Quran 4:101 — An-Nisaa, verse 101
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When you [believers] are travelling in the land, you will not be blamed for shortening your prayers, if you fear the disbelievers may harm you: they are your sworn enemies.
وَإِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ تَقْصُرُوا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنَكُمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۚ إِنَّ الْكَافِرِينَ كَانُوا لَكُمْ عَدُوًّا مُبِينًا
wa-idhā ḍarabtum fī l-arḍi falaysa ʿalaykum junāḥun an taqṣurū mina l-ṣalati in khif'tum an yaftinakumu alladhīna kafarū inna l-kāfirīna kānū lakum ʿaduwwan mubīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when you are journeying in the land there is no fault in you that you shorten the prayer, if you fear the unbelievers may afflict you; the unbelievers are for you a manifest foe.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND WHEN you go forth [to war] on earth, you will incur no sin by shortening your prayers if you have reason to fear that those who are bent on denying the truth might suddenly fall upon you: for, verily, those who deny the truth are your open foes.
- Sahih International
- And when you travel throughout the land, there is no blame upon you for shortening the prayer, [especially] if you fear that those who disbelieve may disrupt [or attack] you. Indeed, the disbelievers are ever to you a clear enemy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | ضَرَبْتُمْḍarabtum | you travel | ضرب |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | فَلَيْسَfalaysa | then not | ليس |
| 6 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 7 | جُنَاحٌjunāḥun | (is) any blame | جنح |
| 8 | أَنan | that | — |
| 9 | تَقْصُرُوا۟taqṣurū | you shorten | قصر |
| 10 | مِنَmina | [of] | — |
| 11 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalati | the prayer | صلو |
| 12 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 13 | خِفْتُمْkhif'tum | you fear | خوف |
| 14 | أَنan | that | — |
| 15 | يَفْتِنَكُمُyaftinakumu | (may) harm you | فتن |
| 16 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 17 | كَفَرُوٓا۟ ۚkafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 20 | كَانُوا۟kānū | are | كون |
| 21 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 22 | عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwan | an enemy | عدو |
| 23 | مُّبِينًۭاmubīnan | open | بين |