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
یٰۤاَیُّهَا O you النَّاسُ mankind اعْبُدُوْا worship رَبَّكُمُ your Lord الَّذِیْ the One Who خَلَقَكُمْ created you وَ الَّذِیْنَ and those [who] مِنْ from قَبْلِكُمْ before you لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَتَّقُوْنَ ۙ become righteous الَّذِیْ The One Who جَعَلَ made لَكُمُ for you الْاَرْضَ the earth فِرَاشًا a resting place وَّ السَّمَآءَ and the sky بِنَآءً ۪ a canopy وَّ اَنْزَلَ and sent down مِنَ from السَّمَآءِ the sky مَآءً water فَاَخْرَجَ then brought forth بِهٖ therewith مِنَ [of] الثَّمَرٰتِ the fruits رِزْقًا (as) provision لَّكُمْ ۚ for you فَلَا So (do) not تَجْعَلُوْا set up لِلّٰهِ to Allah اَنْدَادًا rivals وَّ اَنْتُمْ while you تَعْلَمُوْنَ [you] know وَ اِنْ And if كُنْتُمْ you are فِیْ in رَیْبٍ doubt مِّمَّا about what نَزَّلْنَا We have revealed عَلٰی to عَبْدِنَا Our slave فَاْتُوْا then produce بِسُوْرَةٍ a chapter مِّنْ [of] مِّثْلِهٖ ۪ like it وَ ادْعُوْا and call شُهَدَآءَكُمْ your witnesses مِّنْ from دُوْنِ other than اللّٰهِ Allah اِنْ if كُنْتُمْ you are صٰدِقِیْنَ truthful فَاِنْ But if لَّمْ not تَفْعَلُوْا you do وَ لَنْ and never تَفْعَلُوْا will you do فَاتَّقُوا then fear النَّارَ the Fire الَّتِیْ whose وَ قُوْدُهَا [its] fuel النَّاسُ (is) [the] men وَ الْحِجَارَةُ ۖۚ and [the] stones اُعِدَّتْ prepared لِلْكٰفِرِیْنَ for the disbelievers 2. Al-Baqarah Page 5 وَ بَشِّرِ And give good news الَّذِیْنَ (to) those who اٰمَنُوْا believe وَ عَمِلُوا and do الصّٰلِحٰتِ [the] righteous deeds اَنَّ that لَهُمْ for them جَنّٰتٍ (will be) Gardens تَجْرِیْ flow مِنْ [from] تَحْتِهَا under them الْاَنْهٰرُ ؕ the rivers كُلَّمَا Every time رُزِقُوْا they are provided مِنْهَا therefrom مِنْ of ثَمَرَةٍ fruit رِّزْقًا ۙ (as) provision قَالُوْا they (will) say هٰذَا This (is) الَّذِیْ the one which رُزِقْنَا we were provided مِنْ from قَبْلُ ۙ before وَ اُتُوْا And they will be given بِهٖ therefrom مُتَشَابِهًا ؕ (things) in resemblance وَ لَهُمْ And for them فِیْهَاۤ therein اَزْوَاجٌ spouses مُّطَهَّرَةٌ ۙۗ purified وَّ هُمْ and they فِیْهَا therein خٰلِدُوْنَ (will) abide forever اِنَّ Indeed اللّٰهَ Allah لَا (is) not یَسْتَحْیٖۤ ashamed اَنْ to یَّضْرِبَ set forth مَثَلًا an example مَّا (like) even بَعُوْضَةً (of) a mosquito فَمَا and (even) something فَوْقَهَا ؕ above it فَاَمَّا Then as for الَّذِیْنَ those who اٰمَنُوْا believed فَیَعْلَمُوْنَ [thus] they will know اَنَّهُ that it الْحَقُّ (is) the truth مِنْ from رَّبِّهِمْ ۚ their Lord وَ اَمَّا And as for الَّذِیْنَ those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved فَیَقُوْلُوْنَ [thus] they will say مَا ذَاۤ what اَرَادَ (did) intend اللّٰهُ Allah بِهٰذَا by this مَثَلًا ۘ example یُضِلُّ He lets go astray بِهٖ by it كَثِیْرًا ۙ many وَّ یَهْدِیْ and He guides بِهٖ by it كَثِیْرًا ؕ many وَ مَا And not یُضِلُّ He lets go astray بِهٖۤ by it اِلَّا except الْفٰسِقِیْنَ ۙ the defiantly disobedient الَّذِیْنَ Those who یَنْقُضُوْنَ break عَهْدَ (the) Covenant اللّٰهِ (of) Allah مِنْۢ from بَعْدِ after مِیْثَاقِهٖ ۪ its ratification وَ یَقْطَعُوْنَ and [they] cut مَاۤ what اَمَرَ has ordered اللّٰهُ Allah بِهٖۤ it اَنْ to یُّوْصَلَ be joined وَ یُفْسِدُوْنَ and [they] spread corruption فِی in الْاَرْضِ ؕ the earth اُولٰٓىِٕكَ Those هُمُ they الْخٰسِرُوْنَ (are) the losers كَیْفَ How تَكْفُرُوْنَ (can) you disbelieve بِاللّٰهِ in Allah وَ كُنْتُمْ While you were اَمْوَاتًا dead فَاَحْیَاكُمْ ۚ then He gave you life ثُمَّ then یُمِیْتُكُمْ He will cause you to die ثُمَّ then یُحْیِیْكُمْ He will give you life ثُمَّ then اِلَیْهِ to Him تُرْجَعُوْنَ you will be returned هُوَ He الَّذِیْ (is) the One Who خَلَقَ created لَكُمْ for you مَّا what فِی (is) in الْاَرْضِ the earth جَمِیْعًا ۗ all ثُمَّ Moreover اسْتَوٰۤی He turned اِلَی to السَّمَآءِ the heaven فَسَوّٰىهُنَّ and fashioned them سَبْعَ seven سَمٰوٰتٍ ؕ heavens وَ هُوَ And He بِكُلِّ of every شَیْءٍ thing عَلِیْمٌ ۠ (is) All-Knowing
21. Oh People: Worship27 your Lord who has created you and those who were (born) before you28 so that you may save yourself (from Hell).
22. It is He who has made the earth your floor and the sky your roof, who sends down rain from the sky, from which He provides fruits for your sustenance. So do not set up equals to rank with Allah29 , when you know (the truth),
23. If you are in doubt about the Book which We have revealed to our slave, then produce a Surah like this, and call all your supporters, except Allah, if you are truthful30.
24. But if you cannot do this and surely you will not, then fear that fire whose fuel will be men and stones31 and which has been prepared for those who reject Faith.
25. And (O Prophet !) give good tidings to those who believe and who are righteous in their deeds that for them there are gardens32. beneath which flow rivers. Everytime they will be given the fruits to eat, they will say: These are the same fruits we had been given before (in the world)” and they will be given similar fruits33 .There will also be purified spouses for them in the gardens and they will live there eternally.
26. Allah does not feel shy of using similes of the lowly things, be it a mosquito or a still lower being34 Those who are believers know that it is truth from their Lord. But those who are rejectors of Faith, they say: “What does Allah mean by such a simile? ” (Thus) By this He causes many to stray and many He leads to the right path, and He does not cause to stray except those who are transgressors35.
27. Those who break Allah’s Covenant after agreeing to abide by it, and who tear asunder what Allah had ordered to be joined36 and do mischief on the earth, these are the people to be in loss.
28. How can you reject37 the belief in Allah, seeing that you were without life and He gave you life ? He will again cause you to die and will bring you to life again38 And then to Him will you return.
29. It is He who has created for you all the things which are on the earth. Then He turned to the Heaven and fashioned it as seven Heavens,39 And He has knowledge of all things.
27. This is the real call of Islam, which is addressed to the entire mankind. The call is that men must worship and obey Allah, who is the Creator, Master and Sustainer of all.
There are those who admit that Allah alone is worthy of being worshipped and yet worship other imaginary gods or include these gods in their worship of Allah. Such people do not really worship Allah. If they are sincere, they ought to worship Allah alone as taught by the Quran, and not include any other god or saint as worthy of being worshipped.
28. It points to the fact that some people consider their progenitors as partners in godship with Allah. They forget that it is Allah who has created their progenitors and that to consider them as partners with Allah and to worship them is therefore totally absurd. The one who deserves to be worshipped is Allah alone, who is the Creator of all including their progenitors.
29. Arabs of those days admitted that every thing was done by Allah. Yet, they included others as partners of Allah. The Qur’an addresses these people rhetorically: why do they consider others who have no share in creation as partners of Allah after admitting that every thing is done by Allah alone? This is really an invitation to accept monotheism pure and simple. Brief arguments are added here in favour of God’s oneness.
30. There is a challenge thrown to those who doubt that the Qur’an is the word of Allah. The challenge is for those who consider Muhammad (peace be upon him) to be really the author of the Qur’an. They are challenged to produce but one surah like that of the Qur’an. This challenge has not been met to this day. And this should not be surprising. There are many reasons for the unique greatness and grandeur of the Qur’an. It is most eloquent and appealing in style. Its diction is superb, each word perfectly fitted as a pearl in an inimitable necklace. Its teachings strike the right chords in the heart, and perfectly harmonise with man’s deepest craving, the best prescription for the purification of the soul, the noblest directions for man to enable him to reach the zenith of moral behaviour and good conduct. It presents a complete system for ordering individual and social human life and contains the most , suitable solution for the problems of life and conduct. It lays bare the mysteries of the universe and the secrets of the metaphysical realities. It is the source of authentic knowledge about the Creator and about what is divine and not a handiwork of any man. No man can produce a book of such excellence. All the men of the world pooling all their talents and resources cannot and in fact could not produce its equal. The challenge therefore is meant to convince men that they should believe in the Qur’an and its messenger prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
31. This refers to the stones which are worshipped. Those people will be the fuel of Hell who reject faith and consider others as partners of Allah. The stone images which are worshipped will also be fuel of Hell so that the worshippers may know what has befallen those on whom they were showering offerings and gifts for propitiating them and how they have become the cause of their doom.
32. These are the Gardens of Paradise which will be allotted to the Faithful.
33. The fruits in the paradise will be similar in shape to the fruits of this world but in their taste they will be much superior.
34. If facts are explained with the help of examples and simile they are easily understood. Therefore, the use of simile and examples is the speciality of the literature of the wise. Explaining the helplessness of the stone-gods the Qur’an gives the example that even if a fly takes away anything from them, they are unable to do anything against the fly. The non-believers criticised the use of such examples. The Qur’an answers this criticism in this verse.
35. “Fasiq” means disobedient. There are various degrees of disobedience. Here this word’ is used to refer to the case of that great disobedience which is incompatible with the observance of faith.
36. This mean cutting the relation of kinship with mankind. A person who cuts this relationship, strikes at the root of the society. It is, therefore considered to be an act of great sin and a cause of mischief.
37. To deny Allah’s attributes is equivalent to denying his existenece. One must believe duly in His attributes as His alone and worship worthy: His omnipotence, omniscience and so on. Without this, the claim to belief in Allah has no meaning or value.
38.This means that giving life, causing death, and bringing to life again are not the acts of any other gods or goddesses, but all these things are within the power of Allah Then how do people act ungratefully? In this verse the call is to accept the belief in the Hereafter.
39. This points to the fact that Allah has created not only firmaments and stars which can be discerned with our eyes but also the worlds beyond the stars.