Quran 2:239 — Al-Baqara, verse 239
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا ۖ فَإِذَا أَمِنْتُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُمْ مَا لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْلَمُونَ
fa-in khif'tum farijālan aw ruk'bānan fa-idhā amintum fa-udh'kurū l-laha kamā ʿallamakum mā lam takūnū taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if you are in fear, then afoot or mounted; but when you are secure, then remember God, as He taught you the things that you knew not.
- Muhammad Asad
- But if you are in danger, [pray] walking or riding; and when you are again secure, bear God in mind - since it is He who taught you what you did not previously know.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنْfa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | خِفْتُمْkhif'tum | you fear | خوف |
| 3 | فَرِجَالًاfarijālan | then (pray) on foot | رجل |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | رُكْبَانًۭا ۖruk'bānan | riding | ركب |
| 6 | فَإِذَآfa-idhā | Then when | — |
| 7 | أَمِنتُمْamintum | you are secure | أمن |
| 8 | فَٱذْكُرُوا۟fa-udh'kurū | then remember | ذكر |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 11 | عَلَّمَكُمʿallamakum | He (has) taught you | علم |
| 12 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 13 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 14 | تَكُونُوا۟takūnū | you were | كون |
| 15 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | knowing | علم |