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 الَّذِیْنَ who اٰمَنُوْا believe! لَا (Do) not تَاْكُلُوا eat الرِّبٰۤوا the usury اَضْعَافًا doubled مُّضٰعَفَةً ۪ multiplied وَّ اتَّقُوا And fear اللّٰهَ Allah لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تُفْلِحُوْنَۚ (be) successful وَ اتَّقُوا And fear النَّارَ the Fire الَّتِیْۤ which اُعِدَّتْ is prepared لِلْكٰفِرِیْنَۚ for the disbelievers وَ اَطِیْعُوا And obey اللّٰهَ Allah وَ الرَّسُوْلَ and the Messenger لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تُرْحَمُوْنَۚ receive mercy 3. Ali 'Imran Page 67 وَ سَارِعُوْۤا And hasten اِلٰی to مَغْفِرَةٍ forgiveness مِّنْ from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord وَ جَنَّةٍ and a Garden عَرْضُهَا its width السَّمٰوٰتُ (is like that of) the heavens وَ الْاَرْضُ ۙ and the earth اُعِدَّتْ prepared لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَۙ for the pious الَّذِیْنَ Those who یُنْفِقُوْنَ spend فِی in السَّرَّآءِ [the] ease وَ الضَّرَّآءِ and (in) the hardship وَ الْكٰظِمِیْنَ and those who restrain الْغَیْظَ the anger وَ الْعَافِیْنَ and those who pardon عَنِ [from] النَّاسِ ؕ the people وَ اللّٰهُ and Allah یُحِبُّ loves الْمُحْسِنِیْنَۚ the good-doers وَ الَّذِیْنَ And those اِذَا when فَعَلُوْا they did فَاحِشَةً immorality اَوْ or ظَلَمُوْۤا wronged اَنْفُسَهُمْ themselves ذَكَرُوا they remember اللّٰهَ Allah فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا then ask forgiveness لِذُنُوْبِهِمْ ۪ for their sins وَ مَنْ and who یَّغْفِرُ (can) forgive الذُّنُوْبَ the sins اِلَّا except اللّٰهُ ۪۫ Allah وَ لَمْ And not یُصِرُّوْا they persist عَلٰی on مَا what فَعَلُوْا they did وَ هُمْ while they یَعْلَمُوْنَ know اُولٰٓىِٕكَ Those جَزَآؤُهُمْ their reward مَّغْفِرَةٌ (is) forgiveness مِّنْ from رَّبِّهِمْ their Lord وَ جَنّٰتٌ and Gardens تَجْرِیْ flows مِنْ from تَحْتِهَا underneath it الْاَنْهٰرُ the rivers خٰلِدِیْنَ abiding forever فِیْهَا ؕ in it وَ نِعْمَ And an excellent اَجْرُ reward الْعٰمِلِیْنَؕ (for) the (righteous) workers قَدْ Verily خَلَتْ passed مِنْ from قَبْلِكُمْ before you سُنَنٌ ۙ situations فَسِیْرُوْا then travel فِی in الْاَرْضِ the earth فَانْظُرُوْا and see كَیْفَ how كَانَ was عَاقِبَةُ (the) end الْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ (of) the deniers هٰذَا This بَیَانٌ (is) a declaration لِّلنَّاسِ for the people وَ هُدًی and guidance وَّ مَوْعِظَةٌ and admonition لِّلْمُتَّقِیْنَ for the God-fearing وَ لَا And (do) not تَهِنُوْا weaken وَ لَا and (do) not تَحْزَنُوْا grieve وَ اَنْتُمُ and you (will be) الْاَعْلَوْنَ [the] superior اِنْ if كُنْتُمْ you are مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ believers اِنْ If یَّمْسَسْكُمْ touched you قَرْحٌ a wound فَقَدْ so certainly مَسَّ (has) touched الْقَوْمَ the people قَرْحٌ wound مِّثْلُهٗ ؕ like it وَ تِلْكَ And this الْاَیَّامُ [the] days نُدَاوِلُهَا We alternate them بَیْنَ among النَّاسِ ۚ the people وَ لِیَعْلَمَ [and] so that makes evident اللّٰهُ Allah الَّذِیْنَ those who اٰمَنُوْا believe[d] وَ یَتَّخِذَ and take مِنْكُمْ from you شُهَدَآءَ ؕ martyrs وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah لَا (does) not یُحِبُّ love الظّٰلِمِیْنَۙ the wrongdoers 3. Ali 'Imran Page 68 وَ لِیُمَحِّصَ And so that may purify اللّٰهُ Allah الَّذِیْنَ those who اٰمَنُوْا believe وَ یَمْحَقَ and destroy الْكٰفِرِیْنَ the disbelievers اَمْ Or حَسِبْتُمْ do you think اَنْ that تَدْخُلُوا you will enter الْجَنَّةَ Paradise وَ لَمَّا while has not yet یَعْلَمِ made evident اللّٰهُ Allah الَّذِیْنَ those who جٰهَدُوْا strove hard مِنْكُمْ among you وَ یَعْلَمَ and made evident الصّٰبِرِیْنَ the steadfast وَ لَقَدْ And certainly كُنْتُمْ you used to تَمَنَّوْنَ wish الْمَوْتَ (for) death مِنْ from قَبْلِ before اَنْ [that] تَلْقَوْهُ ۪ you met it فَقَدْ then indeed رَاَیْتُمُوْهُ you have seen it وَ اَنْتُمْ while you (were) تَنْظُرُوْنَ۠ looking on
130. O you who believe! Devour not usury (interest), doubling and multiplying.160 Fear Allah so that you may be successful.
131. And fear the fire, which has been prepared for those who reject faith.
132. And obey Allah and the Messenger so that you may be shown mercy.
133. And hurry up towards your Lord’s forgiveness and the paradise whose width is that of the heavens and of the earth,161 prepared for the righteous.
134. Those who spend (in charity), whether in prosperity or in adversity, who control their rage and are forgiving towards men. And Allah likes such people of good character.
135. And those who, having done some shameful act, or having wronged themselves (by committing some sin), remember Allah and ask for forgiveness for their sins, 162and who can forgive sins except Allah?and are never obstinate in persisting knowingly in what (wrong) they have done163.
136. The reward of such will be forgiveness from their Lord and gardens underneath which rivers flow, where in they will abide forever. What an excellent reward for (righteous) workers !
137. Traditions of Allah have gone forth before you, travel through the earth and see what was the fate of the beliers. 164
138. This is a statement165 to men, a guidance and exhortation to those who fear Allah.
139. And do not be discouraged and do not grieve; you will dominate ( and be superior) if you are true believers166.
140. If you have received a wound, they (the enemies) have also received a similar wound167. Such days, 168 We rotate among the people, (and this day has been brought for you) so that Allah may know those who believe and may choose witnesses169 (martyrs) from among you. And Allah likes not wrongdoers.
141. And (This mishap occurred so) that Allah may purge to purify believers and punish the infidels.
142. Did you think that you would enter paradise while yet Allah has not known those of you who have striven hard (in His way) 170 and (This trial is also necessary) so that He may see who are the steadfast?
143. And verily you used to wish for death before you met it.171 Now when you have seen it, you keep on seeing (flinching).
160. Forbidding the double and multiple interest does not mean that only compound interest is forbidden, but that every kind of usury is haram, whether it may be simple or compound and whether its rate may be high or low as is clear from the Verse No .275 to Surah Baqarah.
Here the quality of the interest as double and multiple has been mentioned merely to stress its obnoxiousness so that a hatred against it may be created because once a man considers it permissible and starts taking interest, he does not hesitate in adopting its worst form for himself. In connection with forbidding of usury. please see Note Nos. 456 to 464. Surah Baqarah.
161. That is: In your love for world you want to get a rivulet of material benefits, which are for a short life of this world while Allah wants to grant you a vast sea of his bleassings that is a paradise so vast that its width is equal to the width of the heavens and the earth and which is everlasting. It seems that in the Hereafter the space between the earth and the sky would be the space for Paradise and that the people of the Paradise will be able to enjoy its pleasures conveniently. From the example of the width of the sky and the earth given here, the vastness of Paradise can be only imagined. The reality is known to Allah only.
162. It refutes the belief of the Christians that the authority for forgiving sins is possessed by Prophet Eesa and the Priests of the Christian church. In the Bible, this statement is wrongly attributed to Jesus that he told his disciples: “If you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven: if you retain the sins of any they are retained. (John-20:23)
163. If they commit a sin being overcome by some temporary passions, then Allah’s remembrance prompts them to seek His forgiveness and repentance and they do not persist in their sinning.
164. By traditions are meant those regula- tions of Allah, under which He punishes the nations. The manifestations of these traditions were existent in the land of Arabiya in the form of the remains of the ruined and destroyed nations, like the ruins of the nation of Thamud and the Nation of Lot. etc. By travelling through these regions, man can learn a great lesson by looking at the fate which they met. The journey that is undertaken with a view to finding out the reality and learning appropriate lesson would definitely be very fruitful and here the exhortation is to undertake such a journey only. As regards the travel which is under taken merely to see the historical ruins and to add to our geographical and technical knowledge cannot fulfil this great purpose.
165. That is: This is a statement that reveals the reality.
166. That is: If you are faced with defeat temporarily and that too because of your own errors, then it would not be proper to be affected by it to such an extent that you are unable to do anything. Your morale should be high and you must believe that in the fight of the Islam and rejection, your side will be victorious provided you have shown yourselves to be true and steadfast in your faith, because how is it possible that the faithful people may fulfil all the requirements of their faith and may stake their lives and wealth in the companionship of the Prophet in the cause of Allah. yet they may remain deprived of the help from Allah ? History is a witness that this promise of Allah was proved to be correct and was duly fulfilled.
It may be noted that the promise of coming out superior and glorious is for the group of the faithful and not for the individuals and it is on a condition that a war is going on between Islam and Kufr that is when the conflict is going on only for the purpose of raising the word of Allah above every thing and when piety and patience are adhered to.
167. Refers to the Battle of Badr, in which the infidels were defeated.
168. By days are meant those historic days in which the events of the victories and defeats of nations occurred. These events had taken place under the rule of trial, laid down by Allah.
169. Martyrs (shaheed) are those who are killed in the cause of Allah. He is called a shaheed (witness) because he gives the witness about the reality of Islam by laying down his life. Martyrdom is a very high rank. About the cause of the martyrs who were killed in the Battle of Uhud it is stated that Allah wanted to give them a very high rank.
170. It is wrong to suppose that the path of truth is not the path of trials and that man can enter Paradise by merely claiming to have accepted the faith and that he would not have to pass through a stage where his claim to faith would be put to a test and when he would be required to offer sacrifices.
171. Refers to those youths who did not get a chance to fight in the battle of Badr. They were expressing their wish to achieve martyrdom and guided by this wish they had advised to give a fight to the infidels outside the city of Madina.