Prayer is a repeated act of worship, remembrance and obedience to اللّٰه (ALLAH). This upgraded pathway takes a beginner from purpose and purification to safe practical learning an…
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Prayer is a repeated act of worship, remembrance and obedience to اللّٰه(ALLAH). This upgraded pathway takes a beginner from purpose and purification to safe practical learning and a realistic routine. It gives Qur’anic foundations their full visual place, uses authenticated demonstrations transparently and refuses to disguise recognised legal or personal questions as universal one-line answers.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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1إِنَّنِيٓinnanīIndeed, [I]
2أَنَاanāI Am
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4لَآlā(There is) no
5إِلَٰهَilāhagod
6إِلَّآillābut
7أَنَا۠anāI
8فَٱعۡبُدۡنِيfa-uʿ'bud'nīso worship Me
9وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiand establish
10ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
11لِذِكۡرِيٓlidhik'rīfor My remembrance
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 20:14. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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1فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
2قَضَيۡتُمُqaḍaytumuyou (have) finished
3ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4فَٱذۡكُرُواْfa-udh'kurūthen remember
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6قِيَٰمٗاqiyāmanstanding
7وَقُعُودٗاwaquʿūdanand sitting
8وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand (lying) on
9جُنُوبِكُمۡۚjunūbikumyour sides
10فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
11ٱطۡمَأۡنَنتُمۡiṭ'manantumyou are secure
12فَأَقِيمُواْfa-aqīmūthen establish
13ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚl-ṣalatathe (regular) prayer
14إِنَّinnaIndeed
15ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
16كَانَتۡkānatis
17عَلَىʿalāon
18ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
19كِتَٰبٗاkitābanprescribed
20مَّوۡقُوتٗاmawqūtan(at) fixed times
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allāh 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.
Compare · M. Pickthall
When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing, sitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper worship. Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah's praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 4:103. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and iniquity, but verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth what ye do.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and establish regular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 29:45. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Tawheed Club reverence note: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him). This editorial note is separate from the named translations above, which are displayed word-for-word without alteration.
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 46
↗ Named sourceArabic hadith text:
خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ
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Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Talha ibn Ubaydullah reported that a questioner was taught that five prayers are due during the day and night, beyond which prayer is voluntary.
Evidence use
This directly supports the article’s answer that the daily obligation is five prayers.
Sources used for this hadith panelOpen the collection, locator and grading notes
Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 46; Book 2, Hadith 39
Chapter shown by source
To pay Zakat is a part of Islam
Narrator
Talha ibn 'Ubaidullah
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct clause establishing five prayers in the day and night is retained. The complete report also discusses voluntary prayer, Ramadan fasting, zakah and the questioner's response.
Evidence boundary
The report also discusses fasting and zakah. It does not supply every prayer time, condition or movement, and it must not be used to judge a person.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the young visitors to pray as they had seen him pray.
Evidence use
This report grounds learning salah in accurately transmitted demonstration and practice.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 631; Book 10, Hadith 28
Chapter shown by source
Prayer teaching for a group of young travellers
Narrator
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct instruction to pray as the Companions had seen the Prophet pray is retained. The complete record also contains family, teaching, adhan and leadership instructions.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt establishes the demonstration principle. It does not make every later local custom obligatory.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Prayer is not a cultural performance or a favour done for the Creator. Muslims pray because worship belongs to اللّٰه(ALLAH), because He commanded prayer and because it repeatedly returns the believer to remembrance, accountability and grateful obedience.
Qur’an 20:14 joins exclusive worship to establishing prayer for remembrance. The purpose is therefore directed to اللّٰه(ALLAH); the movements, words and timetable serve that worship rather than replacing it.
Read the complete evidence panel before reducing it to a step. The Arabic, named translation, source locator and explanation have different roles; preserving those roles lets a learner worship with confidence without turning a short guide into an unsupported ruling.
Keep three lines in your notes: what the source explicitly says, what this lesson explains, and what still needs clarification. That structure makes later correction clear rather than embarrassing.
The ayah establishes purpose. It does not place every detailed prayer ruling inside one verse.
Learning move: Open lesson 1, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
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1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Humran reported that Uthman demonstrated washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face and arms, wiping the head and washing the feet, then connected that ablution to the practice of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
Evidence use
This supplies the authenticated demonstrated sequence used in the beginner method.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 159; Book 4, Hadith 25
Chapter shown by source
The washing of the parts thrice while performing ablution
Narrator
Humran, reporting 'Uthman's demonstration
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
The demonstrated washing sequence is retained. The chain and the separate promised-forgiveness clause remain on the exact source page and are not used to promise an outcome in this step guide.
Evidence boundary
The panel does not decide how each legal school classifies every action, nor does it govern wounds, dressings, continuous excuses or tayammum.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
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Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Wudu prepares a Muslim for prayer through revealed washing and wiping. This lesson reads Qur’an 5:6 as a complete passage—required areas, major purification, tayammum, ease and gratitude—then places the authenticated demonstration beside it.
The ayah uses washing for face, arms and bare feet, and wiping for the head. Washing means water reaches and flows over the required outward area; wiping uses wet hands. Keeping the verbs distinct prevents both a dry partial wash and unnecessary soaking of the head.
A beginner needs a usable route and an honest boundary at the same time. Learn the shared practice first, record any circumstance that changes it, and take medical, disability or school-specific questions to a qualified person who can examine the real case.
Read once for meaning and a second time for boundaries. On the second reading, test strong words such as always, never, invalid and required against the complete evidence shown.
Minimum head-wipe extent is a recognised legal-school difference; this introduction teaches a reviewed whole-head practice later.
Learning move: Open lesson 2, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the young visitors to pray as they had seen him pray.
Evidence use
This report grounds learning salah in accurately transmitted demonstration and practice.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 631; Book 10, Hadith 28
Chapter shown by source
Prayer teaching for a group of young travellers
Narrator
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct instruction to pray as the Companions had seen the Prophet pray is retained. The complete record also contains family, teaching, adhan and leadership instructions.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt establishes the demonstration principle. It does not make every later local custom obligatory.
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1قَدۡqadIndeed
2نَرَىٰnarāWe see
3تَقَلُّبَtaqalluba(the) turning
4وَجۡهِكَwajhika(of) your face
5فِيfītowards
6ٱلسَّمَآءِۖl-samāithe heaven
7فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَfalanuwalliyannakaSo We will surely turn you
8قِبۡلَةٗqib'latan(to the) direction of prayer
9تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚtarḍāhāyou will be pleased with
10فَوَلِّfawalliSo turn
11وَجۡهَكَwajhakayour face
12شَطۡرَshaṭratowards the direction
13ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
14ٱلۡحَرَامِۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
15وَحَيۡثُwaḥaythuand wherever
16مَاmāthat
17كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
18فَوَلُّواْfawallū[so] turn
19وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
20شَطۡرَهُۥۗshaṭrahu(in) its direction
21وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
22ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
23أُوتُواْūtūwere given
24ٱلۡكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
25لَيَعۡلَمُونَlayaʿlamūnasurely know
26أَنَّهُannahuthat it
27ٱلۡحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
28مِنminfrom
29رَّبِّهِمۡۗrabbihimtheir Lord
30وَمَاwamāAnd not
31ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
32بِغَٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
33عَمَّاʿammāof what
34يَعۡمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām.1 And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.
Compare · M. Pickthall
We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:144. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Tawheed Club reverence note: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him). This editorial note is separate from the named translations above, which are displayed word-for-word without alteration.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Ubada ibn al-Samit reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) stated that there is no valid prayer for the person who does not recite the Opening of the Book.
Evidence use
This Sahih al-Bukhari report establishes the central place of al-Fatihah in the prayer and supports the article’s direction to learn its Arabic recitation.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 756; Book 10, Hadith 150
Chapter shown by source
Recitation of al-Fatihah in prayer
Narrator
Ubada ibn al-Samit
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct Prophetic statement is retained. The transmission chain and surrounding chapter heading remain available on the linked source page.
Evidence boundary
The report does not by itself settle every school-level ruling for a new Muslim, a person unable to recite Arabic or a person with a speech or learning disability. Those cases require qualified fiqh guidance.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Abu Huraira reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) taught a man to begin with takbir, recite what was available, then bow, stand, prostrate and sit with calmness before continuing through the prayer.
Evidence use
This report establishes an ordered core and the importance of settling calmly in the prayer positions.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 757; Book 10, Hadith 151
Chapter shown by source
Teaching the person who prayed without sufficient calmness
Narrator
Abu Huraira
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct teaching sequence is retained. The complete record includes the man's earlier prayers, repeated instruction to pray again and request to be taught.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt is a minimum-shape teaching in its context, not a complete cross-school validity checklist.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Imran ibn Husayn reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to pray standing, then sitting if unable, and on his side if unable to sit.
Evidence use
This report establishes ability-based adaptation in prayer posture.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 1117; Book 18, Hadith 37
Chapter shown by source
Prayer posture according to physical ability
Narrator
Imran ibn Husayn
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
The complete direct instruction is retained without the transmission chain or the narrator's preceding medical question.
Evidence boundary
Medical facts and partial ability vary. The report does not replace individual healthcare and qualified fiqh advice.
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Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Prayer is best learned as a coherent act of worship: preparation, direction, opening, standing, recitation, bowing, returning upright, prostration, sitting and completion. The learner needs verified words, observed movements and accommodations based on real ability.
Sahih al-Bukhari 756 records the central place of the Opening of the Book in prayer. Learn its Qur’anic Arabic from the controlled QPC Hafs text and reviewed audio, using transliteration only as temporary pronunciation support rather than a replacement script.
Calm completeness is the goal. Repeating an action without evidence, rushing past a required area, or forcing the body through pain can all move the learner away from careful worship. Practise once slowly, check once, and improve through observed teaching.
An adult guiding a child should praise careful attention and an honest “I need to ask” answer. The aim is worship with understanding, not performance for the teacher.
Follower, inability and temporary beginner cases need qualified guidance; this page does not invent a substitute formula.
Learning move: Open lesson 3, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
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Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
1فَإِذَاfa-idhāThen when
2قَضَيۡتُمُqaḍaytumuyou (have) finished
3ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
4فَٱذۡكُرُواْfa-udh'kurūthen remember
5ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
6قِيَٰمٗاqiyāmanstanding
7وَقُعُودٗاwaquʿūdanand sitting
8وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand (lying) on
9جُنُوبِكُمۡۚjunūbikumyour sides
10فَإِذَاfa-idhāBut when
11ٱطۡمَأۡنَنتُمۡiṭ'manantumyou are secure
12فَأَقِيمُواْfa-aqīmūthen establish
13ٱلصَّلَوٰةَۚl-ṣalatathe (regular) prayer
14إِنَّinnaIndeed
15ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
16كَانَتۡkānatis
17عَلَىʿalāon
18ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
19كِتَٰبٗاkitābanprescribed
20مَّوۡقُوتٗاmawqūtan(at) fixed times
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allāh 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.
Compare · M. Pickthall
When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing, sitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper worship. Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
When ye pass (Congregational) prayers, celebrate Allah's praises, standing, sitting down, or lying down on your sides; but when ye are free from danger, set up Regular Prayers: For such prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 4:103. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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1قَدۡqadIndeed
2نَرَىٰnarāWe see
3تَقَلُّبَtaqalluba(the) turning
4وَجۡهِكَwajhika(of) your face
5فِيfītowards
6ٱلسَّمَآءِۖl-samāithe heaven
7فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَfalanuwalliyannakaSo We will surely turn you
8قِبۡلَةٗqib'latan(to the) direction of prayer
9تَرۡضَىٰهَاۚtarḍāhāyou will be pleased with
10فَوَلِّfawalliSo turn
11وَجۡهَكَwajhakayour face
12شَطۡرَshaṭratowards the direction
13ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِl-masjidi(of) Al-Masjid
14ٱلۡحَرَامِۚl-ḥarāmiAl-Haraam
15وَحَيۡثُwaḥaythuand wherever
16مَاmāthat
17كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
18فَوَلُّواْfawallū[so] turn
19وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
20شَطۡرَهُۥۗshaṭrahu(in) its direction
21وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
22ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
23أُوتُواْūtūwere given
24ٱلۡكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
25لَيَعۡلَمُونَlayaʿlamūnasurely know
26أَنَّهُannahuthat it
27ٱلۡحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
28مِنminfrom
29رَّبِّهِمۡۗrabbihimtheir Lord
30وَمَاwamāAnd not
31ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
32بِغَٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
33عَمَّاʿammāof what
34يَعۡمَلُونَyaʿmalūnathey do
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face [i.e., yourself] toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām.1 And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces [i.e., yourselves] toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture [i.e., the Jews and the Christians] well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.
Compare · M. Pickthall
We have seen the turning of thy face to heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wheresoever ye may be, turn your faces (when ye pray) toward it. Lo! Those who have received the Scripture know that (this revelation) is the Truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
We see the turning of thy face (for guidance to the heavens: now Shall We turn thee to a Qibla that shall please thee. Turn then Thy face in the direction of the sacred Mosque: Wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction. The people of the Book know well that that is the truth from their Lord. Nor is Allah unmindful of what they do.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:144. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Tawheed Club reverence note: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him). This editorial note is separate from the named translations above, which are displayed word-for-word without alteration.
Authenticated hadith study · Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 631
↗ Named sourceArabic hadith text:
وَصَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي
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A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the young visitors to pray as they had seen him pray.
Evidence use
This report grounds learning salah in accurately transmitted demonstration and practice.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 631; Book 10, Hadith 28
Chapter shown by source
Prayer teaching for a group of young travellers
Narrator
Malik ibn al-Huwayrith
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
Only the direct instruction to pray as the Companions had seen the Prophet pray is retained. The complete record also contains family, teaching, adhan and leadership instructions.
Evidence boundary
The excerpt establishes the demonstration principle. It does not make every later local custom obligatory.
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1إِنَّنِيٓinnanīIndeed, [I]
2أَنَاanāI Am
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4لَآlā(There is) no
5إِلَٰهَilāhagod
6إِلَّآillābut
7أَنَا۠anāI
8فَٱعۡبُدۡنِيfa-uʿ'bud'nīso worship Me
9وَأَقِمِwa-aqimiand establish
10ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
11لِذِكۡرِيٓlidhik'rīfor My remembrance
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Indeed, I am Allāh. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Lo! I, even I, am Allah, There is no Allah save Me. So serve Me and establish worship for My remembrance.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
"Verily, I am Allah: There is no god but I: So serve thou Me (only), and establish regular prayer for celebrating My praise.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 20:14. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
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Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
A learner-facing transliteration is deliberately withheld until the complete Arabic wording has passed assigned language review. Learn the Arabic wording from a capable teacher rather than guessing from English letters.
Meaning in English
This is a source-bound editorial paraphrase for understanding. It is not the Arabic report and is not presented as a verbatim translation.
Editorial paraphrase
Imran ibn Husayn reported that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to pray standing, then sitting if unable, and on his side if unable to sit.
Evidence use
This report establishes ability-based adaptation in prayer posture.
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Collection and locator
Sahih al-Bukhari 1117; Book 18, Hadith 37
Chapter shown by source
Prayer posture according to physical ability
Narrator
Imran ibn Husayn
Displayed grading
Sahih — Sahih al-Bukhari collection. This is the grading shown by the named source, not an unqualified Tawheed Club verdict.
Arabic scope
The complete direct instruction is retained without the transmission chain or the narrator's preceding medical question.
Evidence boundary
Medical facts and partial ability vary. The report does not replace individual healthcare and qualified fiqh advice.
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Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.
Compare · M. Pickthall
Recite that which hath been inspired in thee of the Scripture, and establish worship. Lo! worship preserveth from lewdness and iniquity, but verily remembrance of Allah is more important. And Allah knoweth what ye do.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
Recite what is sent of the Book by inspiration to thee, and establish regular Prayer: for Prayer restrains from shameful and unjust deeds; and remembrance of Allah is the greatest (thing in life) without doubt. And Allah knows the (deeds) that ye do.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 29:45. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Tawheed Club reverence note: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him). This editorial note is separate from the named translations above, which are displayed word-for-word without alteration.
Knowing the prayer is not the same as establishing it. This lesson turns the foundations into a sustainable plan: reliable times, prepared space, staged recitation, observed correction, accessible adaptations and a recovery route after disruption.
Illness, work pressure, care duties or a missed routine can break momentum. Return to remembrance and the next required action promptly, then seek qualified advice for missed-prayer details. Do not let shame about yesterday become abandonment today.
For a younger learner, use plain words, a visual sequence without animate imagery and one correction at a time. Adults should protect privacy, ask before helping physically and never use purification or prayer teaching to shame a child.
If terminology becomes difficult, return to the practical question: what is the learner preparing to do, which step is established here, and what fact about the person or situation could change the answer?
This pastoral reset does not issue a ruling on making up a particular prayer.
Learning move: Open lesson 4, complete its practice move and save any referral question.
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1يَٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3ءَامَنُوٓاْāmanūbelieve
4إِذَاidhāWhen
5قُمۡتُمۡqum'tumyou stand up
6إِلَىilāfor
7ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalatithe prayer
8فَٱغۡسِلُواْfa-igh'silūthen wash
9وُجُوهَكُمۡwujūhakumyour faces
10وَأَيۡدِيَكُمۡwa-aydiyakumand your hands
11إِلَىilātill
12ٱلۡمَرَافِقِl-marāfiqithe elbows
13وَٱمۡسَحُواْwa-im'saḥūand wipe
14بِرُءُوسِكُمۡbiruūsikumyour heads
15وَأَرۡجُلَكُمۡwa-arjulakumand your feet
16إِلَىilātill
17ٱلۡكَعۡبَيۡنِۚl-kaʿbaynithe ankles
18وَإِنwa-inBut if
19كُنتُمۡkuntumyou are
20جُنُبٗاjunuban(in) a state of ceremonial impurity
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
O you who have believed, when you rise to [perform] prayer, wash your faces and your forearms to the elbows and wipe over your heads and wash your feet to the ankles. And if you are in a state of janābah,1 then purify yourselves. But if you are ill or on a journey or one of you comes from the place of relieving himself or you have contacted women2 and do not find water, then seek clean earth and wipe over your faces and hands with it. Allāh does not intend to make difficulty for you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favor upon you that you may be grateful.
Compare · M. Pickthall
O ye who believe! When ye rise up for prayer, wash you faces, and your hands up to the elbows, and lightly rub your heads and (wash) your feet up to the ankles. And if ye are unclean, purify yourselves. And if ye are sick or on a journey, or one of you cometh from the closet, or ye have had contact with women, and ye find not water, then go to clean, high ground and rub your faces and your hands with some of it. Allah would not place a burden on you, but He would purify you and would perfect His grace upon you, that ye may give thanks.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 5:6. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
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1وَمَآwamāAnd not
2أَرۡسَلۡنَاarsalnāWe sent
3مِنminbefore you
4قَبۡلِكَqablikabefore you
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6رِجَالٗاrijālanmen
7نُّوحِيٓnūḥīWe revealed
8إِلَيۡهِمۡۖilayhimto them
9فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْfasalūso ask
10أَهۡلَahla(the) people
11ٱلذِّكۡرِl-dhik'ri(of) the Reminder
12إِنinif
13كُنتُمۡkuntumyou
14لَاlā(do) not
15تَعۡلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Compare · M. Pickthall
And We sent not (as Our messengers) before thee other than men whom We inspired – Ask the followers of the Remembrance if ye know not! –
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.
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Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 16:43. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
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A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Begin with the shared Qur’anic foundation and authenticated Prophetic model. Learn one coherent practical route with a qualified teacher, then study recognised differences without mixing fragments from unrelated demonstrations.
The course separates the Qur’anic foundation, authenticated demonstration and later legal classification. A learner can therefore begin a sound practice while seeing exactly where school-specific or personal guidance is still needed.
Distinguish a revealed command, an authenticated Prophetic demonstration and a later legal classification. They work together, but they are not interchangeable. Where recognised schools differ, this resource labels the difference instead of presenting one view as the only Islam.
A resume point can preserve more than scroll position. Save the last completed step, the unresolved question and the next safe action so the learner can continue without unnecessary repetition.
This resource teaches a careful shared route. Detailed legal classification, school-specific minimums, unusual circumstances and personalised medical or disability cases remain assigned to qualified guidance.
Learning move: Make three columns headed source, shared practice and question for qualified guidance.
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1لَاlā(Does) not
2يُكَلِّفُyukallifuburden
3ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
4نَفۡسًاnafsanany soul
5إِلَّاillāexcept
6وُسۡعَهَاۚwus'ʿahāits capacity
7لَهَاlahāfor it
8مَاmāwhat
9كَسَبَتۡkasabatit earned
10وَعَلَيۡهَاwaʿalayhāand against it
11مَاmāwhat
12ٱكۡتَسَبَتۡۗik'tasabatit earned
13رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
14لَاlā(Do) not
15تُؤَاخِذۡنَآtuākhidh'nātake us to task
16إِنinif
17نَّسِينَآnasīnāwe forget
18أَوۡawor
19أَخۡطَأۡنَاۚakhṭanāwe err
20رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
21وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
22تَحۡمِلۡtaḥmillay
23عَلَيۡنَآʿalaynāupon us
24إِصۡرٗاiṣ'rana burden
25كَمَاkamālike that
26حَمَلۡتَهُۥḥamaltahu(which) You laid [it]
27عَلَىʿalāon
28ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
29مِنmin(were) from
30قَبۡلِنَاۚqablinābefore us
31رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
32وَلَاwalā[And] (do) not
33تُحَمِّلۡنَاtuḥammil'nālay on us
34مَاmāwhat
35لَاlānot
36طَاقَةَṭāqata(the) strength
37لَنَاlanāwe have
38بِهِۦۖbihi[of it] (to bear)
39وَٱعۡفُwa-uʿ'fuAnd pardon
40عَنَّاʿannā[from] us
41وَٱغۡفِرۡwa-igh'firand forgive
42لَنَاlanā[for] us
43وَٱرۡحَمۡنَآۚwa-ir'ḥamnāand have mercy on us
44أَنتَantaYou (are)
45مَوۡلَىٰنَاmawlānāour Protector
46فَٱنصُرۡنَاfa-unṣur'nāso help us
47عَلَىʿalāagainst
48ٱلۡقَوۡمِl-qawmithe people
49ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna[the] disbelievers
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
Allāh does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity. It will have [the consequence of] what [good] it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of] what [evil] it has earned. "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord, and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people."
Compare · M. Pickthall
Allah tasketh not a soul beyond its scope. For it (is only) that which it hath earned, and against it (only) that which it hath deserved. Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget, or miss the mark! Our Lord! Lay not on us such a burden as thou didst lay on those before us! Our Lord! Impose not on us that which we have not the strength to bear! Pardon us, absolve us and have mercy on us, Thou, our Protector, and give us victory over the disbelieving folk.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
On no soul doth Allah Place a burden greater than it can bear. It gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. (Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which Thou didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. Thou art our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith."
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 2:286. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Listen to the complete ayahRecitation: Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy
Careful reading aid
A full learner transliteration is not displayed here. Listen to the complete ayah and use the Arabic with a capable teacher rather than guessing its sounds from English letters.
Transliteration can help you begin, but it cannot reproduce every Arabic sound or replace listening, tajwid study, or correction from a capable teacher.
Interlinear word study
Read from right to left. Each column keeps one Arabic word, its reading aid and its contextual gloss together. Select a word to hear it.
Contextual gloss, not a complete translation
Each word card: Arabic · reading aid · contextual gloss
1وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
2تَقۡفُtaqfupursue
3مَاmāwhat
4لَيۡسَlaysanot
5لَكَlakayou have
6بِهِۦbihiof it
7عِلۡمٌۚʿil'munany knowledge
8إِنَّinnaIndeed
9ٱلسَّمۡعَl-samʿathe hearing
10وَٱلۡبَصَرَwal-baṣaraand the sight
11وَٱلۡفُؤَادَwal-fuādaand the heart
12كُلُّkulluall
13أُوْلَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
14كَانَkānawill be
15عَنۡهُʿanhu[about it]
16مَسۡـُٔولٗاmasūlanquestioned
Meaning in translation
Saheeh International is the primary reading. The two named comparisons make translation choices visible; none is presented as the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Primary · Saheeh International
And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart – about all those [one] will be questioned.
Compare · M. Pickthall
(O man), follow not that whereof thou hast no knowledge. Lo! the hearing and the sight and the heart – of each of these it will be asked.
Compare · A. Yusuf Ali
And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge; for every act of hearing, or of seeing or of (feeling in) the heart will be enquired into (on the Day of Reckoning).
Sources used for this ayah panelOpen the Arabic, audio and translation notes
Arabic and word segmentation
Quran Foundation Quran.com Content API snapshot for Qur’an 17:36. The selected riwayah and Mushaf text field are recorded with the source data.
Reading aids
A full learner transliteration is not displayed; use the recitation and Arabic with a capable teacher. Transliteration is not Qur’an.
Word audio and contextual glosses
Quran Foundation word data. Glosses help align words; they are not presented as a complete translation.
Named translations
Saheeh International (resource 20), M. Pickthall (resource 19), and A. Yusuf Ali (resource 22).
Complete recitation
Mishari Rashid al-‘Afasy, Quran Foundation recitation resource 7.
Save the prayer being learned, the last complete preparation or movement, the recitation still in progress and the practical correction needed. Resume there rather than restarting the entire pathway.
Record what has been learned, practised and checked. Do not convert uncertainty into repeated washing, delayed prayer or a public ruling. The next action should be specific and proportionate.
Save the exact point that needs review. A useful learning record says what was completed, what remains uncertain, which source was checked and who should help next. That is more valuable than a confident tick beside a misunderstood step.
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This resource teaches a careful shared route. Detailed legal classification, school-specific minimums, unusual circumstances and personalised medical or disability cases remain assigned to qualified guidance.
Learning move: Save the completed steps, one unresolved question and the support route required next.
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Qur’an evidence
Qur'an-primary; controlled Quran Foundation QPC Hafs panels. Named translations are human renderings and later fiqh remains separately attributed. Arabic, word alignment, transliteration and named translations are supplied through the separately labelled Quran Foundation panels.
Hadith evidence
Controlled authenticated record: bukhari:46, bukhari:631, bukhari:159, bukhari:756, bukhari:757, bukhari:1117. Report wording, legal classification and personal application remain distinct. The collection and reference are preserved; a named displayed grading is not silently changed into a universal claim.
Teaching explanation
Explanatory prose, examples, diagrams and adult teaching advice are Tawheed Club editorial material. They are never presented as Qur’an, translation, tafsir or words of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Peace and blessings be upon him).
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This item must pass source, meaning, language, editorial and release checks. Corrections remain welcome when supported by an exact source locator.
Prayer is a repeated act of worship, remembrance and obedience to اللّٰه(ALLAH). This upgraded pathway takes a beginner from purpose and purification to safe practical learning and a realistic routine. It gives Qur’anic foundations their full visual place, uses authenticated demonstrations transparently and refuses to disguise recognised legal or personal questions as universal one-line answers. Your role is to slow the learning down, keep the exact evidence visible and make it safe for the learner to say, “I am not sure yet.”
Begin with the source
Open the named ayah or hadith before explaining it. Tell the learner whether they are seeing Arabic revelation, a reading aid, a named translation, a hadith translation or editorial teaching.
Invite an answer before helping
Ask one precise question and wait. If the learner struggles, point to the relevant line, narrow the choice or replay the audio before supplying the answer.
Correct with dignity
Praise honest checking and careful effort. Correct the idea or sound without labelling the learner, and never turn a mistake into embarrassment.
01Prepare a focused session
Read Prayer Foundations yourself and open every cited source before inviting the learner.
Choose one realistic aim from the mastery statement. Do not try to teach the whole page in one sitting.
Test any Arabic audio. If a sound is outside your confidence, plan to listen together and seek correction from a capable teacher.
Remove distractions and decide when to stop: about 8–10 minutes for a younger child, 15–20 minutes for ages 8–11, or 20–30 minutes for an older learner.
Keep paper optional. If Qur’anic text is printed, follow the respect and waste guidance shown above the ayah panel.
Opening words: “We are going to learn one idea carefully and see exactly where it comes from. We can pause, replay and check the source whenever we need to.”
02Use a source-led teaching conversation
Connect: Ask what the learner already thinks the title means. Record the answer without immediately judging it.
Read or listen: Open the first evidence panel or cited report. Hear the complete Arabic before isolating one word or phrase.
Notice: Ask the learner to identify the exact words that support the first teaching point. A contextual word gloss is a clue; the complete named translation supplies the sentence meaning.
Explain: Read the teaching paragraph. Ask, “Which part came directly from the source, and which part is the writer helping us understand?”
Apply: Choose one practice task. Keep everyday examples within the boundary of the source; do not invent promises, hidden causes or rulings.
Retrieve: Close the explanation and ask the learner to state the idea, evidence locator and one careful application in their own words.
03Questions for this exact resource
“What does Why Muslims Pray mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 20:14)?”
“What does Ablution before Prayer mean here, and which words or source locator support your answer (Qur'an 4:103)?”
“Which sentence is revelation or hadith, and which sentence is explanation?”
“What would be an overstatement that the cited source does not allow us to make?”
04Adapt the same truth for different ages
Ages 5–7
Teach one short source phrase and one meaning. Use text cards, colour bands, paths or simple geometric symbols—never a picture of اللّٰه(ALLAH) and never an image that implies His form. Let the child point, match, listen and repeat once or twice.
Ages 8–11
Use two or three evidence cards and ask the learner to match each idea to its locator. Invite a short explanation in their own words, then reopen the source to correct it together.
Ages 12–15
Compare the named English translations where provided. Ask what wording differs, what remains constant, and why a translation must not be called the Arabic Qur’an itself.
Ages 16+ and adults
Require a precise claim, an exact source locator and a stated boundary. Invite the learner to distinguish established meaning from inference and to mark any unresolved question for qualified guidance.
05Support Arabic without creating false confidence
Listen to the whole ayah or supplication first.
Follow the Arabic from right to left and use the word-level controls only after hearing the complete wording.
Treat transliteration as temporary scaffolding. It cannot reproduce every Arabic sound.
Let the learner echo a short unit, then return it to the full phrase so meaning and pronunciation remain connected.
If neither of you can hear or form a sound confidently, record it for a capable Qur’an or Arabic teacher. Do not manufacture an English substitute and call it exact.
Gentle correction: “Let us listen once more and notice where the sound begins,” protects both accuracy and confidence.
06Choose one useful follow-up
Study every controlled evidence panel in context.
Complete the practice move and resume from the saved position.
Complete one task independently before adding another. Adult support should reveal the route, not hide whether the learner can use it.
07Revisit for durable mastery
After 24 hours · five minutes
Ask for the central idea without showing the answer.
Ask the learner to find its source locator.
Replay one Arabic phrase and reconnect it to the complete meaning.
Correct by reopening the source, then end with one successful retrieval.
After seven days · eight minutes
Ask for the idea, source and boundary in the learner’s own words.
Retry the most difficult mastery question.
Apply the idea to one new but appropriate situation.
Record what is secure and what needs another supported attempt.
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