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 اِذْ And when تَاَذَّنَ proclaimed رَبُّكُمْ your Lord لَىِٕنْ If شَكَرْتُمْ you are thankful لَاَزِیْدَنَّكُمْ surely I will increase you وَ لَىِٕنْ but if كَفَرْتُمْ you are ungrateful اِنَّ indeed عَذَابِیْ My punishment لَشَدِیْدٌ (is) surely severe وَ قَالَ And said مُوْسٰۤی Musa اِنْ If تَكْفُرُوْۤا you disbelieve اَنْتُمْ you وَ مَنْ and whoever فِی (is) in الْاَرْضِ the earth جَمِیْعًا ۙ all فَاِنَّ then indeed اللّٰهَ Allah لَغَنِیٌّ certainly (is) Free of need حَمِیْدٌ Praiseworthy اَلَمْ Has not یَاْتِكُمْ come to you نَبَؤُا (the) news الَّذِیْنَ (of) those who مِنْ (were) before you قَبْلِكُمْ (were) before you قَوْمِ the people نُوْحٍ of Nuh وَّ عَادٍ and Aad وَّ ثَمُوْدَ ۛؕ۬ and Thamud وَ الَّذِیْنَ and those who مِنْۢ (were) after them بَعْدِهِمْ ۛؕ (were) after them لَا None یَعْلَمُهُمْ knows them اِلَّا except اللّٰهُ ؕ Allah جَآءَتْهُمْ Came to them رُسُلُهُمْ their Messengers بِالْبَیِّنٰتِ with clear proofs فَرَدُّوْۤا but they returned اَیْدِیَهُمْ their hands فِیْۤ in اَفْوَاهِهِمْ their mouths وَ قَالُوْۤا and they said اِنَّا indeed, we كَفَرْنَا [we] disbelieve بِمَاۤ in what اُرْسِلْتُمْ you have been sent بِهٖ with [it] وَ اِنَّا and indeed, we لَفِیْ (are) surely in شَكٍّ doubt مِّمَّا about what تَدْعُوْنَنَاۤ you invite us اِلَیْهِ to it مُرِیْبٍ suspicious قَالَتْ Said رُسُلُهُمْ their Messengers اَفِی Can (there) be about اللّٰهِ Allah شَكٌّ any doubt فَاطِرِ (the) Creator السَّمٰوٰتِ (of) the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ ؕ and the earth یَدْعُوْكُمْ He invites you لِیَغْفِرَ so that He may forgive لَكُمْ for you مِّنْ [of] ذُنُوْبِكُمْ your sins وَ یُؤَخِّرَكُمْ and give you respite اِلٰۤی for اَجَلٍ a term مُّسَمًّی ؕ appointed قَالُوْۤا They said اِنْ Not اَنْتُمْ you اِلَّا (are) but بَشَرٌ a human مِّثْلُنَا ؕ like us تُرِیْدُوْنَ you wish اَنْ to تَصُدُّوْنَا hinder us عَمَّا from what كَانَ used to یَعْبُدُ worship اٰبَآؤُنَا our forefathers فَاْتُوْنَا So bring us بِسُلْطٰنٍ an authority مُّبِیْنٍ clear 14. Ibrahim Page 257 قَالَتْ Said لَهُمْ to them رُسُلُهُمْ their Messengers اِنْ Not نَّحْنُ we (are) اِلَّا but بَشَرٌ a human مِّثْلُكُمْ like you وَ لٰكِنَّ but اللّٰهَ Allah یَمُنُّ bestows His Grace عَلٰی on مَنْ whom یَّشَآءُ He wills مِنْ of عِبَادِهٖ ؕ His slaves وَ مَا And not كَانَ is لَنَاۤ for us اَنْ that نَّاْتِیَكُمْ we bring you بِسُلْطٰنٍ an authority اِلَّا except بِاِذْنِ by the permission of Allah اللّٰهِ ؕ by the permission of Allah وَ عَلَی And upon اللّٰهِ Allah فَلْیَتَوَكَّلِ so let put (their) trust الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ the believers وَ مَا And what لَنَاۤ (is) for us اَلَّا that not نَتَوَكَّلَ we put our trust عَلَی upon اللّٰهِ Allah وَ قَدْ while certainly هَدٰىنَا He has guided us سُبُلَنَا ؕ to our ways وَ لَنَصْبِرَنَّ And surely we will bear with patience عَلٰی on مَاۤ what اٰذَیْتُمُوْنَا ؕ harm you may cause us وَ عَلَی And upon اللّٰهِ Allah فَلْیَتَوَكَّلِ so let put (their) trust الْمُتَوَكِّلُوْنَ۠ the ones who put (their) trust
7. And when your Lord proclaimed: “If you are grateful, I will give you more12, and if you are ungrateful, surely My punishment is severe.”13
8. And Moosa said: “If you show ingratitude, you and all on earth together, then Verily Allah is Rich (cares not He is Free-from all needs) Worthy-of-all Praise. “14
9. Have not15 the chronicles of those before, reached you? Of the people of Nooh, and A’d, and Thamud ? And of those who came after them? None knows them but Allah.16 Their messengers came to them with clear signs, but they thrust their hands into their mouths,17 and said: “Verily we deny that with which (message) you have been sent, and we are in grave doubt concerning that to which you call us.”
10. Their messengers said: “Is there a doubt about Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth ?18 He calls you that He may forgive you, your sins and give you respite for an appointed term.“19 They said: “You are but men like us; you wish to turn us away from what (gods) our forefathers used to worship. Well then bring some clear authority (miracle)”.
11. Their messengers told them: “We are but men like you, but Allah grants His graces to such of His slaves as He pleases.20 It is not within our power to bring you an authority (miracle) except as Allah permits. And let all the believers put their trust in Allah.”
12. And why should we not put our trust in Allah, when He has shown us our ways ?21 We shall certainly bear with patience all the hurt that you may cause us. And let the trusting put their trust in Allah.”
12. Gratefulness essentially implies three things: First that for everything he gets, man must consider it a favour from Allah and not from anybody else; secondly a feeling of indebtedness and gratitude must be generated in his heart; and thirdly he should adopt an attitude of loyalty, worship and obedience towards his real benefactor.
When the slave adopts the attitude of gratefulness towards his Master, then he becomes deserving of more rewards.
13. In the Torah this matter is narrated thus:
“But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you. Cursed shall you be in the city.” (Det. 28: 15, 16)
14. In a hadith it is mentioned that Allah says:
“O My slaves! If all your preceding and following men and jinns turn as evil as the most evi1 man, it would not lessen anything in My kingdom. “ (Sahih Muslim, Kitabul Bir)
15. In the above verse the statement of Prophet Moosa was given. Here the addressees of Quran are being addressed.
16. It refers to that part of the nations’ histories which has gone behind the veil of the unknown. The period of the nation of Thamud was circa 2500 B.C. Thereafter till the time of Prophet Moosa, there were a number of nations to whom prophets were sent, and as a consequence of those nations’ rejecting the call of their prophets, the wrath and punishment of God overtook them and they were destroyed. These events are not preserved in the pages of history, but they are definitely known to Allah.
So far as India is concerned, here also are found remains of the past nations that have been destroyed, e.g. Harappa, which is in Punjab and Mohenjodaro, which is in Sindh, and also Lothal in Gujarat. These are ancient townships that have been buried under the earth with their fully developed civilization and culture, which was discovered during the modern times. From the remains discovered it appears that their civilization was polytheistic, therefore, there should be no wonder if divine messengers were also sent to these nations, and in consequence of their rejection of the divine message God’s punishment might have visited them in the form of earthquakes and would have buried them, lock, stock and barrel means “entirely”. This period would have been after the period of the nation of Thamud and before that of Prophet Ibrahim, i.e. before/circa 2000 B.C. History has neither preserved their names nor the names of their prophets. Their knowledge is possessed by Allah only. However these remains provide a witness to the fact that in ancient India the whip of Allah’s wrath had cracked down in consequence of disbelief and polytheism.
17. Thrusting hand into the mouth is an idiom which means being enraged and expressing amazement.
18. That is: The message that we are presenting before you is the dawah of pure monotheism, whose authenticity is above board. It can create a doubt in the mind of only that person who also doubts that this universe was created by one Creator. If you certainly believe that the Creator of this universe is Allah alone, then where is the room to doubt His being the only God and His being worthy of worship?
19. That is: If you accept this message of monotheism which is being presented before you, then Allah will forgive you your acts of polytheism and sinning, which you have been committing till now, and instead of sending down His punishment on you He will allow you to have respite for the appointed term and let you live.
20. We never claimed that we are not humans, but some other creatures. We are but mortals like you, but Allah with His special favour granted us the office of His messengers.
It is elicited that the office of prophet hood is not such as a man would attain it by his efforts, but that it is a gift and grace from God, which He may grant to anybody He may like.
21. When a man with his full consciousness believes in Allah, then all his difficulties come to an end, because of his relationship with God and for him all avenues for success open up in life.