2:238
حَٰفِظُواْ
hafizu
Guard strictly
عَلَى
ala
[on]
ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِ
al-salawati
the prayers
وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ
wal-salati
and the prayer
ٱلۡوُسۡطَىٰ
al-wus'ta
[the] middle
وَقُومُواْ
waqumu
and stand up
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
for Allah
قَٰنِتِينَ
qanitina
devoutly obedient
٢٣٨

Take care to do your prayers, praying in the best way, and stand before God in devotion

Translation 1260

2:239
فَإِنۡ
fa-in
And if
خِفۡتُمۡ
khif'tum
you fear
فَرِجَالًا
farijalan
then (pray) on foot
أَوۡ
aw
or
رُكۡبَانٗاۖ
ruk'banan
riding
فَإِذَآ
fa-idha
Then when
أَمِنتُمۡ
amintum
you are secure
فَٱذۡكُرُواْ
fa-udh'kuru
then remember
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
كَمَا
kama
as
عَلَّمَكُم
allamakum
He (has) taught you
مَّا
ma
what
لَمۡ
lam
not
تَكُونُواْ
takunu
you were
تَعۡلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
knowing
٢٣٩

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

Translation 1260

2:240
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhina
And those who
يُتَوَفَّوۡنَ
yutawaffawna
die
مِنكُمۡ
minkum
among you
وَيَذَرُونَ
wayadharuna
and leave behind
أَزۡوَٰجٗا
azwajan
(their) wives
وَصِيَّةٗ
wasiyyatan
(should make) a will
لِّأَزۡوَٰجِهِم
li-azwajihim
for their wives
مَّتَٰعًا
mata'an
provision
إِلَى
ila
for
ٱلۡحَوۡلِ
al-hawli
the year
غَيۡرَ
ghayra
without
إِخۡرَاجٖۚ
ikh'rajin
driving (them) out
فَإِنۡ
fa-in
But if
خَرَجۡنَ
kharajna
they leave
فَلَا
fala
then no
جُنَاحَ
junaha
blame
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
alaykum
upon you
فِي
fi
in
مَا
ma
what
فَعَلۡنَ
fa'alna
they do
فِيٓ
fi
concerning
أَنفُسِهِنَّ
anfusihinna
themselves
مِن
min
[of]
مَّعۡرُوفٖۗ
ma'rufin
honorably
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَزِيزٌ
azizun
(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٞ
hakimun
All-Wise
٢٤٠

If any of you die and leave widows, make a bequest for them: a year’s maintenance and no expulsion from their homes [for that time]. But if they leave of their own accord, you will not be blamed for what they may reasonably choose to do with themselves: God is almighty and wise

Translation 1260

2:241
وَلِلۡمُطَلَّقَٰتِ
walil'mutallaqati
And for the divorced women
مَتَٰعُۢ
mata'un
(is) a provision
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۖ
bil-ma'rufi
in a fair manner
حَقًّا
haqqan
a duty
عَلَى
ala
upon
ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
al-mutaqina
the righteous
٢٤١

Divorced women shall also have such maintenance as is considered fair: this is a duty for those who are mindful of God

Translation 1260

2:242
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
makes clear
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
لَكُمۡ
lakum
for you
ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
ayatihi
His Verses
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
la'allakum
so that you may
تَعۡقِلُونَ
ta'qiluna
use your intellect
٢٤٢

In this way God makes His revelations clear to you, so that you may grow in understanding

Translation 1260

2:243
۞أَلَمۡ
alam
Did not
تَرَ
tara
you see
إِلَى
ila
[to]
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
خَرَجُواْ
kharaju
went out
مِن
min
from
دِيَٰرِهِمۡ
diyarihim
their homes
وَهُمۡ
wahum
and they
أُلُوفٌ
ulufun
(were in) thousands
حَذَرَ
hadhara
(in) fear
ٱلۡمَوۡتِ
al-mawti
(of) [the] death
فَقَالَ
faqala
Then said
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
مُوتُواْ
mutu
Die
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
أَحۡيَٰهُمۡۚ
ahyahum
He restored them to life
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
لَذُو
ladhu
(is) surely Possessor
فَضۡلٍ
fadlin
(of) bounty
عَلَى
ala
for
ٱلنَّاسِ
al-nasi
[the] mankind
وَلَٰكِنَّ
walakinna
[and] but
أَكۡثَرَ
akthara
most
ٱلنَّاسِ
al-nasi
(of) the people
لَا
la
(are) not
يَشۡكُرُونَ
yashkuruna
grateful
٢٤٣

[Prophet], consider those people who abandoned their homeland in fear of death, even though there were thousands of them. God said to them, ‘Die!’ and then brought them back to life again; God shows real favour to people, but most of them are ungrateful

Translation 1260

2:244
وَقَٰتِلُواْ
waqatilu
And fight
فِي
fi
in
سَبِيلِ
sabili
(the) way
ٱللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ
wa-i'lamu
and know
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
سَمِيعٌ
sami'un
(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٞ
alimun
All-Knowing
٢٤٤

Fight in God’s cause and remember that He is all hearing and all knowing

Translation 1260

2:245
مَّن
man
Who
ذَا
dha
(is) the one
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
who
يُقۡرِضُ
yuq'ridu
will lend
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
(to) Allah
قَرۡضًا
qardan
a loan
حَسَنٗا
hasanan
good
فَيُضَٰعِفَهُۥ
fayuda'ifahu
so (that) He multiplies it
لَهُۥٓ
lahu
for him
أَضۡعَافٗا
ad'afan
manifolds
كَثِيرَةٗۚ
kathiratan
many
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يَقۡبِضُ
yaqbidu
withholds
وَيَبۡصُۜطُ
wayabsutu
and grants abundance
وَإِلَيۡهِ
wa-ilayhi
and to Him
تُرۡجَعُونَ
tur'ja'una
you will be returned
٢٤٥

Who will give God a good loan, which He will increase for him many times over? It is God who withholds and God who gives abundantly, and it is to Him that you will return

Translation 1260