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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 17. Al-Isra
Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-22 [2], 23-30 [3], 31-40 [4], 41-52 [5], 53-60 [6], 61-70 [7], 71-77 [8], 78-84 [9], 85-93 [10], 94-100 [11], 101-111 [12]

Quran Text of Verse 71-77
یَوْمَ(The) DayنَدْعُوْاWe will callكُلَّallاُنَاسٍۭhuman beingsبِاِمَامِهِمْ ۚwith their recordفَمَنْthen whoeverاُوْتِیَis givenكِتٰبَهٗhis recordبِیَمِیْنِهٖin his right handفَاُولٰٓىِٕكَthen thoseیَقْرَءُوْنَwill readكِتٰبَهُمْtheir recordsوَ لَاand notیُظْلَمُوْنَthey will be wrongedفَتِیْلًا (even as much as) a hair on a date seed وَ مَنْAnd whoeverكَانَisفِیْinهٰذِهٖۤthis (world)اَعْمٰیblindفَهُوَthen heفِیinالْاٰخِرَةِthe Hereafterاَعْمٰی(will be) blindوَ اَضَلُّand more astrayسَبِیْلًا (from the) path وَ اِنْAnd indeedكَادُوْاthey were about (to)لَیَفْتِنُوْنَكَtempt you awayعَنِfromالَّذِیْۤthat whichاَوْحَیْنَاۤWe revealedاِلَیْكَto youلِتَفْتَرِیَthat you inventعَلَیْنَاabout Usغَیْرَهٗ ۖۗother (than) itوَ اِذًاAnd thenلَّاتَّخَذُوْكَsurely they would take youخَلِیْلًا (as) a friend وَ لَوْ لَاۤAnd if notاَنْ[that]ثَبَّتْنٰكَWe (had) strengthened youلَقَدْcertainlyكِدْتَّyou almostتَرْكَنُ(would) have inclinedاِلَیْهِمْto themشَیْـًٔا(in) somethingقَلِیْلًاۗۙa little اِذًاThenلَّاَذَقْنٰكَWe (would) have made you tasteضِعْفَdoubleالْحَیٰوةِ(in) the lifeوَ ضِعْفَand doubleالْمَمَاتِ(after) the deathثُمَّThenلَاnotتَجِدُyou (would) have foundلَكَfor youعَلَیْنَاagainst Usنَصِیْرًا any helper 17. Al-Isra Page 290وَ اِنْAnd indeedكَادُوْاthey were aboutلَیَسْتَفِزُّوْنَكَ(to) scare youمِنَfromالْاَرْضِthe landلِیُخْرِجُوْكَthat they evict youمِنْهَاfrom itوَ اِذًاBut thenلَّاnotیَلْبَثُوْنَthey (would) have stayedخِلٰفَكَafter youاِلَّاexceptقَلِیْلًا a little سُنَّةَ(Such is Our) Wayمَنْ(for) whomقَدْ[verily]اَرْسَلْنَاWe sentقَبْلَكَbefore youمِنْofرُّسُلِنَاOur Messengersوَ لَاAnd notتَجِدُyou will findلِسُنَّتِنَا(in) Our wayتَحْوِیْلًا۠any alteration
Translation of Verse 71-77

71. On the day when We will summon all men with their leader ,99 whoever is given his record in his right hand 100--they will read their records101and they will not be wronged a shred.

72. And whoever is blind here will be blind in the Hereafter102 and farther from the path.

73. And they tried to entice you away from what We revealed to you so that you might invent something other than that (as our revelation); and then they would have accepted you as their friend.103

74. And had We not made you absolutely firm, you might have almost inclined towards them a little.104

75. Then We would have made you taste a double (punishment) of living and a double (punishment) of dying, then you would have found no helper.105

76. And they are trying to unsettle you from the land so that they may drive you away from it, and in that case they would not stay there after you but a little while.106

77. Such was our tradition in the case of those messengers whom We sent before you, and you will not find any change in our tradition.107


Commentary

99. That is: Man will have to appear before God on the Day of Resurrection with the being who he had made as his leader in beliefs and practice. Sincere men of faith will gather under the leadership of the Messenger of Allah, as they had made him their leader in all sincerity and had accordingly followed him. As against this the polytheists and the infidels will appear with misguided leaders and the followers of the false religions under the leadership of their astray leader, and founders of false religions.

100. For explanation, please see Surah Inshiqaq, Note No.7

101. That is: They will read their records of deeds with pleasure because the handing over of the records in their right hands is the sign of their success.

102. In the world he had been seeing signs of Allah’s existence, but his heart remained blind to this great reality. Therefore, his recompense will be that in the Hereafter he will remain blind. Further on in ayah No.97 more clarification concerning this punishment is given. It may be noted that on the Day of Judgment man will have to pass through various stages. One stage will be that in which the eyesight of the disbelievers will be very strong, as stated in Qur’an:

......and piercing is your sight this day.” (Qaf-22). This sharpness of the eyesight will be to witness the punishment. The second stage will be that in which they will see their false deities and will call out: Our Lord! These are deities invented as your partners. And one stage will be in which they will be made deaf, dumb and blind and will be driven facing backward into the Hell. (We seek Allah’s refuge from such a punishment!)

103. It gives an idea how much pressure the polytheists were applying to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam),to unauthorisedly change the divine scripture. They wanted that if he has not prepared to give up the Qur’an totally, then at least he should make certain changes in it so that there might be found some room for their idolatry being tolerated or justified. On this condition they were prepared to accept the Prophet as a friend.

In the polytheists and the disbelievers of the present day a tinge of this mentality can be seen. They ask the Muslims to present their monotheism in such a way that it should not refute polytheism and idolatry, and should present Islam in such a way that the truthfulness of other religions should not be questioned.

104. That is: The pressure of the polytheists was so heavy that it was not easy even for a Prophet to remain firmly stuck to his stance, but the provision made by Allah for safeguarding the innocence and purity of the Prophet and the divine guidance which is ever available to him assisted him to stick firmly to his mission.

And We are sending down in the form of Qur’an that which is a healing and a mercy for believers, but it adds nothing to the evildoers but ruin. And when We bestow favours on man, he turns his back and keeps aloof, and when ill touches him he grows despondent. (Al-Quran)

105. This is a spine-chilling warning and it is to make it clear to the polytheists that if they expect His messenger to be soft towards their polytheism as a result of their enticement, and if such a situation really came to pass, then it would have been against the high exalted office of prophethood, and on this account the messenger would be liable to receive double punishment in the world as well as in the Hereafter. This statement makes it automatically clear that to expect any compromise with the Prophet on the issue of polytheism is totally useless.

106. That is: The polytheists of Makkah have created such conditions that it was not possible for the Prophet to stay any longer in Makkah and consequently had to migrate from there. If it were to so happen, then they should remember that after the migration of the Prophet they themselves will not be able to stay there for long. Their being seized by the divine punishment is certain.

107. This tradition, rule of Allah is unchangeable that when a township turns out its Prophet, compelling him to migrate to some other town, then after his migration the respite left to the people of the township is soon ended and divine punishment seizes it.

This divine tradition came to be operated in the case of the polytheists of Makkah also. Within two years of the migration of the Prophet from Makkah, the Battle of Badr took place, in which big leaders of the polytheists were killed, and after a few years from thence Makkah was totally cleared of the polytheists. This was the punishment which was meted out, according to the tradition (rule) of Allah, to those who had turned out the Prophet from their township, and had stuck to their polytheism and denial.