The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 383
PT. 2 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا اَوْ رُكْبَانًا فَإِذَا If you are in a state of. 240 أَمِنْتُمْ فَاذْكُرُوا اللهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُمْ مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْلَمُونَ ) fear, then say your Prayer on foot or riding; but when you are safe, remember Allah as He has taught you that which you did not know. 246 "4:102. b4:104. apparently incongruous elements. The style is peculiar to the Quran but is quite natural. The clause, and stand before Allah submissively, teaches that besides aiming at complete concentration in Prayers the worshipper observe three special injunctions: (1) he should refrain from speech, (2) he should should stand motionless and refrain from making any unnecessary movement, and (3) his general attitude should be that of submissiveness, as lack of these is to adversely affect liable voyage. ( means, he made sin his riding beast, i. e. he committed a sin (Lane). Commentary: The five daily Prayers constitute the most important worship in Islam. In no circumstances can a Muslim neglect his Prayers as long as he is sane and conscious. Even when a person is moving about in a state of extreme fear and consternation, he must not fail to say his Prayers and should perform them on horseback or on foot, whether running or sitting or concentration and detract from the lying, as the case may be. sanctity of worship. 246. Important Words: (on foot) is the plural of (one who walks on foot) which is derived from Ji. e. he walked on foot, (rijl) meaning a foot. (rajul) which means man is so called because man walks on foot and not on both hands and feet like quadrupeds (Lane). (riding) is the plural of (one who rides) which is derived from i. e. he rode an animal or a conveyance. One says, mounted the horse. i. e. I means, the man embarked on a sea 383 In view of this great importance of Prayers, a married couple can ill afford to be careless about them. The form in which Prayers are to be performed in time of ordinary fear or danger is mentioned in 4:102, 103; but the present verse refers to a state of extreme fear when one cannot observe even the form of ordinary (Prayer in a state of fear). The clause, but when you are safe, remember Allah as he has taught you, means that the injunction with regard to offering Prayers on foot or on horseback, etc. pertains to very special circumstances only. As soon as better conditions return, one