Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 2:239 | |
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2:239 فان خفتم فرجالا او ركبانا فاذا امنتم فاذكروا الله كما علمكم مالم تكونوا تعلمون | |
Transliteration | Fa-in khiftum farijalan aw rukbanan fa-itha amintum faothkuroo Allaha kama AAallamakum ma lam takoonoo taAAlamoona |
Literal | So if you feared, so walking or riding , so if you became safe/secure , so mention/remember God, as He taught you what you were not knowing. |
Yusuf Ali | If ye fear (an enemy), pray on foot, or riding, (as may be most convenient), but when ye are in security, celebrate Allah's praises in the manner He has taught you, which ye knew not (before). |
Pickthal | And if ye go in fear, then (pray) standing or on horseback. And when ye are again in safety, remember Allah, as He hath taught you that which (heretofore) ye knew not. |
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. |
Shakir | But if you are in danger, then (say your prayers) on foot or on horseback; and when you are secure, then remember Allah, as. He has taught you what you did not know. |
Sarwar | In an emergency you may say your prayers while walking or riding; but when you are safe, remember God, as He has taught you what you did not know before. |
Khalifa | Under unusual circumstances, you may pray while walking or riding. Once you are safe, you shall commemorate GOD as He taught you what you never knew. |
Hilali/Khan | And if you fear (an enemy), perfrom Salat (pray) on foot or riding. And when you are in safety, offer the Salat (prayer) in the manner He has taught you, which you knew not (before). |
H/K/Saheeh | And if you fear [an enemy, then pray] on foot or riding. But when you are secure, then remember Allah [in prayer], as He has taught you that which you did not [previously] know. |
Malik | If you are in danger, pray on foot or while riding; and when you are safe, remember Allah in the manner that He has taught you which you did not know before.[239] |
QXP | Whether fear threatens you from without, or you are strolling, riding, relaxing in peace, rising, sitting, or recumbent ((3:190), (4:103)), keep in mind the Laws of Allah as He has taught you the Right and Wrong which you knew not (3:3). |
Maulana Ali | But if you are in danger (say your prayers) on foot or on horseback. And when you are secure, remember Allah as He has taught you what you knew not. |
Free Minds | But if you are in a state of worry, then you may do so while walking or riding. If you become secure, then remember God as He has taught you what you did not know. |
Qaribullah | And if you fear, then (pray) on foot or riding. But when you are safe, then remember Allah, as He has taught you what you did not know. |
George Sale | But if ye fear any danger, pray on foot or on horseback; and when ye are safe, remember God, how he hath taught you what as yet ye knew not. |
JM Rodwell | And if you have any alarm, then pray on foot or riding: but when you are safe, then remember God, how he hath made you to know what ye knew not. |
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. |
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