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 قَتَلْتُمْ you killed نَفْسًا a man فَادّٰرَءْتُمْ then you disputed فِیْهَا ؕ concerning it وَ اللّٰهُ but Allah مُخْرِجٌ (is) the One Who brought forth مَّا what كُنْتُمْ you were تَكْتُمُوْنَ ۚ concealing فَقُلْنَا So We said اضْرِبُوْهُ Strike him بِبَعْضِهَا ؕ with a part of it كَذٰلِكَ Like this یُحْیِ revives اللّٰهُ Allah الْمَوْتٰی ۙ the dead وَ یُرِیْكُمْ and shows you اٰیٰتِهٖ His Signs لَعَلَّكُمْ perhaps you may تَعْقِلُوْنَ use your intellect ثُمَّ Then قَسَتْ hardened قُلُوْبُكُمْ your hearts مِّنْۢ from بَعْدِ after ذٰلِكَ that فَهِیَ so they كَالْحِجَارَةِ (became) like [the] stones اَوْ or اَشَدُّ stronger قَسْوَةً ؕ (in) hardness وَ اِنَّ And indeed مِنَ from الْحِجَارَةِ the stones لَمَا certainly (there are some) which یَتَفَجَّرُ gush forth مِنْهُ from it الْاَنْهٰرُ ؕ [the] rivers وَ اِنَّ and indeed مِنْهَا from them لَمَا certainly (there are some) which یَشَّقَّقُ split فَیَخْرُجُ so comes out مِنْهُ from it الْمَآءُ ؕ [the] water وَ اِنَّ and indeed مِنْهَا from them لَمَا certainly (there are some) which یَهْبِطُ fall down مِنْ from خَشْیَةِ fear اللّٰهِ ؕ (of) Allah وَ مَا And not اللّٰهُ (is) Allah بِغَافِلٍ unaware عَمَّا of what تَعْمَلُوْنَ you do اَفَتَطْمَعُوْنَ Do you hope اَنْ that یُّؤْمِنُوْا they will believe لَكُمْ [for] you وَ قَدْ while indeed كَانَ (there) has been فَرِیْقٌ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them یَسْمَعُوْنَ (who used to) hear كَلٰمَ (the) words اللّٰهِ (of) Allah ثُمَّ then یُحَرِّفُوْنَهٗ they distort it مِنْۢ from بَعْدِ after مَا [what] عَقَلُوْهُ they understood it وَ هُمْ while they یَعْلَمُوْنَ know وَ اِذَا And when لَقُوا they meet الَّذِیْنَ those who اٰمَنُوْا believe[d] قَالُوْۤا they say اٰمَنَّا ۖۚ We have believed وَ اِذَا But when خَلَا meet in private بَعْضُهُمْ some of them اِلٰی with بَعْضٍ some (others) قَالُوْۤا they say اَتُحَدِّثُوْنَهُمْ Do you tell them بِمَا what فَتَحَ has اللّٰهُ Allah عَلَیْكُمْ to you لِیُحَآجُّوْكُمْ so that they argue with you بِهٖ therewith عِنْدَ before رَبِّكُمْ ؕ your Lord اَفَلَا Then do (you) not تَعْقِلُوْنَ understand 2. Al-Baqarah Page 12 اَوَ لَا Do not یَعْلَمُوْنَ they know اَنَّ that اللّٰهَ Allah یَعْلَمُ knows مَا what یُسِرُّوْنَ they conceal وَ مَا and what یُعْلِنُوْنَ they declare وَ مِنْهُمْ And among them اُمِّیُّوْنَ (are) unlettered ones لَا (who) do not یَعْلَمُوْنَ know الْكِتٰبَ the book اِلَّاۤ except اَمَانِیَّ wishful thinking وَ اِنْ and not هُمْ they اِلَّا (do anything) except یَظُنُّوْنَ guess فَوَیْلٌ So woe لِّلَّذِیْنَ to those who یَكْتُبُوْنَ write الْكِتٰبَ the book بِاَیْدِیْهِمْ ۗ with their (own) hands ثُمَّ then یَقُوْلُوْنَ they say هٰذَا This مِنْ (is) عِنْدِ from اللّٰهِ Allah لِیَشْتَرُوْا to barter بِهٖ with it ثَمَنًا (for) a price قَلِیْلًا ؕ little فَوَیْلٌ So woe لَّهُمْ to them مِّمَّا for what كَتَبَتْ have written اَیْدِیْهِمْ their hands وَ وَیْلٌ and woe لَّهُمْ to them مِّمَّا for what یَكْسِبُوْنَ they earn وَ قَالُوْا And they say لَنْ Never تَمَسَّنَا will touch us النَّارُ the Fire اِلَّاۤ except اَیَّامًا (for) days مَّعْدُوْدَةً ؕ numbered قُلْ Say اَتَّخَذْتُمْ Have you taken عِنْدَ from اللّٰهِ Allah عَهْدًا a covenant فَلَنْ so never یُّخْلِفَ will break اللّٰهُ Allah عَهْدَهٗۤ His Covenant اَمْ Or تَقُوْلُوْنَ (do) you say عَلَی against اللّٰهِ Allah مَا what لَا not تَعْلَمُوْنَ you know بَلٰی Yes مَنْ whoever كَسَبَ earned سَیِّئَةً evil وَّ اَحَاطَتْ and surrounded him بِهٖ with خَطِیْٓـَٔتُهٗ his sins فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ [so] those اَصْحٰبُ (are the) companions النَّارِ ۚ (of) the Fire هُمْ they فِیْهَا in it خٰلِدُوْنَ (will) abide forever وَ الَّذِیْنَ And those who اٰمَنُوْا believed وَ عَمِلُوا and did الصّٰلِحٰتِ righteous deeds اُولٰٓىِٕكَ those اَصْحٰبُ (are the) companions الْجَنَّةِ ۚ (of) Paradise هُمْ they فِیْهَا in it خٰلِدُوْنَ ۠ (will) abide forever
72. And (recall) when you slew a man and began to accuse each other, and Allah was to bring forth what you were hiding.
73. So We said: “Strike93 the dead body with a piece of the cow.” Thus Allah brings the dead to life and shows you His signs, so that you may understand.94 “
74. But even after all that your hearts were hardened and became as stones, nay harder than stones. For indeed there are stones from which rivers gush forth and stones which split asunder so that water flows from them95 And indeed there are stones which fall down for the fear of Allah. Allah is not unaware of what you do.
75. Do you (O men of faith!) still hope that these (people) will believe you when you are aware that a group of them has heard the word of Allah and has been deliberately changing96 (and thus distorting) it after having (clearly) understood it.
76. And when they meet men of faith, they say, “We believe.” But when they meet one another in private they say, “Will you disclose to them (the men of faith) what Allah has revealed to you (already) so that they may present it as their evidence97 against you before your Lord? Do you not understand?”
77. Are they not aware then that Allah knows what they conceal and what they proclaim?
78. And among them are illiterate98 people who do not know the scripture but see (in it their own) desires;99they merely guess.
79. So woe to those who write100 the Book with their hands and then say: “This is from Allah,” in order to buy some small gain101 with that. Woe102 to them for what they earn thereby.
80. And they say: “The fire will not touch us, but for a certain number of days.”103 Say: “Have you taken a promise from Allah so that He will not break His promise– or are imputing to Allah what you do not know?”
81. (But) why not? Those who earn evil are surrounded by their sins and they (surely) are the companions of fire (Hell) where they shall abide eternally.
82. And those who believe and do good deeds are the companions of the Garden (Paradise). They shall abide there eternally.
93. This refers to an event of Qassama’. The dead body of a murdered man was found in a field and the murderer was unknown They were blaming one another. In this connection, the method of Shariah was fixed in this manner; that affidavits were to be taken from the near people that they neither murdered the man nor did they see the murder being committed. To ensure the sincerity of the affidavits, the sacrifice of a cow was ordered so that the person giving their statements on oath may wash their hands with the cow’s blood. The Bani Israel were commanded to sacrifice a cow on this occasion. The idea was to reform the tendency of cow-worship and secondly to introduce the system of taking affidavit on oaths for settling disputes regarding murder.
94 . The command was to strike the dead body with a part of the cow which was sacrificed. Allah brought to life’ the murdered man, who gave out the name of his murderer. This was the display of Allah’s special sign. This also showed that by sacrificing a cow no disaster took place. On the contrary sacrificing a cow proved beneficial.
95. That is: a stone or rock which is hard has this quality in it that it gives forth water from within itself, but a man’s heart bereft of Allah’s fear, becomes so hard that no softness remains in it. That is why people who go on committing sin without caring for Allah’s wrath cannot be reformed by anybody.
96.There were different forms of changes or distortions which some people with Scriptures had made in Allah’s words. One form was that they used to add something of their own in the Divine text. For example, they had falsely imputed to the Lord that He had created the Universe in six days and rested on the seventh day. (Old Testament Exodus, 31 : 17) May Allah save us from this. Similarly, they falsely accused Aaron that he made the statue of the calf. (Exodus, Chapters 31, 32). The second form was that they used to interpret it wrongfully in the way they liked. The third form was that they used to distort the shape of the words e. g. Marwha, the name of a hillock in Makkah, was changed to Mowra or Murya, so that its identity may be confused and Makkah may not get the honour which is its due. And the fourth form of change in the words of the Lord was to translate the words in a way that is totally contrary to the context. Such changes are a part of the present day Torah and Gospel; these Books are not now available in their original form. The people of these Books have mixed up their own explanations and interpretations with the words of the Lord and presented the entire work as words of Allah.
97. Jews used to say among themselves that they should not reveal the prophecies of the Torah about the coming of the prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) before Muslims, otherwise Muslims will bring forth this evidence against the Jews before Allah on the day of Judgement.
98. Means common people from amongst the Men of Scriptures (Jews, Christians, etc.) who were unaware of the laws and teachings of the religion.
99.When a man wants to lead his life according to his own sweet will then the limits imposed on him by religious laws appears as hindrances. Then he tries to interpret the laws of the Book in his own way to suit his purpose. Irresponsible people provide material to the common people by presenting wrong interpretations of the religions and common men thus misled, sport with these tenets. They believe that mere expression of belief in the religion and attachment with particular saints are sufficient for salvation. They think that however sinful their lives may be they would go to paradise by intercession of particular saints, etc. But Quran has completely cut out the roots of such a dogma and has left no ambiguity or vagueness with regard to the path of Salvation.
100. Means the Learned among the people of Scripture (i. e. learned Jews, Christians, etc.)
101. The purpose of their selling the religion in this way was to obtain material or temporal benefits. Therefore Allah has very clearly said that the greatest benefit that may be obtained at the cost of religion is utterly inconsequential.
102. A number of religious people have been indulging in the great sin of either adding their own words in the Revealed Book or of presenting the books written by them as the books revealed by the Lord. Quran says that it is great sin to impute to Allah what is not said by Him and those who indulge in this kind of deceit are great wrongdoers and they will have to face very severe consequences. It is obvious that to counterfeit coins in the name of religion and to deceive people is not a small crime, and therefore deserves to be punished very harshly.
103. The Jews were under the impression they were the chosen people and therefore however wickedly they might live, they would not be thrown into the Hell; and even if they would be thrown into the Hell, it would be only for a very short period after which they would be sent to Paradise. This wrong notion had made them careless of the demands of the religion and they had become accustomed to sinful life. This was a great misunderstanding about the Faith, which the Jews entertained. Unfortunately Muslims have also become victims to this kind of misunderstanding.