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Dawat ul Quran

Quran Translation and Commentary by Shams Pirzada
Translation in English by Abdul Karim Shaikh

Quran Translation
Word for Word by
Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh
& Kausar Khatri

Introduction
1. Al-Fatihah
2. Al-Baqarah
3. Al-Imran
4. Al-Nisa
5. Al-Maidah
6. Al-Anam
7. Al-Araf
8. Al-Anfal
9. Al-Taubah
10. Yunus
11. Hud
12. Yusuf
13. Al-Rad
14. Ibrahim
15. Al-Hijr
16. Al-Nahl
17. Bani Israil
18. Al-Kahf
19. Maryam
20. Ta-Ha
21. Al-Anbiya
22. Al-Hajj
23. Al-Muminun
24. An-Nur
25. Al-Furqan
26. Ash-Shuara
27. An-Naml
28. Al-Qasas
29. Al-Ankabut
30. Ar-Rum
31. Luqman
32. As-Sajdah
33. Al-Ahzab
34. Saba
35. Fatir
36. Yasin
37. As-Saffat
38. Saad
39. Az-Zumar
40. Al-Mumin
41. Ha-Meem-As-Sajdah
42. AShura
43. Az-Zukhruf
44. Ad-Dukhan
45. Al-Jathiyah
46. Al-Ahqaf
47. Muhammad
48. Al-Fath
49. Al-Hujurat
50. Al-Qaf
51. Adh-Dhariyat
52. At-Tur
53. An-Najm
54. Al-Qamar
55. Al-Rahman
56. Al-Waqiah
57. Al-Hadid
58. Al-Mujadalah
59. Al-Hashr
60. Al-Mumtahinah
61. As-Saff
62. Al-Jumuah
63. Al-Munafiqun
64. Al-Taghabun
65. At-Talaq
66. At-Tahrim
67. Al-Mulk
68. Al-Qalam
69. Al-Haqqah
70. Al-Maarij
71. Nuh
72. Al-Jinn
73. Al-Muzzammil
74. Al-Muddhththir
75. Al-Qiyamah
76. Ad-Dahr
77. Al-Mursalat
78. An-Naba
79. An-Naziat
80. Abas
81. At-Takwir
82. Al-Infitar
83. At-Tatfif
84. Al-Inshiqaq
85. Al-Buruj
86. At-Tariq
87. Al-Ala
88. Al-Ghashiyah
89. Al-Fajr
90. Al-Balad
91. Ash-Shams
92. Al-Lail
93. Ad-Duha
94. Al-Inshirah
95. At-Tin
96. Al-Alaq
97. Al-Qadr
98. Al-Bayyinah
99. Az-Zilzal
100. Al-Adiyat
101. Al-Qariah
102. At-Takathur
103. Al-Asr
104. Al-Humazah
105. Al-Fil
106. Al-Quraish
107. Al-Maun
108. Al-Kauthar
109. Al-Kafirun
110. An-Nasr
111. Al-Lahab
112. Al-Ikhlas
113. Al-Falaq
114. An-Nas
Surah 6. Al-An'am
Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-20 [2], 21-30 [3], 31-40 [4], 41-50 [5], 51-55 [6], 56-60 [7], 61-70 [8], 71-82 [9], 83-90 [10], 91-94 [11], 95-100 [12], 101-110 [13], 111-121 [14], 122-129 [15], 130-140 [16], 141-144 [17], 145-150 [18], 151-154 [19], 155-165 [20]

Quran Text of Verse 56-60
قُلْSayاِنِّیْIndeed Iنُهِیْتُ[I] am forbiddenاَنْthatاَعْبُدَI worshipالَّذِیْنَthose whomتَدْعُوْنَyou callمِنْfromدُوْنِbesidesاللّٰهِ ؕAllahقُلْSayلَّاۤNotاَتَّبِعُI followاَهْوَآءَكُمْ ۙyour (vain) desiresقَدْcertainlyضَلَلْتُI would go astrayاِذًاthenوَّ مَاۤand notاَنَاI (would be)مِنَfromالْمُهْتَدِیْنَ the guided-ones قُلْSayاِنِّیْIndeed I amعَلٰیonبَیِّنَةٍclear proofمِّنْfromرَّبِّیْmy Lordوَ كَذَّبْتُمْwhile you denyبِهٖ ؕ[with] itمَاNotعِنْدِیْI haveمَاwhatتَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَyou seek to hastenبِهٖ ؕof itاِنِNotالْحُكْمُ(is) the decisionاِلَّاexceptلِلّٰهِ ؕfor AllahیَقُصُّHe relatesالْحَقَّthe truthوَ هُوَand Heخَیْرُ(is the) bestالْفٰصِلِیْنَ (of) the Deciders قُلْSayلَّوْIfاَنَّthatعِنْدِیْ(were) with meمَاwhatتَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَyou seek to hastenبِهٖof itلَقُضِیَsurely would have been decidedالْاَمْرُthe matterبَیْنِیْbetween meوَ بَیْنَكُمْ ؕand between youوَ اللّٰهُAnd Allahاَعْلَمُ(is) most knowingبِالظّٰلِمِیْنَ of the wrongdoers وَ عِنْدَهٗAnd with Himمَفَاتِحُ(are the) keysالْغَیْبِ(of) the unseenلَاno (one)یَعْلَمُهَاۤknows themاِلَّاexceptهُوَ ؕHimوَ یَعْلَمُAnd He knowsمَاwhatفِی(is) inالْبَرِّthe landوَ الْبَحْرِ ؕand in the seaوَ مَاAnd notتَسْقُطُfallsمِنْofوَّرَقَةٍany leafاِلَّاbutیَعْلَمُهَاHe knows itوَ لَاAnd notحَبَّةٍa grainفِیْinظُلُمٰتِthe darkness[es]الْاَرْضِ(of) the earthوَ لَاand notرَطْبٍmoistوَّ لَاand notیَابِسٍdryاِلَّاbutفِیْ(is) inكِتٰبٍa Recordمُّبِیْنٍ Clear 6. Al-An'am Page 135وَ هُوَAnd Heالَّذِیْ(is) the One Whoیَتَوَفّٰىكُمْtakes your (soul)بِالَّیْلِby the nightوَ یَعْلَمُand He knowsمَاwhatجَرَحْتُمْyou committedبِالنَّهَارِby the dayثُمَّThenیَبْعَثُكُمْHe raises you upفِیْهِthereinلِیُقْضٰۤیso that is fulfilledاَجَلٌ(the) termمُّسَمًّی ۚspecifiedثُمَّThenاِلَیْهِto Himمَرْجِعُكُمْwill be your returnثُمَّthenیُنَبِّئُكُمْHe will inform youبِمَاabout whatكُنْتُمْyou used toتَعْمَلُوْنَ۠do
Translation of Verse 56-60

56. Say: “I am forbidden to worship those - other than Allah-whom you invoke.’’89 Say: “I will not follow your wishes;90 if I did, I would stray from the path, and will not be of the company of the rightly guided.”

57. Say: “I stand on a clear proof from my Lord,91 and you have denied it. What you are in haste is not in my power92, the decision rests with none but Allah. He declares the truth, and He is the Best of Deciders.’’

58. Say: “Had I power to hasten that for which you are clamouring, the dispute would have been decided between me and you. And Allah knows best who are evil-doers. 93

59. And with Him are the keys of the Unseen, none knows it but He.94 He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf does fall but with His knowledge.95 There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth,96 nor anything wet or dry, but is recorded in a clear Book.97

60. And it is He who takes your souls98 by night, and knows all that you have done by day. Then rouses you up, so that the allotted term may be completed.99 Then to Him you all shall return, then He will show you what you have been doing.


Commentary

89. By invoking or calling means invoking for help, reciting the name, and praying for assistance. This invocation is synonymous with worshipping, and Allah alone deserves to be invoked for help. But the polytheists invoke their imaginary gods, leaving Allah. They recite their names, they call them for assistance in prayers and they read their names on rosaries.

90. Polytheism and idolatry have nothing to do with the Divine Guidance. These are the evil and false desires of man that have prompted him to present them in the name of religion and faith to misguide the simple slaves of God.

91. Means Quran, which is the absolute reasoned proof from Allah. The dawah of the prophet for accepting monotheism is based on this reasoned proof. It is such a reasonable thing which would be understood by every reasonable and justice loving person. It is the voice of the nature and the call of the internal self. As against this, the thing towards which the polytheists call the people is not based on any reasoning, but it is merely a quirk of their imagination and is based on their personal wish.

92. That is: the punishment, the doom.

93. Here evil-doers mean the Polytheists and idolaters. They have been called ‘zalim’ because they have suppressed their voice of nature by adopting the path of polytheism and denial, because they covered their intelligence with the veils of ignorance, and because they have become disloyal to their Lord. In this way by surrendering themselves to the impending bad consequences they have become the tyrants of their own selves.

94. That is: He is the Owner and Master of the hidden treasures of the Unseen, and He alone can open their gates. Everything, that appears into this’ world from the Unseen world, does so under His command. And only He knows all the secrets of the universe and all the shrouded mysteries.

95. That is: Allah’s knowledge covers everything. He not only knows the big things. but all the small and minute things also. He not only knows the main and principal problems and things but also their subsidiary and the minute and intricate details.

96. Means the inner parts of the earth and their layers.

97. That is: Allah has the detailed record of all the events with their details and chronology in a clear form. When the Being who possesses the chronological record of the entire world from the beginning till the last; how can He then not have the record of the human acts?

98. Here sleep has been likened to death, because in the state of sleep man becomes equally unmindful of the world as in death.

99. That is: The God who sends you sleep during the night knows all that you do during the day. And it is He alone who rouses you up from sleep after the passing away of the night. This process of sleeping and waking goes on, till your allotted term or time is up and you are carried away by death. In other words, you witness the drama of being raised up again after dying daily. Then, does it not make clear the truth about the life after death? And does this observation not prompt you to believe in the belief of being revived again after death?