Surah Nisa ayat 103 Tafsir Quran 4:103

﴿فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَا اطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ ۚ إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَّوْقُوتًا﴾
[ النساء: 103]

4:103 And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah 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.

When you have performed the prayer when you have completed it remember God by repeating ‘There is no god but God’ tahlīl and ‘Glory be to God’ tasbīh standing and sitting and on your sides lying down in other words in all states. Then when you are reassured when you are secure observe the prayer perform it with its proper due surely the prayer is for believers a prescription enjoined that is an obligation at specific times that is its appointed times are set and so it should not be postponed from these times.

When you have completed your prayer, you keep remembering Allah and bearing Him in mind standing, sitting and lying on your sides. Evoking reminiscence of Allah inspires to the hearts and minds a state, of composure. However, when you feel safe and secure, you then perform the act of worship in the proper manner as prescribed by Allah, for the act of worship has been a prescriptive rule incumbent on those whose hearts have been touched with the divine hand to observe at the scheduled hours

The Order for Ample Remembrance After the Fear Prayer Allah commands Dhikr after finishing the Fear prayer, in particular, even though such Dhikr is encouraged after finishing other types of prayer in general.
In the case of Fear prayer, Dhikr is encouraged even more because the pillars of the prayer are diminished since they move about while performing it, etc., unlike other prayers.
Allah said about the Sacred Months, فَلاَ تَظْلِمُواْ فِيهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمْ ( so wrong not yourselves therein ), even though injustice is prohibited all year long.
However, injustice is particularly outlawed during the Sacred Months due to their sanctity and honor.
So Allah's statement, فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلَوةَ فَاذْكُرُواْ اللَّهَ قِيَـماً وَقُعُوداً وَعَلَى جُنُوبِكُمْ ( When you have finished Salah, remember Allah standing, sitting down, and on your sides, ) means, in all conditions, فَإِذَا اطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلَوةَ ( But when you are free from danger perform the Salah. ) when you are safe, tranquil and fear subsides, فَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلَوةَ ( perform the Salah ) by performing it as you were commanded; fulfilling its obligations, with humbleness, completing the bowing and prostration positions etc.
Allah's statement, إِنَّ الصَّلَوةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَـباً مَّوْقُوتاً ( Verily, the Salah is Kitaban on the believers at fixed hours. ) means, enjoined, as Ibn `Abbas stated.
Ibn `Abbas also said, "The prayer has a fixed time, just as the case with Hajj." Similar is reported from Mujahid, Salim bin `Abdullah, `Ali bin Al-Husayn, Muhammad bin `Ali, Al-Hasan, Muqatil.
As-Suddi and `Atiyah Al-`Awfi. The Encouragement to Pursue the Enemy Despite Injuries Allah's statement, وَلاَ تَهِنُواْ فِى ابْتِغَآءِ الْقَوْمِ ( And don't be weak in the pursuit of the enemy; ) means, do not weaken your resolve in pursuit of your enemy.
Rather, pursue them vigorously, fight them and be wary of them. إِن تَكُونُواْ تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمونَ ( if you are suffering then surely they are suffering as you are suffering, ) meaning, just as you suffer from injuries and death, the same happens to the enemy.
In another Ayah, Allah said, إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُ ( If you suffer a harm, be sure a similar harm has struck the others ).
Allah then said, وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَرْجُونَ ( but you have a hope from Allah that for which they hope not; ) meaning, you and they are equal regarding the injuries and pain that you suffer from.
However, you hope for Allah's reward, victory and aid, just as He has promised you in His Book and by the words of his Messenger .
Surely, Allah's promise is true.
On the other hand, your enemies do not have hope for any of this.
So, it is you, not they, who should be eager to fight so that you establish the Word of Allah and raise it high.
i وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيماً حَكِيماً ( And Allah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise. ) means, He is most knowledgeable and wise in all what He decides, decrees, wills and acts on concerning various worldly and religious ordainments, and He is worthy of praise in all conditions.

The Order for Ample Remembrance After the Fear Prayer Allah commands Dhikr after finishing the Fear prayer, in particular, even though such Dhikr is encouraged after finishing other types of prayer in general.
In the case of Fear prayer, Dhikr is encouraged even more because the pillars of the prayer are diminished since they move about while performing it, etc., unlike other prayers.
Allah said about the Sacred Months, فَلاَ تَظْلِمُواْ فِيهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمْ ( so wrong not yourselves therein ), even though injustice is prohibited all year long.
However, injustice is particularly outlawed during the Sacred Months due to their sanctity and honor.
So Allah's statement, فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلَوةَ فَاذْكُرُواْ اللَّهَ قِيَـماً وَقُعُوداً وَعَلَى جُنُوبِكُمْ ( When you have finished Salah, remember Allah standing, sitting down, and on your sides, ) means, in all conditions, فَإِذَا اطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلَوةَ ( But when you are free from danger perform the Salah. ) when you are safe, tranquil and fear subsides, فَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلَوةَ ( perform the Salah ) by performing it as you were commanded; fulfilling its obligations, with humbleness, completing the bowing and prostration positions etc.
Allah's statement, إِنَّ الصَّلَوةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَـباً مَّوْقُوتاً ( Verily, the Salah is Kitaban on the believers at fixed hours. ) means, enjoined, as Ibn `Abbas stated.
Ibn `Abbas also said, "The prayer has a fixed time, just as the case with Hajj." Similar is reported from Mujahid, Salim bin `Abdullah, `Ali bin Al-Husayn, Muhammad bin `Ali, Al-Hasan, Muqatil.
As-Suddi and `Atiyah Al-`Awfi. The Encouragement to Pursue the Enemy Despite Injuries Allah's statement, وَلاَ تَهِنُواْ فِى ابْتِغَآءِ الْقَوْمِ ( And don't be weak in the pursuit of the enemy; ) means, do not weaken your resolve in pursuit of your enemy.
Rather, pursue them vigorously, fight them and be wary of them. إِن تَكُونُواْ تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمونَ ( if you are suffering then surely they are suffering as you are suffering, ) meaning, just as you suffer from injuries and death, the same happens to the enemy.
In another Ayah, Allah said, إِن يَمْسَسْكُمْ قَرْحٌ فَقَدْ مَسَّ الْقَوْمَ قَرْحٌ مِّثْلُهُ ( If you suffer a harm, be sure a similar harm has struck the others ).
Allah then said, وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لاَ يَرْجُونَ ( but you have a hope from Allah that for which they hope not; ) meaning, you and they are equal regarding the injuries and pain that you suffer from.
However, you hope for Allah's reward, victory and aid, just as He has promised you in His Book and by the words of his Messenger .
Surely, Allah's promise is true.
On the other hand, your enemies do not have hope for any of this.
So, it is you, not they, who should be eager to fight so that you establish the Word of Allah and raise it high.
i وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيماً حَكِيماً ( And Allah is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise. ) means, He is most knowledgeable and wise in all what He decides, decrees, wills and acts on concerning various worldly and religious ordainments, and He is worthy of praise in all conditions.

( When ye have performed the act of worship ) when you have finished performing the prayer of fear, ( remember Allah ) pray to Allah, ( standing ) for the one who is healthy, ( sitting ) for the one who is sick ( and reclining ) for the one who is wounded or sick. ( And when ye are in safety ) when you return home and feel no more fear, ( observe proper worship ) perform the prayer in full: four units of prayer. ( Worship at fixed hours hath been ) performing the prayer is ( enjoined on the believers ) prescribed and known both while in residence and during travel: the traveller performs two units of prayer and the resident four.

When you have finished As-Salat (the prayer - congregational), remember Allah standing, sitting down, and lying down on your sides, but when you are free from danger, perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as- Salat). Verily, the prayer is enjoined on the believers at fixed hours.

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