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
21. Al-Anbya Page 323 وَ كَمْ And how many قَصَمْنَا We (have) shattered مِنْ of قَرْیَةٍ a town كَانَتْ (that) was ظَالِمَةً unjust وَّ اَنْشَاْنَا and We produced بَعْدَهَا after them قَوْمًا another people اٰخَرِیْنَ another people فَلَمَّاۤ Then when اَحَسُّوْا they perceived بَاْسَنَاۤ Our torment اِذَا behold هُمْ they مِّنْهَا from it یَرْكُضُوْنَؕ were fleeing لَا Flee not تَرْكُضُوْا Flee not وَ ارْجِعُوْۤا but return اِلٰی to مَاۤ what اُتْرِفْتُمْ you were given luxury فِیْهِ in it وَ مَسٰكِنِكُمْ and to your homes لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تُسْـَٔلُوْنَ be questioned قَالُوْا They said یٰوَیْلَنَاۤ O woe to us! اِنَّا Indeed [we] كُنَّا we were ظٰلِمِیْنَ wrongdoers فَمَا Then not زَالَتْ ceased تِّلْكَ [this] دَعْوٰىهُمْ their cry حَتّٰی until جَعَلْنٰهُمْ We made them حَصِیْدًا reaped خٰمِدِیْنَ extinct وَ مَا And not خَلَقْنَا We created السَّمَآءَ the heavens وَ الْاَرْضَ and the earth وَ مَا and what بَیْنَهُمَا (is) between them لٰعِبِیْنَ (for) playing لَوْ If اَرَدْنَاۤ We intended اَنْ that نَّتَّخِذَ We take لَهْوًا a pastime لَّاتَّخَذْنٰهُ surely We (could have) taken it مِنْ from لَّدُنَّاۤ ۖۗ Us اِنْ if كُنَّا We were فٰعِلِیْنَ doers بَلْ Nay نَقْذِفُ We hurl بِالْحَقِّ the truth عَلَی against الْبَاطِلِ [the] falsehood فَیَدْمَغُهٗ and it breaks its head فَاِذَا behold هُوَ it (is) زَاهِقٌ ؕ vanishing وَ لَكُمُ And for you الْوَیْلُ (is) destruction مِمَّا for what تَصِفُوْنَ you ascribe وَ لَهٗ And to Him (belongs) مَنْ whoever فِی (is) in السَّمٰوٰتِ the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ ؕ and the earth وَ مَنْ And (those) who عِنْدَهٗ (are) near Him لَا not یَسْتَكْبِرُوْنَ they are arrogant عَنْ to عِبَادَتِهٖ worship Him وَ لَا and not یَسْتَحْسِرُوْنَۚ they tire یُسَبِّحُوْنَ They glorify (Him) الَّیْلَ [the] night وَ النَّهَارَ and [the] day لَا not یَفْتُرُوْنَ they slacken اَمِ Or اتَّخَذُوْۤا (have) they taken اٰلِهَةً gods مِّنَ from الْاَرْضِ the earth هُمْ they یُنْشِرُوْنَ raise (the dead) لَوْ If كَانَ (there) were فِیْهِمَاۤ in both of them اٰلِهَةٌ gods اِلَّا besides اللّٰهُ Allah لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ surely they (would) have been ruined فَسُبْحٰنَ So glorified اللّٰهِ (is) Allah رَبِّ Lord الْعَرْشِ (of) the Throne عَمَّا (above) what یَصِفُوْنَ they attribute لَا Not یُسْـَٔلُ He (can) be questioned عَمَّا about what یَفْعَلُ He does وَ هُمْ but they یُسْـَٔلُوْنَ will be questioned اَمِ Or اتَّخَذُوْا (have) they taken مِنْ besides Him دُوْنِهٖۤ besides Him اٰلِهَةً ؕ gods قُلْ Say هَاتُوْا Bring بُرْهَانَكُمْ ۚ your proof هٰذَا This ذِكْرُ (is) a Reminder مَنْ (for those) who مَّعِیَ (are) with me وَ ذِكْرُ and a Reminder مَنْ (for those) who قَبْلِیْ ؕ (were) before me بَلْ But اَكْثَرُهُمْ most of them لَا (do) not یَعْلَمُوْنَ ۙ know الْحَقَّ the truth فَهُمْ so they مُّعْرِضُوْنَ (are) averse 21. Al-Anbya Page 324 وَ مَاۤ And not اَرْسَلْنَا We sent مِنْ before you قَبْلِكَ before you مِنْ any رَّسُوْلٍ Messenger اِلَّا but نُوْحِیْۤ We reveal(ed) اِلَیْهِ to him اَنَّهٗ that [He] لَاۤ (There is) no اِلٰهَ god اِلَّاۤ except اَنَا Me فَاعْبُدُوْنِ so worship Me وَ قَالُوا And they say اتَّخَذَ Has taken الرَّحْمٰنُ the Most Gracious وَلَدًا a son سُبْحٰنَهٗ ؕ Glorified is He! بَلْ Nay عِبَادٌ (they are) slaves مُّكْرَمُوْنَۙ honored لَا Not یَسْبِقُوْنَهٗ they (can) precede Him بِالْقَوْلِ in word وَ هُمْ and they بِاَمْرِهٖ by His command یَعْمَلُوْنَ act یَعْلَمُ He knows مَا what بَیْنَ (is) before them اَیْدِیْهِمْ (is) before them وَ مَا and what خَلْفَهُمْ (is) behind them وَ لَا and not یَشْفَعُوْنَ ۙ they (can) intercede اِلَّا except لِمَنِ for whom ارْتَضٰی He approves وَ هُمْ And they مِّنْ from خَشْیَتِهٖ fear of Him مُشْفِقُوْنَ stand in awe وَ مَنْ And whoever یَّقُلْ says مِنْهُمْ of them اِنِّیْۤ Indeed, I am اِلٰهٌ a god مِّنْ besides Him دُوْنِهٖ besides Him فَذٰلِكَ Then that نَجْزِیْهِ We will recompense جَهَنَّمَ ؕ (with) Hell كَذٰلِكَ Thus نَجْزِی We recompense الظّٰلِمِیْنَ۠ the wrongdoers
11. How many a community that lived sinfully have We destroyed, and raised up after them another nation :
12. And when they felt11 Our might, they fled from (their cities).
13. ’Do not run away, return to your comforts and your dwellings, so that you may be questioned!’12
14. They wailed: “Alas for us! Indeed, we were wrong-doers.”13
15. This wailing of theirs went on till We mowed them down like reaped corn,14 extinguished. 15
16. We did not create the heavens and the earth in sport.16
17. If We had wished to choose a pastime, We would have chosen it from Our presence if We were to do it.17
18. Nay, but We hurl the Truth at the Falsehood, and it does break its head and it (falsehood) vanishes.18 And woe to you for all that you have uttered.19
19. To Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and the earth,20 and those who dwell in His presence21 are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary,
20. They recite His Immaculateness day and night, unflaggingly.22
21. Or have they chosen from the earth gods who raised the dead ?23
22. Had there been other gods in these (heaven and earth) beside Allah, surely both would have24 disordered gone to ruin. Immaculate be Allah, Lord of the Throne, free from that which they ascribe to Him.
23. He is not accountable25 for what He does, but all others are accountable.26
24. Or have they chosen other gods beside Him ? Say: “Bring your proof. This is the teaching for those with me and those before me.” 27 But most of them do not know the truth, that is why they turn away.
25. We did not send a messenger before you but We revealed to him that : “There is no god but Me, so worship Me.”28
26. And they say: “Rahman (Most Gracious) has taken children.” Immaculate is He! Nay, but they are His honoured slaves.29
27. They Precede Him not in speech,30 and they act by His command.
28. He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot intercede except for him whom He accepts,31 and they tremble for awe of Him.32
29. And whoever of them should claim : “I am a god beside Him, such a one We shall requite with Hell. Thus We requite the wrongdoers.33
11. That is : When they saw the signs of the coming punishment.
12. This is a taunt, which means why you are fleeing now, when you were ridiculing the coming of this punishment; if it is in your power, return to your houses of amusement so that your companions may know your condition as to what transpired that you had to leave your homes.
13.At that time they admitted their guilt and were sorry for what they did.
14.That is: Their condition became like that of a farm whose harvest has been mowed down, leaving behind only straw and stubble.
15. Their warmth of life disappeared and they became lifeless.
16. After denying the Hereafter, man cannot give a reasonable explanation of the creation of the universe. For such people the existence of the universe is not the result of a sober and serious decision of God, but it is merely a creation of sport, which God has done for Himself. Hindu philosophers term it as ‘Leela’.
“In the beginning God was alone, and he desired to become many. As a consequence, he created the world out of mere pleasure, as a sport (lila).” -(Outlines of Hinduism, by T. M. P. Mahadevan p. 163).
The fact is that only those people consider God casual and unserious who themselves are not sober and serious.
17.That is: To create anything in sport or as a pastime is against the magnificence of the Almighty’s grand Personality. Even supposing that God wanted to do that, He would have done it near at hand; there was no necessity of creating such a grand universe, and such a sensible and sophisticated creature as man. In short, this workshop is not a thing of sport, but it has behind it a purpose and a reasonable objective.
18. It is not correct to think that this world is a play and we are the spectators, but that God has created it as a testing ground, and God is putting mankind to test. Therefore, this world has become a battle-ground for the conflict of Truth and falsehood, the result of this conflict will appear in the Hereafter, where there will be Truth and only Truth and Falsehood would have become extinct. However in this world too, God arranges for the Truth to register a telling blow at the Falsehood. Accordingly it has happened so many times in the history of world that when Falsehood raised its head, God crushed it through the agency of His messengers. Eventually Truth triumphed and Falsehood had to face defeat. Therefore, through this Prophet also Truth has to overcome Falsehood, and Qur’an is that invincible argument of Allah before which Falsehood cannot stand. After this only those people will term this world as a play who have closed their eyes from the reality.
19. That is: By imputing false statements to God, you are preparing means of your own destruction.
20. That is: He is the Master of all and every one, and all belong to Him and every one is His slave.
21. Means Honoured angels who are close to God.
22. As man does not get weary by breathing, so the angels do not get weary by singing praises of God. They are always busy glorifying Him and singing His praises. In these ayat a glimpse of the elevated beings is shown, which gives an idea of what magnificence the presence of Allah will be! It gives the right concept of Allah’s greatness and creates an inclination for worship and singing His praises.
23. The polytheists think that the god of the heavens is not the sole ruler of the earth, but that there are many small deities who are looking after the administration of the earth, and these are the very deities who cause profit or loss to humans in their dealings. As a rebuttal of this supposition, the question is asked whether they have chosen these other gods, and whether these gods are going to revive them after their death, and for worshipping them, whether they would receive any rewards. If it is not so—and even you yourselves cannot claim that they are going to raise them again—then what is the use of worshipping them ? If you are not to be revived after you are dead, when would these Gods come to help you or be of use to you ?
24. If there were to be many gods, then the working of this universe would have been chaotic. Every god would have used his power to run the world according to his own wishes, and at one time or another there would have a been some clash of interests and chaos. In such a case there would not have been the orderliness which is seen in the present system of the universe, and it would then not have been possible to execute any work according to plan in this world. For example for the rains, the compatibility of the land, sea, the sun and the winds is absolutely necessary, otherwise man’s efforts to provide water supply to every nook and corner of the earth would not have been successful. If these things were under the control of different gods, then their compatibility or agreement would not have been possible.
This is a great argument in favour of monotheism, which refutes polytheism and atheism. If this universe were to be without its Creator God, how could such a great workshop work in such an orderly manner ! Have not the disbelievers pondered that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We separated them, and that We made of water every living thing ? Will they not then believe?(Al-Quran)
25. Allah is the Absolute Master and the Highest Ruler. Therefore, there is no question of His being accountable or answerable before anyone, nor does anybody have any right to question His decisions and His acts.
26.As all are Allah’s creatures and His slaves, everyone of them is answerable before Allah. Anyone who does not think himself accountable before Allah, places himself in a wrong position, as a result of which his whole life takes a wrong turn.
27. That is: There is no proof of anybody other than Allah being God in the divine teachings. Today the teachings that have been imparted to my (i.e. Prophet’s) companions are absolutely the same teachings which were imparted to the followers of the preceding prophets (Peace be upon all of them), which were the teachings of monotheism.
It may be noted that in the various religious books of the polytheists the concept of more than one god being found is not an argument in favour of that being the divine decree or the saying of a prophet, for these books are not sent down or revealed by God but are authored by men.
28.Therefore, the teachings against monotheism found in different religions are not the teachings of any prophet. If such a teaching is ascribed to any prophet. then it is a falsehood and an allegation against that prophet.
29. The Meccan polytheists used to claim that the angels were the children of God. This is a rebuttal of that falsehood. The Qur’an says that they are not Allah’s children but they are His honoured slaves.
30. It is not the place of the angels to speak before Allah has spoken. They dare not do so, but you are under the wrong impression that they are the dear ones of Allah and may do anything with impunity, and get things accepted by Him.
31. That is: angels will intercede only in the case of those humans about whom Allah may allow them to do so. The idea is to refute the belief of the polytheists that if at all Doomsday occurs, the angels whom they worship will intercede on their behalf and will save them from divine punishment. For further explanation regarding intercession, see Surah Baqarah Note No.412, and Surah Maryam Note No.111.
32. Angels are never guilty of disobedience, but they tremble in awe of His wrath. It would behove man if he also inculcates this angelic attribute.
33. That is: You have made angels gods, but they do not claim divinity. They are ever busy in the worship of Allah. Even if it is presumed that anyone of them claims to be god, he will be thrown into the Hell, because that is the punishment for such a crime.