Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:103

4:103

فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَا ٱطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَـٰبًا مَّوْقُوتًا

fa-idhā qaḍaytumu l-ṣalata fa-udh'kurū l-laha qiyāman waquʿūdan waʿalā junūbikum fa-idhā iṭ'manantum fa-aqīmū l-ṣalata inna l-ṣalata kānat ʿalā l-mu'minīna kitāban mawqūtan

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.

— Saheeh International

After performing the ritual prayer, continue to remember God- standing, sitting, and lying on your sides- and once you are safe, keep up regular prayer, for prayer is obligatory for the believers at prescribed times.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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

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

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فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
قَضَيْتُمُqaḍaytumuyou (have) finished
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurūthen remember
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
قِيَـٰمًۭاqiyāmanstanding
وَقُعُودًۭاwaquʿūdanand sitting
وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand (lying) on
جُنُوبِكُمْۚjunūbikumyour sides
فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
ٱطْمَأْنَنتُمْiṭ'manantumyou are secure
فَأَقِيمُوا۟fa-aqīmūthen establish
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚl-ṣalatathe (regular) prayer
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
كَانَتْkānatis
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
كِتَـٰبًۭاkitābanprescribed
مَّوْقُوتًۭاmawqūtan(at) fixed times