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
46. Al-Ahqaf Page 505 وَ اذْكُرْ And mention اَخَا (the) brother عَادٍ ؕ (of) Aad اِذْ when اَنْذَرَ he warned قَوْمَهٗ his people بِالْاَحْقَافِ in the Al-Ahqaf وَ قَدْ and had already passed away خَلَتِ and had already passed away النُّذُرُ [the] warners مِنْۢ before him بَیْنِ before him یَدَیْهِ before him وَ مِنْ and after him خَلْفِهٖۤ and after him اَلَّا That not تَعْبُدُوْۤا you worship اِلَّا except اللّٰهَ ؕ Allah اِنِّیْۤ Indeed, I اَخَافُ [I] fear عَلَیْكُمْ for you عَذَابَ a punishment یَوْمٍ (of) a Day عَظِیْمٍ Great قَالُوْۤا They said اَجِئْتَنَا Have you come to us لِتَاْفِكَنَا to turn us away عَنْ from اٰلِهَتِنَا ۚ our gods فَاْتِنَا Then bring us بِمَا what تَعِدُنَاۤ you threaten us اِنْ if كُنْتَ you are مِنَ of الصّٰدِقِیْنَ the truthful قَالَ He said اِنَّمَا Only الْعِلْمُ the knowledge عِنْدَ (is) with Allah اللّٰهِ ۖؗ (is) with Allah وَ اُبَلِّغُكُمْ and I convey to you مَّاۤ what اُرْسِلْتُ I am sent بِهٖ with it وَ لٰكِنِّیْۤ but اَرٰىكُمْ I see you قَوْمًا a people تَجْهَلُوْنَ ignorant فَلَمَّا Then when رَاَوْهُ they saw it عَارِضًا (as) a cloud مُّسْتَقْبِلَ approaching اَوْدِیَتِهِمْ ۙ their valleys قَالُوْا they said هٰذَا This عَارِضٌ (is) a cloud مُّمْطِرُنَا ؕ bringing us rain بَلْ Nay هُوَ it مَا (is) what اسْتَعْجَلْتُمْ you were asking it to be hastened بِهٖ ؕ you were asking it to be hastened رِیْحٌ a wind فِیْهَا in it عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment اَلِیْمٌۙ painful تُدَمِّرُ Destroying كُلَّ every شَیْءٍۭ thing بِاَمْرِ by (the) command رَبِّهَا (of) its Lord فَاَصْبَحُوْا Then they became (such) لَا not یُرٰۤی is seen اِلَّا except مَسٰكِنُهُمْ ؕ their dwellings كَذٰلِكَ Thus نَجْزِی We recompense الْقَوْمَ the people الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ [the] criminals وَ لَقَدْ And certainly مَكَّنّٰهُمْ We had established them فِیْمَاۤ in what اِنْ not مَّكَّنّٰكُمْ We have established you فِیْهِ in it وَ جَعَلْنَا and We made لَهُمْ for them سَمْعًا hearing وَّ اَبْصَارًا and vision وَّ اَفْـِٕدَةً ۖؗ and hearts فَمَاۤ But not اَغْنٰی availed عَنْهُمْ them سَمْعُهُمْ their hearing وَ لَاۤ and not اَبْصَارُهُمْ their vision وَ لَاۤ and not اَفْـِٕدَتُهُمْ their hearts مِّنْ any شَیْءٍ thing اِذْ when كَانُوْا they were یَجْحَدُوْنَ ۙ rejecting بِاٰیٰتِ (the) Signs اللّٰهِ (of) Allah وَ حَاقَ and enveloped بِهِمْ them مَّا what كَانُوْا they used (to) بِهٖ [at it] یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ۠ ridicule
21. Remember the brother of Aad 34 when he warned his people in the sand hills (Ahqaf)35-----and the warners came and passed away before and after him36 -- saying: Worship none but Allah. I fear for you the torment of a terrific day.37
22. They said: Have you come to turn us away from our gods?38 Then bring upon us that punishment with which you are threatening us, if you are telling the truth.
23. He said: its knowledge is only with Allah. I am conveying you the Message with which I have been sent. But I see that you are a people in ignorance.
24. Then when they saw it 39 in the form of a cloud coming toward their valleys, they said: here is a cloud which will shower rain upon us. No, but it is the thing for which you were making haste. It is a wind (storm) containing painful torment.40
25. It will destroy every thing by the commandment of its Lord. Then their condition became such that nothing could be seen except their dwellings.41 Thus do we punish the sinners.42
26. We had given them that power which is not given to you.43 We had endowed them with ears, eyes and hearts. But their ears and eyes and hearts did not avail them since they were denying the signs of Allah 44 and they were encircled by the thing they used to mock at.45
34. That is prophet Hood (Alaihis Salaam) who was a member of the people of Aad and was sent as a Messenger for them, and whose life story has been described in Surah Hood.
35. Ahqaaf means hillocks of sand. Here it means that area which is situated near Hadarmaut in the east of Yemen. The people of Aad were living here before the time of Prophet Ibrahim (Alaihis Salaam). It was a very civilised region of that time. But now it is a desolate sandy land where huge sand hills have made it very difficult for one to travel. In geography this region is called ‘Rubul Khaali’ (Please see picture in the commentary on Surah Fajr Page No. 992).
36. Meaning: Prophet Hood was not a new Messenger. Prophets had come before him and also after him.
37. It means the day of descent of Divine punishment which will cause terrible destruction.
38. It was an idol-worshipping community which was not prepared to leave aside their idols and to accept ONLY ONE GOD as worthy of worship.
39. That is the divine punishment.
40. They had become joyful on seeing the cloud hoping it will rain and will give them peace.But Prophet Hood (Peace Be Upon Him) as it is obvious from the context-—warned them that it was not a blessing but a trouble for them, and it was a punishment for them which was hovering over their heads.
41. That is: stormy winds destroyed them so totally that they were completely wiped out from the surface of the earth and their pompous civilization too was ruined.
42. That is: The punishment which descended on the people of Hood is an example of the form in which Almighty Allah awards punishment in this world.
43. This is an address to the Quresh.
44. This makes it clear that the faculties of ear, eye and heart/mind can prove useful only when they are utilized to see the signs of Allah, to read and listen to his revelations. Thereafter they should accept the truth which becomes clear before them.
45. That is: by the Divine punishment of which they were making a mockery.