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
یٰبَنِیْۤ O Children اِسْرَآءِیْلَ (of) Israel! اذْكُرُوْا Remember نِعْمَتِیَ My Favor الَّتِیْۤ which اَنْعَمْتُ I bestowed عَلَیْكُمْ upon you وَ اَنِّیْ and that I فَضَّلْتُكُمْ [I] preferred you عَلَی over الْعٰلَمِیْنَ the worlds وَ اتَّقُوْا And fear یَوْمًا a day لَّا (will) not تَجْزِیْ avail نَفْسٌ any soul عَنْ for نَّفْسٍ (another) soul شَیْـًٔا anything وَّ لَا and not یُقْبَلُ will be accepted مِنْهَا from it شَفَاعَةٌ any intercession وَّ لَا and not یُؤْخَذُ will be taken مِنْهَا from it عَدْلٌ a compensation وَّ لَا and not هُمْ they یُنْصَرُوْنَ will be helped 2. Al-Baqarah Page 8 وَ اِذْ And when نَجَّیْنٰكُمْ We saved you مِّنْ from اٰلِ (the) people فِرْعَوْنَ (of) Firaun یَسُوْمُوْنَكُمْ (who were) afflicting you (with) سُوْٓءَ horrible الْعَذَابِ torment یُذَبِّحُوْنَ slaughtering اَبْنَآءَكُمْ your sons وَ یَسْتَحْیُوْنَ and letting live نِسَآءَكُمْ ؕ your women وَ فِیْ And in ذٰلِكُمْ that بَلَآءٌ (was) a trial مِّنْ from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord عَظِیْمٌ great وَ اِذْ And when فَرَقْنَا We parted بِكُمُ for you الْبَحْرَ the sea فَاَنْجَیْنٰكُمْ then We saved you وَ اَغْرَقْنَاۤ and We drowned اٰلَ (the) people فِرْعَوْنَ (of) Firaun وَ اَنْتُمْ while you تَنْظُرُوْنَ (were) looking وَ اِذْ And when وٰعَدْنَا We appointed مُوْسٰۤی (for) Musa اَرْبَعِیْنَ forty لَیْلَةً nights ثُمَّ Then اتَّخَذْتُمُ you took الْعِجْلَ the calf مِنْۢ from بَعْدِهٖ after him وَ اَنْتُمْ and you ظٰلِمُوْنَ (were) wrongdoers ثُمَّ Then عَفَوْنَا We forgave عَنْكُمْ you مِّنْۢ from بَعْدِ after ذٰلِكَ that لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَشْكُرُوْنَ (be) grateful وَ اِذْ And when اٰتَیْنَا We gave مُوْسَی Musa الْكِتٰبَ the Book وَ الْفُرْقَانَ and the Criterion لَعَلَّكُمْ perhaps you تَهْتَدُوْنَ (would be) guided وَ اِذْ And when قَالَ said مُوْسٰی Musa لِقَوْمِهٖ to his people یٰقَوْمِ O my people! اِنَّكُمْ Indeed you ظَلَمْتُمْ [you] have wronged اَنْفُسَكُمْ yourselves بِاتِّخَاذِكُمُ by your taking الْعِجْلَ the calf فَتُوْبُوْۤا So turn in repentance اِلٰی to بَارِىِٕكُمْ your Creator فَاقْتُلُوْۤا and kill اَنْفُسَكُمْ ؕ yourselves ذٰلِكُمْ That خَیْرٌ (is) better لَّكُمْ for you عِنْدَ with بَارِىِٕكُمْ ؕ your Creator فَتَابَ Then He turned عَلَیْكُمْ ؕ towards you اِنَّهٗ Indeed He! هُوَ He التَّوَّابُ (is) the Oft-returning الرَّحِیْمُ the Most Merciful وَ اِذْ And when قُلْتُمْ you said یٰمُوْسٰی O Musa لَنْ Never نُّؤْمِنَ (will) we believe لَكَ in you حَتّٰی until نَرَی we see اللّٰهَ Allah جَهْرَةً manifestly فَاَخَذَتْكُمُ So seized you الصّٰعِقَةُ the thunderbolt وَ اَنْتُمْ while you تَنْظُرُوْنَ (were) looking ثُمَّ Then بَعَثْنٰكُمْ We revived you مِّنْۢ from بَعْدِ after مَوْتِكُمْ your death لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَشْكُرُوْنَ (be) grateful وَ ظَلَّلْنَا And We shaded عَلَیْكُمُ [over] you الْغَمَامَ (with) [the] clouds وَ اَنْزَلْنَا and We sent down عَلَیْكُمُ to you الْمَنَّ [the] manna وَ السَّلْوٰی ؕ and [the] quails كُلُوْا Eat مِنْ from طَیِّبٰتِ (the) good things مَا that رَزَقْنٰكُمْ ؕ We have provided you وَ مَا And not ظَلَمُوْنَا they wronged Us وَ لٰكِنْ but كَانُوْۤا they were اَنْفُسَهُمْ (to) themselves یَظْلِمُوْنَ doing wrong 2. Al-Baqarah Page 9 وَ اِذْ And when قُلْنَا We said ادْخُلُوْا Enter هٰذِهِ this الْقَرْیَةَ town فَكُلُوْا then eat مِنْهَا from [it] حَیْثُ wherever شِئْتُمْ you wish[ed] رَغَدًا abundantly وَّ ادْخُلُوا and enter الْبَابَ the gate سُجَّدًا prostrating وَّ قُوْلُوْا And say حِطَّةٌ Repentance نَّغْفِرْ We will forgive لَكُمْ for you خَطٰیٰكُمْ ؕ your sins وَ سَنَزِیْدُ And We will increase الْمُحْسِنِیْنَ the good-doers (in reward) فَبَدَّلَ But changed الَّذِیْنَ those who ظَلَمُوْا wronged قَوْلًا (the) word غَیْرَ other (than) الَّذِیْ that which قِیْلَ was said لَهُمْ to them فَاَنْزَلْنَا so We sent down عَلَی upon الَّذِیْنَ those who ظَلَمُوْا wronged رِجْزًا a punishment مِّنَ from السَّمَآءِ the sky بِمَا because كَانُوْا they were یَفْسُقُوْنَ ۠ defiantly disobeying
47. O Children of Israel ! Recall68 My favour which was bestowed on you and the fact that I had given you preference69 over all (the communities) of the world.
48. And guard yourselves against the day when no soul will avail another, when no intercession will be accepted from it nor will any compensation be taken from it nor will they be helped.
49. And (recall) when We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who had subjected you to dreadful torment, slaying your sons and sparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord.
50. And (recall) when We split the sea for you and rescued you and drowned the folk of the Pharaoh while you were looking on.
51. And (recall) when we appointed70 forty nights (of solitude) for Moosa, (Moses) you took the calf71 in his absence (for worship) and thus committed a (grievous) wrong.
52. Even then, we pardoned you so that you might be grateful.
53. And (recall) when We gave to Moosa the scripture and Furqan (the Criterion72 of right and wrong) so that you might be rightly guided.
54. And (recall) when Moosa said to his people “You have indeed wronged yourselves by your worship of the calf, so turn in repentance to your Maker and kill73 (the guilty) yourselves. That will be better74 for you in the sight of your Maker. Then He accepted your repentance. Indeed He is Relenting, the Most Merciful.
55. And (recall) you said: “O Moosa ! We will not believe in you unless we see Allah openly”, then you were dazed with thunder and lightning while you merely looked on75
56. Then We revived you after your death, so that you might be grateful.
57. And We caused the clouds to give you shade and send down to you Manna and Salwa76 saying: “Eat of the good and clean things we have provided for you.” But, (by what they did) they did not harm us; they harmed themselves.
58. “And (recall) when We said: “Enter this town77 and eat there freely as you wish, and enter the gate78 bowing down and saying Hittatun79 (implying Pardon) We will forgive you, your sins and will increase the reward of the right-doers”
59. But the transgressors changed the word that had been told to them for another. So we sent down upon the transgressors chastisement from the heavens for their evil doing.
68. Here a reference is made to the important events in the history of the Bani Israel. They were fully aware of these events. The idea was to show that on the one hand Allah had bestowed great favours on this community while on the other these people acted so ungratefully that finally they were condemned by Allah.
69. By giving them Scripture and Guidance Allah had favoured the Bani Israel with the leadership of the nations of the world so that they might present the call of the true religion to the whole world.
70. In the Desert of Sinai Allah had called Moosa on the Mountain Sinai for 40 days and nights so that he may be given the laws of shariah.
71. Cow-worship was customary in Egypt. The Bani Israel too got infected with the malady worshipping the calf is mentioned in the old Testament: “They have made for themselves a molten calf and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it and said there are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. (‘Exodus 32: 8.)
72. Furqan is a quality of Torah. In other words the essential feature of Torah was that it discriminated between good and evil. It served as a criterion of good and evil for the believers and helped them to desist from doing wrong in their dealings.
73. This was the punishment given to them for worshipping the calf. Those who had not committed the sin of “Shirk” (worshipping calf etc.) were commanded to kill with their own hands those who had turned non-believers by worshipping the calf. The Torah says: “And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.” (Exodus 32:28) This shows that Shirk (Worshipping other beings than Allah) is the greatest sin in Islam and its punishment is also very severe.
74. That is: such a deterrent punishment was absolutely necessary for keeping the society’s belief in the Unity of Allah steadfast. Leniency in dealing with the sin of “Shirk” (Polytheism) would result in laxity in the belief and would lead to all kinds of corruption in the activities of the entire community.
75. They were unable to accept that Allah spoke to Moosa and gave His commandments to him. They demanded to see him speaking with Allah before accepting his statement. This was merely an excuse for not accepting since they had seen open signs from Allah, which were shown by Moosa. That is why Allah punished them for their new excuse. According to the old Testament, there were 70 men who had accompanied Moosa to the Mount Sinai.
76. After the exodus from Egypt, Bani Israel had stayed in the Sinai Desert. Allah had provided them with the shade of clouds for protecting them from the sun and provided them with “Manna’ and Salwa” for protecting them from starvation. ‘Manna’ was something like gum which fell from above like dew and got frozen. It was round shaped like the coriander seeds and was collected by Bani Israel. It served them as bread. Salwa was a bird like quail. They used to fly in flocks and Bani Israel could easily hunt them. Torah says:
And the Lord said to Moses I have heard the murmurings of the People of Israel say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat flesh and in the morning you shall be filled with bread, then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ In the evening quails came up and covered the camp and in the morning dew lay round about the camp. “(Exodus 17:-11-13)
These provisions were in such abundance that the entire community could feed on them.
77. By the town is probably meant the Palestinian township Eriha. This town was first occupied by Bani Israel.
78. The gate here refers to the gate of the township. So when the town is conquered, do not enter it with pride but with humility, bowing your heads before Allah and seeking pardon for your sins.
When materialists conquer a country, their heads are raised with pride and they fill the earth with tyranny and oppression. Contrary to this, the teaching of Islam is that when Muslims are to enter any country as conquerors they should not follow the practice of tyrants and vain warriors but they should adopt the attitude of humility before Allah and should seek His pardon for their sins. This attitude and thinking will keep them away from all sorts of excesses and tyranny.
79. To say “Hittatun” signifies entering with a sense of humility and seeking pardon from Allah.