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 اِلٰی And to عَادٍ Aad اَخَاهُمْ (We sent) their brother هُوْدًا ؕ Hud قَالَ He said یٰقَوْمِ O my people! اعْبُدُوا Worship اللّٰهَ Allah مَا not لَكُمْ (is) for you مِّنْ any اِلٰهٍ god غَیْرُهٗ ؕ other than Him اِنْ Not اَنْتُمْ you اِلَّا (are) but مُفْتَرُوْنَ inventors یٰقَوْمِ O my people! لَاۤ Not اَسْـَٔلُكُمْ I ask you عَلَیْهِ for it اَجْرًا ؕ any reward اِنْ Not اَجْرِیَ (is) my reward اِلَّا except عَلَی from الَّذِیْ the One Who فَطَرَنِیْ ؕ created me اَفَلَا Then will not تَعْقِلُوْنَ you use reason وَ یٰقَوْمِ And O my people! اسْتَغْفِرُوْا Ask forgiveness رَبَّكُمْ (of) your Lord ثُمَّ then تُوْبُوْۤا turn in repentance اِلَیْهِ to Him یُرْسِلِ He will send السَّمَآءَ (from) the sky (rain) عَلَیْكُمْ upon you مِّدْرَارًا (in) abundance وَّ یَزِدْكُمْ and increase you قُوَّةً (in) strength اِلٰی (added) to قُوَّتِكُمْ your strength وَ لَا And (do) not تَتَوَلَّوْا turn away مُجْرِمِیْنَ (as) criminals قَالُوْا They said یٰهُوْدُ O Hud مَا You have not brought us جِئْتَنَا You have not brought us بِبَیِّنَةٍ clear proofs وَّ مَا and not نَحْنُ we بِتَارِكِیْۤ (will) leave اٰلِهَتِنَا our gods عَنْ on قَوْلِكَ your saying وَ مَا and not نَحْنُ we (are) لَكَ in you بِمُؤْمِنِیْنَ believers 11. Hud Page 228 اِنْ Not نَّقُوْلُ we say اِلَّا except (that) اعْتَرٰىكَ have seized you بَعْضُ some اٰلِهَتِنَا (of) our gods بِسُوْٓءٍ ؕ with evil قَالَ He said اِنِّیْۤ Indeed, I اُشْهِدُ [I] call Allah to witness اللّٰهَ [I] call Allah to witness وَ اشْهَدُوْۤا and (you) bear witness اَنِّیْ that I am بَرِیْٓءٌ innocent مِّمَّا of what تُشْرِكُوْنَۙ you associate مِنْ Other than Him دُوْنِهٖ Other than Him فَكِیْدُوْنِیْ So plot against me جَمِیْعًا all together ثُمَّ then لَا (do) not تُنْظِرُوْنِ give me respite اِنِّیْ Indeed, I تَوَكَّلْتُ [I] put my trust عَلَی upon اللّٰهِ Allah رَبِّیْ my Lord وَ رَبِّكُمْ ؕ and your Lord مَا (There is) not مِنْ of a moving creature دَآبَّةٍ of a moving creature اِلَّا but هُوَ He اٰخِذٌۢ has grasp بِنَاصِیَتِهَا ؕ of its forelock اِنَّ Indeed رَبِّیْ my Lord عَلٰی (is) on صِرَاطٍ a path مُّسْتَقِیْمٍ straight فَاِنْ So if تَوَلَّوْا you turn away فَقَدْ then verily اَبْلَغْتُكُمْ I have conveyed to you مَّاۤ what اُرْسِلْتُ I was sent بِهٖۤ with [it] اِلَیْكُمْ ؕ to you وَ یَسْتَخْلِفُ and will give succession رَبِّیْ my Lord قَوْمًا (to) a people غَیْرَكُمْ ۚ other than you وَ لَا and not تَضُرُّوْنَهٗ you will harm Him شَیْـًٔا ؕ (in) anything اِنَّ Indeed رَبِّیْ my Lord عَلٰی (is) on كُلِّ all شَیْءٍ things حَفِیْظٌ a Guardian وَ لَمَّا And when جَآءَ came اَمْرُنَا Our command نَجَّیْنَا We saved هُوْدًا Hud وَّ الَّذِیْنَ and those who اٰمَنُوْا believed مَعَهٗ with him بِرَحْمَةٍ by a Mercy مِّنَّا ۚ from Us وَ نَجَّیْنٰهُمْ and We saved them مِّنْ from عَذَابٍ a punishment غَلِیْظٍ severe وَ تِلْكَ And this عَادٌ ۙ۫ (was) Aad جَحَدُوْا they rejected بِاٰیٰتِ (the) Signs رَبِّهِمْ (of) their Lord وَ عَصَوْا and disobeyed رُسُلَهٗ His Messengers وَ اتَّبَعُوْۤا and followed اَمْرَ (the) command كُلِّ (of) every جَبَّارٍ tyrant عَنِیْدٍ obstinate وَ اُتْبِعُوْا And they were followed فِیْ in هٰذِهِ this الدُّنْیَا world لَعْنَةً (with) a curse وَّ یَوْمَ and (on the) Day الْقِیٰمَةِ ؕ (of) the Resurrection اَلَاۤ No doubt! اِنَّ Indeed عَادًا Aad كَفَرُوْا disbelieved رَبَّهُمْ ؕ their Lord اَلَا So بُعْدًا away لِّعَادٍ with Aad قَوْمِ (the) people هُوْدٍ۠ (of) Hud
50. And to the (community) A’d (We sent) their brother, Hood74. He said: “O my people! Worship Allah. You have no other gods save Him. You have done nothing but invented (gods)75.
51. “O my people! I ask of you no reward for it. My recompense is the responsibility only of Him who has created me. Will you not then understand ?76”
52. And, O my people! Beg forgiveness of your Lord, then turn to Him repentant77. He will send for you rain-bearing clouds and add strength to your strength78. And do not turn away as criminals.”
53. They said: “O Hood! You have brought us no clear signs79, and we are not going to forsake our gods at your behest nor are we going to believe in you.”
54. We say nothing but that some of our gods may have possessed you in an evil way80.” He said: “I call Allah to witness, and you (too) bear witness that I am innocent of your ascribing partners to Him,”
55. Beside Him. So scheme against me all of you, and give me no respite.”
56. Verily I have put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord. There is not a living being but He holds it by its forelock 81. Verily my Lord is on a straight path82.”
57. If you turn away, I have (at least) conveyed to you that with which I was sent to you; and my Lord will set in your place a people other than you. And you will not harm him in the least. Verily my Lord is Guardian over all things.”
58. And when our command came, We saved Hood and those who believed with him by a mercy from Us; We saved them from a severe punishment83.
59. And these are the A’d (people): they denied the revelations of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers84, and followed the command of every tyrant enemy of the truth85.
60. And a curse was made to pursue them in the world and on the Day of Resurrection. Lo! A’d disbelieved in their Lord. Lo! A far removal for A’d, people of Hood!
74. The chronicle of the nation of A’d was narrated in Surah A’raf, ayat 68 to 72. on this occasion these verses and their explanatory notes. Nos. 105 to 114. and Surah Fajr ayat Nos. 6 to 8 and their explanatory notes Nos. 8 to 11 should be kept in view.
75. That is: Besides Allah, other gods whom you worship are your inventions. they have no reality.
76. There is a lot of difference between acting intelligently and acting in response to one’s wishes. The former is having insight and the latter is Ignorance.
77. This has been explained in Note No.8
78. On accepting tawheed (monotheism) and turning to God, He will bless you with additional bounty, you will get sustenance in abundance and your strength will be increased. You will get result in pleasant consequences on individual as well as social level.
It should be noted that while presenting the message of monotheism, the material benefits have been mentioned merely incidentally, and not as the main achievement, because the real achievement, which all the prophets had been teaching to make as our ideal in life, is the achievement of success in the Hereafter.
79. In the person of Prophet Hood there were clear signs of his prophet hood, by seeing which one could believe that he was the real messenger from Allah. But his nation was bereft of intelligent thinking, that is why they could not see these signs.
80.It shows to what extent they were superstitious. Their superstition received a big jolt when the Divine wrath overtook them and their invented gods and goddesses did not come to their rescue, nor could they harm Prophet Hood in any way.
81. That is: Along with humans all the other living beings are under the subjugation and control of Allah. Nobody is free from His hold.
82. Straight path means the path of justice and fairplay, and Allah’s being on the straight path means that all that He does and ordains is based on justice and fairplay. Although He holds every living being by its forelock but He does not subject it to tyranny and oppression.
83. Allah’s punishment on the A’d people fell in the form of stormy winds, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. (See Surah Ahqaf ayat 24 and 25, Surah Zariyat ayat 41 and 42).
84. All the messengers from Allah presented one and the same message. Therefore, disobedience shown to any one messenger is in reality disobedience to all the messengers. For this reason the disobedience in respect of Prophet Hood is termed as disobedience in respect of all the prophets.
85. Prophets have authority from Allah that they should be obeyed by their followers, but those who do not remain loyal to Allah, do not like to obey his messengers. Not only that but they obey those leaders, guides, persons in power who are rebels against God and who are enemies of truth. This attitude of theirs invites the Divine Wrath.