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
اِنَّ Indeed الَّذِیْنَ those who یَكْفُرُوْنَ disbelieve بِاٰیٰتِ in (the) Signs (of) اللّٰهِ Allah وَ یَقْتُلُوْنَ and they kill النَّبِیّٖنَ the Prophets بِغَیْرِ without حَقٍّ ۙ right وَّ یَقْتُلُوْنَ and they kill الَّذِیْنَ those who یَاْمُرُوْنَ order بِالْقِسْطِ [with] justice مِنَ among النَّاسِ ۙ the people فَبَشِّرْهُمْ then give them tidings بِعَذَابٍ of a punishment اَلِیْمٍ painful اُولٰٓىِٕكَ Those الَّذِیْنَ (are) the ones who حَبِطَتْ became worthless اَعْمَالُهُمْ their deeds فِی in الدُّنْیَا the world وَ الْاٰخِرَةِ ؗ and (in) the Hereafter وَ مَا And not لَهُمْ (will be) for them مِّنْ any نّٰصِرِیْنَ helpers 3. Ali 'Imran Page 53 اَلَمْ Have not تَرَ you seen اِلَی [to] الَّذِیْنَ those who اُوْتُوْا were given نَصِیْبًا a portion مِّنَ of الْكِتٰبِ the Scripture یُدْعَوْنَ They are invited اِلٰی to كِتٰبِ (the) Book اللّٰهِ (of) Allah لِیَحْكُمَ that (it should) arbitrate بَیْنَهُمْ between them ثُمَّ then یَتَوَلّٰی turns away فَرِیْقٌ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them وَ هُمْ and they (are) مُّعْرِضُوْنَ those who are averse ذٰلِكَ That بِاَنَّهُمْ (is) because they قَالُوْا say لَنْ Never تَمَسَّنَا will touch us النَّارُ the Fire اِلَّاۤ except اَیَّامًا (for) days مَّعْدُوْدٰتٍ ۪ numbered وَّ غَرَّهُمْ And deceived them فِیْ in دِیْنِهِمْ their religion مَّا what كَانُوْا they were یَفْتَرُوْنَ inventing فَكَیْفَ Then how (will it be) اِذَا when جَمَعْنٰهُمْ We will gather them لِیَوْمٍ on a Day لَّا no رَیْبَ doubt فِیْهِ ۫ in it وَ وُفِّیَتْ And will be paid in full كُلُّ every نَفْسٍ soul مَّا what كَسَبَتْ it earned وَ هُمْ and they لَا (will) not یُظْلَمُوْنَ be wronged قُلِ Say اللّٰهُمَّ O Allah! مٰلِكَ Owner الْمُلْكِ (of) the Dominion تُؤْتِی You give الْمُلْكَ the dominion مَنْ (to) whom تَشَآءُ You will وَ تَنْزِعُ and You take away الْمُلْكَ the dominion مِمَّنْ from whom تَشَآءُ ؗ You will وَ تُعِزُّ and You honor مَنْ whom تَشَآءُ You will وَ تُذِلُّ and You humiliate مَنْ whom تَشَآءُ ؕ You will بِیَدِكَ In Your hand الْخَیْرُ ؕ (is all) the good اِنَّكَ Indeed You عَلٰی (are) on كُلِّ every شَیْءٍ thing قَدِیْرٌ All-Powerful تُوْلِجُ You cause to enter الَّیْلَ the night فِی in النَّهَارِ the day وَ تُوْلِجُ and You cause to enter النَّهَارَ the day فِی in الَّیْلِ ؗ the night وَ تُخْرِجُ and You bring forth الْحَیَّ the living مِنَ from الْمَیِّتِ the dead وَ تُخْرِجُ and You bring forth الْمَیِّتَ the dead مِنَ from الْحَیِّ ؗ the living وَ تَرْزُقُ and You give provision مَنْ (to) whom تَشَآءُ You will بِغَیْرِ without حِسَابٍ measure لَا (Let) not یَتَّخِذِ take الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ the believers الْكٰفِرِیْنَ the disbelievers اَوْلِیَآءَ (as) allies مِنْ from دُوْنِ instead of الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ ۚ the believers وَ مَنْ And whoever یَّفْعَلْ does ذٰلِكَ that فَلَیْسَ then not he (has) مِنَ from اللّٰهِ Allah فِیْ [in] شَیْءٍ anything اِلَّاۤ except اَنْ that تَتَّقُوْا you fear مِنْهُمْ from them تُقٰىةً ؕ (as) a precaution وَ یُحَذِّرُكُمُ And warns you اللّٰهُ Allah نَفْسَهٗ ؕ (of) Himself وَ اِلَی and to اللّٰهِ Allah الْمَصِیْرُ (is) the destination قُلْ Say اِنْ Whether تُخْفُوْا you conceal مَا what فِیْ (is) in صُدُوْرِكُمْ your breasts اَوْ or تُبْدُوْهُ you disclose it یَعْلَمْهُ knows it اللّٰهُ ؕ Allah وَ یَعْلَمُ And He knows مَا what فِی (is) in السَّمٰوٰتِ the heavens وَ مَا and what فِی (is) in الْاَرْضِ ؕ the earth وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah عَلٰی (is) on كُلِّ every شَیْءٍ thing قَدِیْرٌ All-Powerful 3. Ali 'Imran Page 54 یَوْمَ (On the) day تَجِدُ will find كُلُّ every نَفْسٍ soul مَّا what عَمِلَتْ it did مِنْ of خَیْرٍ good مُّحْضَرًا ۛۖۚ presented وَّ مَا and what عَمِلَتْ it did مِنْ of سُوْٓءٍ ۛۚ evil تَوَدُّ it will wish لَوْ [if] اَنَّ that بَیْنَهَا between itself وَ بَیْنَهٗۤ and between it (evil) اَمَدًۢا (was) a distance بَعِیْدًا ؕ great وَ یُحَذِّرُكُمُ And warns you اللّٰهُ Allah نَفْسَهٗ ؕ (against) Himself وَ اللّٰهُ and Allah رَءُوْفٌۢ (is) Most Kind بِالْعِبَادِ۠ to (His) [the] slaves
21. Indeed, those who deny the guidance of Allah, and kill30 His prophets unjustly and kill those who rise up from among the people to enjoin justice; announce to them a painful doom.
22. These are the people whose deeds have gone waste31 in this world and in the Hereafter, and there will be none to help them.
23. Have you not seen those whom a portion of the Divine Book32 was given? When they are invited to the Book 33 of Allah so that it may judge between them34 a group of them turns away; and deviation is their habit 35.
24. This is because they say: “The hell-fire shall not touch us, but for a few days.” And that which they used to invent has deceived them36 about their religion.
25. But how (shall it be then) when We will gather them together on a Day about which there is no doubt, when everyone will be paid full what he has earned and they will not be wronged.
26. Say: “O Allah ! Lord of Power37! you give power to whom You please and you strip off power from whom You please, you exalt whom You please, and You abase whom You please: in your hand is all good.38 Verily, over all things You have power .
27. You cause the night to pass into the day, and You cause the day to pass into the night;39 You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living ; 40 and You give sustenance to whom You please, without measure.
28. Let not the believers take infidels for their friends in preference to the believers. 41 Whosoever does that has no relation with Allah, except by way of precaution, that you may guard yourselves from them.42 Allah warns you to fear Himself, and to Him you have to finally return.
29. Say: whether you hide that which is in your breasts or reveal it, Allah knows it. He knows that which is in the heavens and that which is in the earth and Allah has power over all things.
30. On the Day when every one shall find before him whatever good he has done, and whatever evil he has done, he will wish there were a long span of time between him and that Day. Allah warns you to fear Him, and Allah is affectionate towards His slaves. 43
30. Unjustified murder and that too of a prophet! It is sufficient to highlight the seriousness of the crime. The mention of the killing of the prophets is also found in the Bible:
‘‘Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against thee and cast thy law behind their back and killed thy prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to thee, and they great blasphemies.’’ (Nehemiah. 9:26)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you,” ( Matthew 23:37)
31. That is : Those persons who refuse to accept Allah’s guidance as a pretence of their religiosity and who may be guilty of murdering the prophets and who may try to harm those who make efforts to reform the society and invite people to truth and justice, the religiosity of these people has no significance in the eyes of Allah and all their religious acts and efforts will be of no avail. That they would go waste in the Hereafter is quite clear but their going waste in this world has also been seen by the people who saw what was the fate of those who opposed the holy Quran and the Messenger of Allah to whom it was revealed.
32. By a portion of the divine book is meant the Torah and Injeel, the revealed books.
33. By the Book of Allah is meant the holy Quran. The relation between Quran and Torah and other divine books is that of the whole and the part.
34. Settling those disputes which the people of the Book had raised against the religion of Allah.
35. Deviation from truth is not a new thing. This is the speciality of their ethos, a proof of which can be found in their history.
Say: “O Allah ! Lord of Power ! you give power to whom You please and you strip off power from whom You please, you exalt whom You please, and You abase whom You please: in your hand is all good. Verily, over all things You have power . You cause the night to pass into the day, and You cause the day to pass into the night ; You bring forth the living from the dead and You bring forth the dead from the living ; and You give sustenance to whom You please, without measure. (Al-Quran)
36. It points to the invented tales of the jews that they are not prepared to grant the decisive role to the Divine Book because they have become careless of the punishment in the Hereafter and there is no correct concept of bad consequences of bad acts in their minds. Although in the old divine books the same concept of requital was presented as is presented in the Quran that as a man will sow in this world so will he reap in the next, yet they manipulated the divine teachings and had convinced themselves that since they belonged to a particular religious community they would have no trouble in the Hereafter . This conviction had made them exceedingly inactive from the religious point of view.
The Muslims of modern times can see their faces in this mirror. A very large number of them is under this illusion that for salvation in the Hereafter being born a Muslim is sufficient. This wrong concept of salvation has made them disregard the real faith and righteous acts, and they have been so much steeped in evil and innovative acts (bidaat) that they are not prepared to concede to Quran the decisive role in actual practice.
37. This is the position of “power”which has been presented here in the form of a prayer. Allah is the one and only Lord and Master or every authority and of every kind of governing power. There is no partner for Him in this. Whoever gets power in this world does so only if He grants it, and whoever loses power, it is because He withdraws it from him. He grants power to individuals and groups according to His wisdom and so does He take away power from them. Therefore, He ,who has the sources and treasures of power and in whose hands is honour and glory deserves to be considered as the Highest Ruler and to Him only we must owe allegiance.
From Allah’s being Lord of Power, it follows that man should consider all power whether it may be in the form of a personal rule or a democratic government or in any other form as a trust from Allah. and should use that power according to the direction given by Him. This Quranic concept of power negatives the concept of king worship and also the belief in the divine right of kings. It also refutes the claim of democracy that its sovereignty is absolute and that it has no concern with God.
38. One of its meanings is that goodness is only in the hands of Allah and the other meaning is that there is nothing but goodness in Allah’s hand and that He is the source of goodness and blessings.
39. That is: The non-stop occurrence of night and day and the increase and decrease in their hours of duration is the doing of Allah only and none other has anything to do with it. It negates the belief of there being a night deity or a day deity.
40. For example He created man from a lifeless matter (dust), and again this very man, after dying becomes the same lifeless matter, dust. In this way He creates living creatures from lifeless matter and brings forth dead bodies from the living.
41. The relationship ,based on belief and faith has precedence over all kinds of relationships. It is not proper for the faithful or the believers to take the enemies of God as their friends. They should take only those persons as their friends, who consider Allah as their friend. It may be made clear that the meaning of this direction is not to deny the general freedom of forming relationships or friendships and not to prevent the granting of human rights of the non-belligerent infidels and dealing with them with justice and fairplay, as these things have been made clear at other places in Quran. e.g. the following verses may be seen:
“And speak aright and kindly to the people.” (Baqarah.83)
“And let not enmity of any people seduce you that you deal not justly, that is nearer to piety.” ( Maidah -8)
“(Even it your parent are polytheists) Yet bear them company in this world with kindness. (Luqman-15)
“(Show) kindness to the neighbour who is of kin (to you) and the neighbour who is not of kin and the companions at your side and the wayfarer ... (Nisa -36).
“ Allah forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) faith, nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them”... –(Mumtahinah. 8).
42. That is: If the faithful are trapped in the midst of the infidels and if they, as a means of safeguard, take them as their friends for appearances sake, then there is nothing wrong in it; but here also it is emphasised that we should fear Allah and should not indulge in doing a thing which would harm the interests of the religion or the community or which is based on cruelty or excess. For example to betray secrets to the enemy to conspire against Islam and muslims, to indulge in unjustified fighting and killing, etc.
43. The quality of affection has a major aspect of safeguard from harm and losses. Allah is affectionate therefore He has informed His slaves about the things which lead them to the fire of Hell , so that they may be saved from this most gruelling punishment.
Say : “If you love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Say: “Obey Allah and His messenger .” But if they turn away, then verily, Allah loves not the infidels. (Al-Quran)