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 قَالَتْ And said طَّآىِٕفَةٌ a group مِّنْ of اَهْلِ (the) People الْكِتٰبِ (of) the Book اٰمِنُوْا Believe بِالَّذِیْۤ in what اُنْزِلَ was revealed عَلَی on الَّذِیْنَ those who اٰمَنُوْا believe[d] وَجْهَ (at the) beginning النَّهَارِ (of) the day وَ اكْفُرُوْۤا and reject اٰخِرَهٗ at its end لَعَلَّهُمْ perhaps they may یَرْجِعُوْنَۚۖ return وَ لَا And (do) not تُؤْمِنُوْۤا believe اِلَّا except لِمَنْ (the one) who تَبِعَ follows دِیْنَكُمْ ؕ your religion قُلْ Say اِنَّ Indeed الْهُدٰی the (true) guidance هُدَی (is the) Guidance اللّٰهِ ۙ (of) Allah اَنْ lest یُّؤْتٰۤی is given اَحَدٌ (to) one مِّثْلَ (the) like مَاۤ (of) what اُوْتِیْتُمْ was given to you اَوْ or یُحَآجُّوْكُمْ they may argue with you عِنْدَ near رَبِّكُمْ ؕ your Lord قُلْ Say اِنَّ Indeed الْفَضْلَ the Bounty بِیَدِ (is) in the Hand اللّٰهِ ۚ (of) Allah یُؤْتِیْهِ He gives it مَنْ (to) whom یَّشَآءُ ؕ He wills وَ اللّٰهُ and Allah وَاسِعٌ (is) All-Encompassing عَلِیْمٌۚۙ All-Knowing یَّخْتَصُّ He chooses بِرَحْمَتِهٖ for His Mercy مَنْ whom یَّشَآءُ ؕ He wills وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah ذُو (is) the Possessor الْفَضْلِ (of) Bounty الْعَظِیْمِ [the] great وَ مِنْ And from اَهْلِ (the) People الْكِتٰبِ (of) the Book مَنْ (is he) who اِنْ if تَاْمَنْهُ you entrust him بِقِنْطَارٍ with a great amount of wealth یُّؤَدِّهٖۤ he will return it اِلَیْكَ ۚ to you وَ مِنْهُمْ And from them مَّنْ (is he) who اِنْ if تَاْمَنْهُ you entrust him بِدِیْنَارٍ with a single coin لَّا not یُؤَدِّهٖۤ he will return it اِلَیْكَ to you اِلَّا except مَا that دُمْتَ you keep constantly عَلَیْهِ over him قَآىِٕمًا ؕ standing ذٰلِكَ That بِاَنَّهُمْ (is) because they قَالُوْا said لَیْسَ Not عَلَیْنَا on us فِی concerning الْاُمِّیّٖنَ the unlettered people سَبِیْلٌ ۚ any [way] (accountability) وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ And they say عَلَی about اللّٰهِ Allah الْكَذِبَ the lie وَ هُمْ while they یَعْلَمُوْنَ know بَلٰی Nay مَنْ whoever اَوْفٰی fulfills بِعَهْدِهٖ his covenant وَ اتَّقٰی and fears (Allah) فَاِنَّ then indeed اللّٰهَ Allah یُحِبُّ loves الْمُتَّقِیْنَ those who fear (Him) اِنَّ Indeed الَّذِیْنَ those who یَشْتَرُوْنَ exchange بِعَهْدِ (the) Covenant اللّٰهِ (of) Allah وَ اَیْمَانِهِمْ and their oaths ثَمَنًا (for) a price قَلِیْلًا little اُولٰٓىِٕكَ those لَا no خَلَاقَ share لَهُمْ for them فِی in الْاٰخِرَةِ the Hereafter وَ لَا and not یُكَلِّمُهُمُ will speak to them اللّٰهُ Allah وَ لَا and not یَنْظُرُ look اِلَیْهِمْ at them یَوْمَ (on the) Day الْقِیٰمَةِ (of) the Resurrection وَ لَا and not یُزَكِّیْهِمْ ۪ purify them وَ لَهُمْ and for them عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment اَلِیْمٌ painful 3. Ali 'Imran Page 60 وَ اِنَّ And indeed مِنْهُمْ among them لَفَرِیْقًا surely (is) a group یَّلْوٗنَ they distort اَلْسِنَتَهُمْ their tongues بِالْكِتٰبِ in (reciting) the Book لِتَحْسَبُوْهُ so that you may think it مِنَ (is) from الْكِتٰبِ the Book وَ مَا and not هُوَ it مِنَ (is) from الْكِتٰبِ ۚ the Book وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ And they say هُوَ It مِنْ (is) عِنْدِ from اللّٰهِ Allah وَ مَا But not هُوَ it مِنْ (is) عِنْدِ from اللّٰهِ ۚ Allah وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ And they say عَلَی about اللّٰهِ Allah الْكَذِبَ the lie وَ هُمْ while they یَعْلَمُوْنَ know مَا Not كَانَ is لِبَشَرٍ for a human اَنْ that یُّؤْتِیَهُ gives him اللّٰهُ Allah الْكِتٰبَ the Book وَ الْحُكْمَ and the wisdom وَ النُّبُوَّةَ and the Prophethood ثُمَّ then یَقُوْلَ he says لِلنَّاسِ to the people كُوْنُوْا Be عِبَادًا worshippers لِّیْ of me مِنْ from دُوْنِ besides اللّٰهِ Allah وَ لٰكِنْ but (would say) كُوْنُوْا Be رَبّٰنِیّٖنَ worshippers of the Lord بِمَا because كُنْتُمْ you have been تُعَلِّمُوْنَ teaching الْكِتٰبَ the Book وَ بِمَا and because كُنْتُمْ you have been تَدْرُسُوْنَۙ studying (it) وَ لَا And not یَاْمُرَكُمْ he will order you اَنْ that تَتَّخِذُوا you take الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةَ the Angels وَ النَّبِیّٖنَ and the Prophets اَرْبَابًا ؕ (as) lords اَیَاْمُرُكُمْ Would he order you بِالْكُفْرِ to [the] disbelief بَعْدَ after اِذْ [when] اَنْتُمْ you (have become) مُّسْلِمُوْنَ۠ Muslims
72. And a section of the people of the Book says: “Believe in the morning in what is revealed to the believers, but reject at the end of the day, so that they may turn away.92
73. “ And do not believe any except the one who follows your religion.” Say: “In fact true guidance is the guidance of Allah;93 (lest it may happen) that any one should be given the like of that which was given to you, or that they should put up an argument94 against you before your Lord.” Say: “The grace is in the hand of Allah; He bestows it upon anyone He pleases;95 and Allah is Bounteous, Knowing.96
74. For His mercy He chooses whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of Mighty Grace.
75. And there are among the people of the Book some who, if entrusted with a heap of goods, will pay it back; and there are others who, if entrusted with a single Dinar (silver coin), will not repay it unless you constantly stand demanding, that is because they say, “There is no responsibility upon us regarding these illiterates97, 98 (pagans).” And they ascribe a lie to Allah, while they know it.
76. Nay, those who fulfil their covenant and fear Allah, then verily Allah loves the Godfearing.
77. Those who sell Allah’s covenant and their oaths for a small price,99 they shall have no share in the Hereafter; nor will Allah speak to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection,100 nor will He purify them; they shall have a painful punishment.
78. And there is a section among them who twist their tongues while reading the Book in such a way that you would think it is a part of the Book, whereas it is not a part of the Book;101 and they say: “It is from Allah,” whereas it is not from Allah. They ascribe the lie to Allah knowingly.
79. It is not possible for a human being to whom Allah has given the Book, the command and the prophethood to say to the people, “Be worshippers of me instead of Allah. “102 On the contrary, he will say: “Be true worshippers of Allah as is the demand of the Book which you teach others and which you yourselves read.
80. And he will never command you to take the angels and the prophets for lords. Would he command you to infidelity after you have become Muslims ?
92. This was a conspiracy of a group of Jews. Their scheme was that first they should embrace Islam and later on discard it and indulge in intensive propaganda against Islam so that the people may lose confidence in it.
93. This is a parenthetical sentence that has been stated by Allah as a rebuttal to the Jews. It means that the Jews talk of religiosity but that is not true guidance. The path of true guidance may be picked by man wherever he may find it, and this is a fact that the true guidance of Allah was sent down to prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) in the form of Quran and to reject it just because there is no stamp of our religion on that guidance or that the people of our religion have not accepted it is to deprive man of light. After this there remains mere ‘religiosity’ as his lot, Allah’s guidance does not go to his share.
94. This is the saying of the Jews. They used to say among themselves that they should not accept what the Prophet says, otherwise they would have to accept the Prophethood of that man and in that case the distinction of Bani Israil that only their race was entitled to have prophets would be terminated; and that if they accepted what the prophet said without accepting his prophethood, then on the Day of Judgement Muslims would have a chance to argue against them. (Please see Surah Baqarah Note No.97).
95. Prophethood is a great favour from Allah. He grants it to whomsoever He pleases.
96. That is: Allah is neither short-sighted (narrowminded) nor is His knowledge limited that He may make a wrong decision in the matter of granting prophethood.
97. By the illiterates (pagans) are meant Bani Ismail.
98. This saying of the Jews discloses their mentality. They had reserved the prohibition of dishonesty and usury for their own race, while dishonest dealings with other nations and races was considered permissible. Their theologians had included these invented religious decrees in the Torah, which resulted in the practice of such a racial prejudice in them that they began to distinguish between their own race and others in the matter of even moral conduct and on account of these wrong religious decrees they did not hesitate in usurping the properties of other communities. Accordingly, it is stated in the Bible:
“To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest; “ ( Deuteronomy 23 : 20)
Quran is highly critical of this mentality and does not allow unjust dealing with anybody, whether he be a Muslim or a non-Muslim, a faithful or an infidel a person belonging to one’s own nation or an alien. There is no dearth of persons among Muslims. who take the support of wrong ‘fatwas’and consider dealing in interest (usury) with the non-Muslims as permissible. But this verse of Quran is sufficient to render such wrong “fatwas” false.
99. By Allah’s covenant is meant Allah’s worship and the pledge to obey Him and by oaths are meant particularly those oaths which are taken while making promises and pledge with the people. Selling for a small price means to prefer the mean and temporary interests of the world to the everlasting benefits in the Hereafter.
100. That is: He will not look at them with the favour.
101. Refers to that mischief of the Jews which they used to commit to conceal the truth by reading the divine book in such a way that its meaning changed totally.
Examples of such distortion can be found even among the believers in Quran also as some “ahle bidat’ (indulgers ill innovations) who do not believe that the prophet was man read the verse:
“Qul Innama ana basharum mislukum”(say: I am a man like you) as
“Qul Inna ma ana basharum mislukum” Say: I am surely not a man like you.”
That is they read the word “Innama” separately as ‘Inna’ and ‘ma.’”This distortion changes the meaning of the verse completely.
102. This refutes all the polytheistic beliefs of religious book and had ascribed them to the prophets. Quran says that it cannot be the teaching of any prophet that they would ask them to worship any being other than Allah or should grant the place of God to the angels and the prophet. If such teaching are found in any religious book then they cannot be the teaching of any prophet but they are merely invented assertion that have been ascribed to God and the prophets. This is the standard of truth and all the teachings ascribed to the prophet should be tested according to this standard.