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Holy
Quran Section
> English
Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran by
Maulana Muhammad Ali (Table of
Contents)
>
Chapter
4 (Al-Nisa’ - The
Women)
> Section 15 (Verses 101 to 104) Section/Ruku
Ruku 15 [Verses 101 to 104]: Prayer when
fighting: 1. Translation: 102 And when thou art among them and leadest the prayer for them, let a party of them stand up with thee, and let them take their arms. Then when they have performed their prostration, let them go to your rear, and let another party who have not prayed come forward and pray with thee, and let them take their precautions and their arms. Those who disbelieve long that you may neglect your arms and your baggage, that they may attack you with a sudden united attack. And there is no blame on you, if you are inconvenienced on account of rain or if you are sick, to put away your arms; and take your precautions. Surely Allah has prepared abasing chastisement for the disbelievers.a 103 So when you have finished the prayer, remember Allah standing and sitting and reclining. But when you are secure (from danger) keep up (regular) prayer. Prayer indeed has been enjoined on the believers at fixed times.a 104 And be not weak-hearted in pursuit of the enemy. If you suffer, they (too) suffer as you suffer, and you hope from Allah what they hope not. And Allah is ever Knowing, Wise. 2. Commentary: 102a. This verse and the previous one show the importance of prayer in Islam, which could not be neglected even when facing the enemy. The soldiers of Islam were not men with whom fighting was a primary occupation; the chief object of their lives, as these verses show, was to hold communion with the Diving Being, forgetting even their imminent danger, when the time of holding such communion arrived. According to what is stated in this verse, the congregation performed only one rak‘ah of prayer with the Prophet who was leading the prayer and said two rak‘ahs, but we are told in a hadith that the other rak‘ah was said by each part of the congregation separately (B. 12:1). This shows the importance of offering prayer in congregation which could not be neglected even on the field of battle. [Back to verse 102] 103a. By kitab mauqut, or a timed ordinance, is meant an ordinance regulated as to time, or ordained to be performed at fixed times. The hours of prayer were therefore fixed by the Prophet under Divine guidance, and the observance of the hours of prayer is an essential part of the due observance of prayer. It is this feature of the Islamic prayer which makes it a unique force in the unification of the human race. [Back to verse 103]
Holy
Quran Section
> English
Translation and Commentary of the Holy Quran by
Maulana Muhammad Ali (Table of
Contents)
>
Chapter
4 (Al-Nisa’ - The
Women)
> Section 15 (Verses 101 to 104)
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