنتُمۡ فَأَقِيمُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ كَانَتۡ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ كِتَٰبٗا مَّوۡقُوتٗا ١٠٣

And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allāh standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides. But when you become secure, re-establish [regular] prayer. Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers a decree of specified times.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَإِذَاThen whenfa-idhā
  2. قَضَيۡتُمُyou (have) finishedqaḍaytumu
  3. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  4. فَٱذۡكُرُواْthen rememberfa-udh'kurū
  5. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  6. قِيَٰمٗاstandingqiyāman
  7. وَقُعُودٗاand sittingwaquʿūdan
  8. وَعَلَىٰand (lying) onwaʿalā
  9. جُنُوبِكُمۡۚyour sidesjunūbikum
  10. فَإِذَاBut whenfa-idhā
  11. ٱطۡمَأۡنَنتُمۡyou are secureiṭ'manantum
  12. فَأَقِيمُواْthen establishfa-aqīmū
  13. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚthe (regular) prayerl-ṣalata
  14. إِنَّIndeedinna
  15. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَthe prayerl-ṣalata
  16. كَانَتۡiskānat
  17. عَلَىonʿalā
  18. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna
  19. كِتَٰبٗاprescribedkitāban
  20. مَّوۡقُوتٗا(at) fixed timesmawqūtan

Tafsir

When you, O believers, have finished the prayer, then remember Allah by glorifying Him by saying ‘Subḥān Allāh’, praising Him by saying ‘Alḥamdulillāh’ and declaring His Oneness by saying ‘Lā ilāha illallāh’. This is to be done however possible, whether you are standing, sitting or lying on your sides. When the fear is gone and you are safe, then establish the prayer by fulfilling all its articles, obligations and recommendations, as you have been instructed. Prayer is an obligation on the believers that is linked to particular times and may not be delayed without a valid reason when one is a resident. However, when you are travelling you are allowed to join and shorten prayers.

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