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Section/Ruku 2
[Verses 9 to 11]: Friday prayer:
Chapter
62: (Al-Jumu‘ah: The
Congregation)
(Revealed at Madinah:
2 sections; 11 verses)
1. Translation:
9 O you who believe, when the call is
sounded for prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of
Allah and leave off traffic. That is better for you, if you
know.a
10 But when the
prayer is ended, disperse abroad in the land and seek of
Allah’s grace, and remember Allah much, that you may be
successful.
11 And when they
see merchandise or sport, they break away to it, and leave
thee standing.a
Say: What is with Allah is better than sport and
merchandise. And Allah is the best of Providers.
2.
Commentary:
9a.
The word Jumu‘ah is derived from
jama‘a, he gathered, and yaum al-Jumu‘ah
means the day of Congregation. The time of the
Jumu‘ah is just after noon, and the service, which
consists only of two rak‘ahs instead of the four
rak‘ahs of the early afternoon prayer, is
preceded by a sermon. The words of this verse and those of
the following show that ordinary business may be carried on
by a Muslim on Friday before or after the Jumu‘ah
prayer. Hence, unlike the Jewish and the Christian
Sabbaths, it is not necessarily a day of rest. But
attendance at the Jumu‘ah prayers is obligatory,
and as soon as the call to prayer is sounded, every Muslim
is bound to leave business of every kind and immediately
hasten to the mosque. Every nation has a Sabbath, or a
so-called day of Divine service set apart from the ordinary
weekdays, but in practice, the whole day is never given to
prayer. In fact, a Muslim, who is allowed to do his ordinary
work on Friday, gives more time to his prayers than the
majority of those who recognise a seventh day as their
Sabbath. The idea underlying the Sabbath is, no doubt, a
temporary cessation of the material and physical activities,
to give place to spiritual exercise and to holding communion
with the Divine Being. Islam, on the other hand, requires
communion with the Divine Being to be observed throughout
the entire week, five times daily. Thus it gives a real
chance to its followers for the exercise and development of
the spiritual faculties, which in others lie quite dormant.
The Islamic division of prayers is much more suited to
elevate a man spiritually, affording true spiritual food to
the soul than is to be discovered in any other form of
worship. [Back
to verse 9]
11a.
Those spoken of here are apparently the hypocrites. The
fact that the next chapter deals with the hypocrites
corroborates this. [Back
to verse 11]
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