Which Surah and Juz is Quran 4:103 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), the 4th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 5.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 4:103?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 4:103?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 4:103 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Prayer, Remembrance of Allah (Dhikr), Spiritual Discipline, Salah.

Ayah 102

وَإِذَا كُنتَ فِيهِمْ فَأَقَمْتَ لَهُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰة...

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Q: What does Quran 4:103 mean?

Quran 4:103 (Surah An-Nisaa, Ayah 103) translates to: "And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah 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."

Ayah 104

وَلَا تَهِنُوا۟ فِى ٱبْتِغَآءِ ٱلْقَوْمِ ۖ إِن تَك...

فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ قِيَٰمًۭا وَقُعُودًۭا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِكُمْ ۚ فَإِذَا ٱطْمَأْنَنتُمْ فَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَٰبًۭا مَّوْقُوتًۭا

Fa izaa qadaitumus Salaata fazkurul laaha qiyaamanw wa qu'oodanw wa 'alaa junoobikum; fa izat maanantum fa aqeemus Salaah; innas Salaata kaanat 'alal mu'mineena kitaabam mawqootaa

And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah 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.

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7 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about prayer. This is one of them.

← Previous on Prayer4:102And when you are among them and lead them in prayer, let a group of them stand [in prayer] with you and let them carry their arms.Next on Prayer →4:142Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily,

Tafsir

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When you have performed the prayer when you have completed it remember God by repeating ‘There is no god but God’ tahlīl and ‘Glory be to God’ tasbīh standing and sitting and on your sides lying down in other words in all states. Then when you are reassured when you are secure observe the prayer perform it with its proper due surely the prayer is for believers a prescription enjoined that is an obligation at specific times that is its appointed times are set and so it should not be postponed from these times.

When you get up to pray, say the takbir, exalting Allah; then recite the Qur’an as much as it is convenient for you. The version adds: When you sit in the middle of the prayer, do it completely(so that you are at rest) and spread your left thigh; then recite the tashahhud. Then if you get up (again), do in a similar way until you finish your prayer.

Sunan Abu Dawud #859This tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Rifa’ah b. Rafi. This version goes:Sahih

When you get up and face the qiblah, what Allah wishes you to recite. And when you bow, put your palms on your knees and stretch out your back. When you prostrate yourself, do it completely( so that you are at the rest). When you raise yourself then sit on your left thigh.

Sahih Muslim #1464Qatada reported it on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

When any one of you omits the prayer due to sleep or he forgets it, he should observe it when he remembers it, for Allah has said:" Observe prayer for remembrance of Me."

Sahih Muslim #1258Abu Huraira reported ahadith from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and one of them is that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon), said:Sahih

When the call is made for prayer come to it walking with tranquillity, and pray what you are in time for, and complete what you have missed.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #621It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

"Whoever forgets a prayer, let him pray it when he remembers it, for Allah says: and perform the Salah for My remembrance." Ta-Ha 20:14.