Surah Al Jumu'ah Tafseer

فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلَإةُ

Then when the Salah is complete,

means, when the Friday prayer is finished,

فَانتَشِرُوا فِي الاْاَرْضِ وَابْتَغُوا مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ

you may disperse through the land, and seek the bounty of Allah,

After Allah forbade Muslims from working after hearing the Adhan and ordered them to gather for the Friday prayer, He allowed them to spread throughout the earth and seek bounty after the prayer is finished.

Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that when the Friday prayer finished, Irak bin Malik would stand by the gate of the Masjid and invoke Allah, saying,

"O Allah! I have accepted and complied with Your Call, performed the prayer You ordered and dispersed as You ordered me. Therefore, grant me of Your favor and You are the best of those who grant provisions."

Allah's statement,

وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.

means, while you are buying and selling, giving and taking, remember Allah much and do not let this life busy you from what benefits you in the Hereafter.

There is a Hadith that states,

مَنْ دَخَلَ سُوقًا مِنَ الاَْسْوَاقِ فَقَالَ

لَاا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَاا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

كَتَبَ اللهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَيِّيَةٍ

Whoever enters a marketplace and says,

"La ilaha illallah, He is alone without partners, His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things."

Then Allah will record a thousand-thousand (a million) good deeds for him and will erase a thousand-thousand evil deeds.

Mujahid said,

"A servant (of Allah) will not be among those who remember Allah often, until he does so while standing, sitting and lying down.