Dawat ul Quran
Quran Translation and Commentary by Shams PirzadaTranslation 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
وَ لَقَدْ And verily اَرْسَلْنَا We sent نُوْحًا Nuh اِلٰی to قَوْمِهٖۤ ؗ his people اِنِّیْ Indeed I am لَكُمْ to you نَذِیْرٌ a warner مُّبِیْنٌۙ clear اَنْ That لَّا (do) not تَعْبُدُوْۤا worship اِلَّا except اللّٰهَ ؕ Allah اِنِّیْۤ Indeed I اَخَافُ [I] fear عَلَیْكُمْ for you عَذَابَ (the) punishment یَوْمٍ (of) a Day اَلِیْمٍ painful فَقَالَ So said الْمَلَاُ the chiefs الَّذِیْنَ (of) those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved مِنْ from قَوْمِهٖ his people مَا Not نَرٰىكَ we see you اِلَّا but بَشَرًا a man مِّثْلَنَا like us وَ مَا and not نَرٰىكَ we see you اتَّبَعَكَ followed [you] اِلَّا except الَّذِیْنَ those who هُمْ [they] اَرَاذِلُنَا (are) the lowest of us بَادِیَ immature in opinion الرَّاْیِ ۚ immature in opinion وَ مَا And not نَرٰی we see لَكُمْ in you عَلَیْنَا over us مِنْ any فَضْلٍۭ merit بَلْ nay نَظُنُّكُمْ we think you كٰذِبِیْنَ (are) liars قَالَ He said یٰقَوْمِ O my people اَرَءَیْتُمْ Do you see اِنْ if كُنْتُ I was عَلٰی on بَیِّنَةٍ (the) clear proof مِّنْ from رَّبِّیْ my Lord وَ اٰتٰىنِیْ while He has given me رَحْمَةً mercy مِّنْ from عِنْدِهٖ Himself فَعُمِّیَتْ but (it) has been obscured عَلَیْكُمْ ؕ from you اَنُلْزِمُكُمُوْهَا should We compel you (to accept) it وَ اَنْتُمْ while you (are) لَهَا averse to it كٰرِهُوْنَ averse to it 11. Hud Page 225 وَ یٰقَوْمِ And O my people! لَاۤ not اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ I ask (of) you عَلَیْهِ for it مَالًا ؕ any wealth اِنْ Not اَجْرِیَ (is) my reward اِلَّا except عَلَی from اللّٰهِ Allah وَ مَاۤ And not اَنَا I am بِطَارِدِ going to drive away الَّذِیْنَ those who اٰمَنُوْا ؕ believed اِنَّهُمْ Indeed they مُّلٰقُوْا (will) be meeting رَبِّهِمْ their Lord وَ لٰكِنِّیْۤ but I اَرٰىكُمْ see you قَوْمًا (are) a people تَجْهَلُوْنَ ignorant وَ یٰقَوْمِ And O my people! مَنْ Who یَّنْصُرُنِیْ would help me مِنَ against اللّٰهِ Allah اِنْ if طَرَدْتُّهُمْ ؕ I drove them away اَفَلَا Then will not تَذَكَّرُوْنَ you take heed وَ لَاۤ And not اَقُوْلُ I say لَكُمْ to you عِنْدِیْ (that) with me خَزَآىِٕنُ (are the) treasures اللّٰهِ (of) Allah وَ لَاۤ and not اَعْلَمُ I know الْغَیْبَ the unseen وَ لَاۤ and not اَقُوْلُ I say اِنِّیْ that I am مَلَكٌ an Angel وَّ لَاۤ and not اَقُوْلُ I say لِلَّذِیْنَ for those whom تَزْدَرِیْۤ look down upon اَعْیُنُكُمْ your eyes لَنْ never یُّؤْتِیَهُمُ will Allah give them اللّٰهُ will Allah give them خَیْرًا ؕ any good اَللّٰهُ Allah اَعْلَمُ knows best بِمَا what فِیْۤ (is) in اَنْفُسِهِمْ ۖۚ their souls اِنِّیْۤ Indeed, I اِذًا then لَّمِنَ (will be) surely of الظّٰلِمِیْنَ the wrongdoers قَالُوْا They said یٰنُوْحُ O Nuh! قَدْ Indeed جٰدَلْتَنَا you disputed with us فَاَكْثَرْتَ and you (have been) frequent جِدَا لَنَا (in) dispute with us فَاْتِنَا So bring us بِمَا what تَعِدُنَاۤ you threaten us (with) اِنْ if كُنْتَ you are مِنَ of الصّٰدِقِیْنَ the truthful قَالَ He said اِنَّمَا Only یَاْتِیْكُمْ will bring it (on) you بِهِ will bring it (on) you اللّٰهُ Allah اِنْ if شَآءَ He wills وَ مَاۤ and not اَنْتُمْ you (are) بِمُعْجِزِیْنَ one who (can) escape (it) وَ لَا And (will) not یَنْفَعُكُمْ benefit you نُصْحِیْۤ my advice اِنْ (even) if اَرَدْتُّ I wish اَنْ to اَنْصَحَ [I] advise لَكُمْ [to] you اِنْ if كَانَ It was (Allah's) اللّٰهُ (It was) Allah's یُرِیْدُ will اَنْ to یُّغْوِیَكُمْ ؕ let you go astray هُوَ He (is) رَبُّكُمْ ۫ your Lord وَ اِلَیْهِ and to Him تُرْجَعُوْنَؕ you will be returned اَمْ Or یَقُوْلُوْنَ (do) they say افْتَرٰىهُ ؕ He has invented it قُلْ Say اِنِ If افْتَرَیْتُهٗ I have invented it فَعَلَیَّ then on me اِجْرَامِیْ (is) my crime وَ اَنَا but I am بَرِیْٓءٌ innocent مِّمَّا of what تُجْرِمُوْنَ۠ crimes you commit
25. And We sent Nooh to his people38 (who said): “Verily, I am a plain warner to you;
26. “That you worship none but Allah;39 verily I fear for you the punishment of a grievous day.”40
27. So the nobles among his people, who were disbelievers, said: “We see you but a man like us, we do not see that anyone follow you, except the lowliest among us, with immature opinion,41 nor do we see in you any superiority compared to us nay, we think you are liars.”
28. He said: “O my people! Do you think that if I am with a clear proof from my Lord and there has come to me a mercy from His own self, and it has been made obscure to you, can we compel you to accept it when you are averse to it?42
29. “And O my people! I ask of you no wealth therefore. My recompense is the concern only of Allah,43 and I am not going to drive away contemptuously those who believe, verily they will be meeting their Lord, but I see you a people that are ignorant.44
30. "And O my people! Who will help me against Allah, if I drove them away?45 Will you not then understand?”
31. And I do not say to you: ‘I have the treasures of Allah’, nor ‘I have the knowledge of the Unseen’, nor do I say: ‘Verily I am an angel’. Nor do I say to those who are lowly in your eyes that Allah will not give them good (reward). Allah knows best what is in their hearts. (If I did) then verily I will be of the wrong-doers. “46
32. They said: “O Nooh! You have argued with us, and argued with us too much. Now bring upon us that with which you threaten us,47 if you are truthful.
33. He replied: “Only Allah will bring it upon you if He will, and you will not be able to stop it.
34. And my advice will not be of profit to you even if I desire to give you counsel, if Allah wills to keep you astray.48 He is your Lord and to Him will you return.
35. “Or do they say that he has invented it?49 Say: “If I have invented it, upon me be my crime, and I am innocent of the crime that you commit”.50
38. For explanation. please see Note No.95. Surah A’raf.
39. This has been explained in Note No.97. Surah A’raf.
40. Punishment of a grievous day means the punishment of the Day of Judgment. It means that the Day of Judgment will be a day of utmost grief and suffering for the disbelievers.
41. Those who had responded to the call of Prophet Nooh were lowly and insignificant in the eyes of the nobles because they had no material resources, nor were they influential like them in the society, although being virtuous they were the best persons in the society, and since they had not hesitated to accept the truth when it clearly came out before them, they are being dubbed as people with superficial judgment by their detractors, although this was the unhesitant love for truth of the faithful people. But in the eyes of these proud and arrogant people their good quality had become objectionable.
42. This is a reply to the first objection of the objectors. The statement of Prophet Nooh means that the call of monotheism which he was giving had its deep roots in the nature of man; that he was following the same natural reasoning and the insight and thereafter God favoured him and blessed him with prophet hood, which everybody, who has the insight can see. And if the objectors have blind-folded themselves or have themselves become blind and refuse to see, how can they see the truth. In such a condition, should the truth be forced on them?
43. The prophets sent down by Allah do not seek any compensation or reward from the people to whom they convey Allah’s message, nor do they have any personal profit in view for the service they render to the people of directing them to the right path. Their service is selfless. This sincerity of theirs distinguishes them from the sooth- Sayers, poets and self-seekers.
44. This is the reply to their second objection. Prophet Nooh bluntly told them that for their sake he was not going to give up the companionship of those who believed in Allah, and if these people are lowly in their (nobles’) eyes, it is the result of their ignorance as the light of right and true knowledge leads people to appreciate those who are followers of truth. And the judgment with regard to who deserves how much appreciation is to be decided by Allah. The appropriate appreciation of these faithful people will be done by God alone, when they would meet Him.
45. From the statement of Prophet Nooh we get the guidance that a missionary of truth cannot show his unconcern for Muslims in order to appease or please Non-Muslims.
46. This is the reply to their third objection, that they do not see any superiority in them compared to themselves. The summary of what Prophet Nooh replied to them is that he had never claimed to be superior to mankind; he had only claimed that he was appointed by Allah to convey His message to the people, and this definitely is a distinguishing factor; and as for his companions who believe, Allah knows best what is in their hearts, if they are really believers then Allah will bless them with good rewards; how could he say that they would not be honoured by Allah: and what can be better than their being considered deserving of honour by God; the disbelievers consider material wealth as a criterion for superiority while actually it is the wealth of faith that makes a man deserving of honour and superiority while actually it is the wealth of faith that makes a man deserving of honour and superiority.
Prophet Nooh’s statement that Allah only knows best what is in the hearts of the people, clearly shows that even a prophet does not know the secret of men’s hearts. What to speak of the saints and other pious men, and when a Prophet does not know the secrets of men’s heart when he is alive, then how can he know it after his death? These facts cut at the roots of saint worship and grave worship.
47. That is: Allah’s punishment.”
48. That is: According to Allah’s law of misguidance, if the gates of guidance are closed on you, then my good wishes and my counsel will be of no use to you.
49. This is a parenthetical sentence. That is the main narrative is stopped, and timely reply is given to the accusation of the Quraish that the Qur’an was invented or composed by the Prophet himself, and the tales narrated in that were merely the ancient tales.
50. That is: If I have not invented this Qur’an and the fact is that I have not invented it then the consequence of this crime that you have dubbed the Book revealed by God as invented by me, will be on you.