Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:239

2:239

فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا ۖ فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ

fa-in khif'tum farijālan aw ruk'bānan fa-idhā amintum fa-udh'kurū l-laha kamā ʿallamakum mā lam takūnū taʿlamūna

And if you fear [an enemy, then pray] on foot or riding. But when you are secure, then remember Allāh [in prayer], as He has taught you that which you did not [previously] know.

— Saheeh International

If you are in danger, pray when you are out walking or riding; when you are safe again, remember God, for He has taught you what you did not know.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you fear (an enemy), perform Salât (pray) on foot or riding. And when you are in safety, offer the Salât (prayer) in the manner He has taught you, which you knew not (before).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَإِنْfa-inAnd if
خِفْتُمْkhif'tumyou fear
فَرِجَالًاfarijālanthen (pray) on foot
أَوْawor
رُكْبَانًۭاۖruk'bānanriding
فَإِذَآfa-idhāThen when
أَمِنتُمْamintumyou are secure
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَمَاkamāas
عَلَّمَكُمʿallamakumHe (has) taught you
مَّاmāwhat
لَمْlamnot
تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou were
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknowing