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jumping about in his armor and saying, “The gathering will be defeated, and they will turn their backs” (1).
“And remembers the name of his Lord and prays”: that is, he remembers his Lord and then prays. It was said that the remembrance refers to the takbirs of Eid, and the prayer to the Eid prayer. It was also said that the prayer here means supplication.
(1) Previously cited in the commentary on Surat al-Qamar, 7:434.
يَثِبُ، فِي الدِّرْعِ وَيَقُولُ: سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ (١) "وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى" أَيْ: وَذَكَرَ رَبَّهُ فَصَلَّى، قِيلَ: الذِّكْرُ: تَكْبِيرَاتُ الْعِيدِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ: صَلَاةُ الْعِيدِ، وَقِيلَ: الصَّلَاةُ هَاهُنَا الدُّعَاءُ.
(١) سبق في سورة القمر: ٧ / ٤٣٤.