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
هَلْ Has اَتٰىكَ reached you حَدِیْثُ (the) narration ضَیْفِ (of the) guests اِبْرٰهِیْمَ (of) Ibrahim الْمُكْرَمِیْنَۘ the honored اِذْ When دَخَلُوْا they entered عَلَیْهِ upon him فَقَالُوْا and said سَلٰمًا ؕ Peace قَالَ He said سَلٰمٌ ۚ Peace قَوْمٌ a people مُّنْكَرُوْنَۚ unknown فَرَاغَ Then he went اِلٰۤی to اَهْلِهٖ his household فَجَآءَ and came بِعِجْلٍ with a calf سَمِیْنٍۙ fat فَقَرَّبَهٗۤ And he placed it near اِلَیْهِمْ [to] them قَالَ he said اَلَا Will not تَاْكُلُوْنَؗ you eat فَاَوْجَسَ Then he felt مِنْهُمْ from them خِیْفَةً ؕ a fear قَالُوْا They said لَا (Do) not تَخَفْ ؕ fear وَ بَشَّرُوْهُ and they gave him glad tidings بِغُلٰمٍ of a son عَلِیْمٍ learned فَاَقْبَلَتِ Then came forward امْرَاَتُهٗ his wife فِیْ with صَرَّةٍ a loud voice فَصَكَّتْ and struck وَجْهَهَا her face وَ قَالَتْ and she said عَجُوْزٌ An old woman عَقِیْمٌ barren! قَالُوْا They said كَذٰلِكِ ۙ Thus قَالَ said رَبُّكِ ؕ your Lord اِنَّهٗ Indeed He هُوَ [He] الْحَكِیْمُ (is) the All-Wise الْعَلِیْمُ the All-Knower 51. Adh-Dhariyat Page 522 قَالَ He said فَمَا Then what خَطْبُكُمْ (is) your mission اَیُّهَا O messengers الْمُرْسَلُوْنَ O messengers قَالُوْۤا They said اِنَّاۤ Indeed we اُرْسِلْنَاۤ [we] have been sent اِلٰی to قَوْمٍ a people مُّجْرِمِیْنَۙ criminal لِنُرْسِلَ That we may send down عَلَیْهِمْ upon them حِجَارَةً stones مِّنْ of طِیْنٍۙ clay مُّسَوَّمَةً Marked عِنْدَ by your Lord رَبِّكَ by your Lord لِلْمُسْرِفِیْنَ for the transgressors فَاَخْرَجْنَا Then We brought out مَنْ (those) who كَانَ were فِیْهَا therein مِنَ of الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَۚ the believers فَمَا But not وَجَدْنَا We found فِیْهَا therein غَیْرَ other than بَیْتٍ a house مِّنَ of الْمُسْلِمِیْنَۚ the Muslims وَ تَرَكْنَا And We left فِیْهَاۤ therein اٰیَةً a Sign لِّلَّذِیْنَ for those who یَخَافُوْنَ fear الْعَذَابَ the punishment الْاَلِیْمَؕ the painful وَ فِیْ And in مُوْسٰۤی Musa اِذْ when اَرْسَلْنٰهُ We sent him اِلٰی to فِرْعَوْنَ Firaun بِسُلْطٰنٍ with an authority مُّبِیْنٍ clear فَتَوَلّٰی But he turned away بِرُكْنِهٖ with his supporters وَ قَالَ and said سٰحِرٌ A magician اَوْ or مَجْنُوْنٌ a madman فَاَخَذْنٰهُ So We took him وَ جُنُوْدَهٗ and his hosts فَنَبَذْنٰهُمْ and threw them فِی into الْیَمِّ the sea وَ هُوَ while he مُلِیْمٌؕ (was) blameworthy وَ فِیْ And in عَادٍ Aad اِذْ when اَرْسَلْنَا We sent عَلَیْهِمُ against them الرِّیْحَ the wind الْعَقِیْمَۚ the barren مَا Not تَذَرُ it left مِنْ any شَیْءٍ thing اَتَتْ it came عَلَیْهِ upon it اِلَّا but جَعَلَتْهُ it made it كَالرَّمِیْمِؕ like disintegrated ruins وَ فِیْ And in ثَمُوْدَ Thamud اِذْ when قِیْلَ was said لَهُمْ to them تَمَتَّعُوْا Enjoy (yourselves) حَتّٰی for حِیْنٍ a time فَعَتَوْا But they rebelled عَنْ against اَمْرِ (the) Command رَبِّهِمْ (of) their Lord فَاَخَذَتْهُمُ so seized them الصّٰعِقَةُ the thunderbolt وَ هُمْ while they یَنْظُرُوْنَ were looking فَمَا Then not اسْتَطَاعُوْا they were able مِنْ to قِیَامٍ stand وَّ مَا and not كَانُوْا they could مُنْتَصِرِیْنَۙ help themselves وَ قَوْمَ And (the) people نُوْحٍ (of) Nuh مِّنْ before قَبْلُ ؕ before اِنَّهُمْ indeed, they كَانُوْا were قَوْمًا a people فٰسِقِیْنَ۠ defiantly disobedient
24. Has the story of Ibrahim‘s honoured guests reached you?27
25. When they approached him, they said “Salam” (peace). He said: Salam be upon you also --- Unknown people.
26. Then he went to his housefolk silently and brought a fat calf (roasted beef) 2 8
27. And he presented it to them and said: Don’t you eat !
28. And (observing that they are not eating) he felt fear.29 They said: Do not be afraid, and gave him good tidings of a son 30 endowed with knowledge.
29. Hearing this, his wife came forward vociferating 31 and smote her face32 and said: A barren old woman!
30. They said: That is what your LORD has said.33 HE is the Wise, the Knower.
31. Ibrahim asked: O envoys! What is your errand now?
32. They said: We have been sent towards a criminal community.34
33. So that we may shower baked claystones on them.35
34. Which are marked from your LORD for those who cross limits.36
35. Then we evacuated the Believers there from.37
36. And there we did not find any house of Muslims except one.38
37. And We left a sign for those who fear the painful torment. 39
38. And also in (the event of) Moosa, there is a sign.40 When WE sent him to Firaun with clear forceful proof.
39. He turned away his face, being proud of his power, and said: he is either a magician or a mad man.
40. At last WE caught him and his armies and flung them into the sea while he was reproaching himself.41
41. And in the event of Aad (is also a sign)42 when WE sent a dry wind upon them.
42. It reduced into dust everything whereupon it blew. 43
43. And there is a sign in the event of Thamud 44 also when they were told: enjoy for a while.45
44. But they rebelled against their LORD’s commandment.So a thunderbolt seized them and they remained gazing.46
45. Then they could neither rise up nor save themselves.
46. And WE seized the folk of Nooh also he fore them 47 They were a disobedient people.
27. This event has been described in detail in Surah Hood a nd Surah Hijr. Points requiring clarif ication too have been explained there. Please see Surah Hood, Notes: 96 to 104 and Surah Hijr, Notes: 49 to 55.
These honoured guests were angels who had arrived in the form of human beings. Awe could be seen from their appearance. Almighty Allah had sent them to Ibrahim so that they may give him good tidings of a son in his old age, a son who would be very intelligent and who would be bestowed with Prophethood and from whom a race would continue which would have superiority over other people and whose good deeds would leave indelible impressions in human history. This was a very great blessing of Almighty WHO bestowed it upon Ibrahim (Alaihis Salam). This is a proof of the fact that Allah blesses His slaves for their good deeds. Likewise, later on, there is a description of the Divine Punishment awarded to the people of the community of Loot (Alaihis Salam) which testifies that Allah punishes the deniers and the rebels in this world also. So when both reward and punishment occur even in this world then how can it be said that there will be no requital of deeds and how can one deny the reward or punishment in the Hereafter? In short, these events have been mentioned here to create conviction about the Requital.
28. This also describes the disciplines of a host. Feast must be so arranged that the guest may not get its hint. One should not be stingy in entertaining his guests. One should show broadmindedness, and descent and pleasant manners. The way the prophet Ibrahim presented roasted beef in ample quantity to his guests shows his large-heartedness and generosity.
29. Ibrahim recognized that they were angels, not men. Since he know that angels usually arrive in human form only for some important purpose, he experienced fear regarding the impending event.
30. This was good tidings about the birth of Ishaq.
31. That is: Sarah.
32. Meaning with astonishment. This was a feminine gesture by Sarah.
33. Means despite old age and barrenness a son will be born.
34. Toward the community of Loot. For explanation please see Surah Hood, Notes: 105- 121 and Surah Hijr, Notes: 56-74.
35. For clarification please see Surah Hood, Note: 119.
36. It is also destined by Allah as to which stone will hit whom, and kill him.
37. Allah evacuated them safely from that area even before the arrival of the devastating punishment.
38. There was only one Muslim house in that locality and it belonged to Loot. None except his family members had accepted Islam.
The fact that despite all the missionary zeal and activity on the part of Loot (peace be upon him) only his household could become Muslim gives food for thought to those who are working for Islam and reform. Whatever be the degree of selflessness and the pains taken for propagation in the best possible manner and whatever be the personality of the missionary, it is not necessary that people may certainly hear their call and reform themselves. Very few of them may get the fortune of accepting the truth. Hence, leaving the consequence to Allah the workers should continue to do their duty in the best possible manner.
39. For explanation please see Surah Hood, Note:121
40. Now, briefly. attention is being drawn toward the admonitory end of the rebellious communities like Firaun, Aad, Thamood, and the people of Nooh. These events are clear proofs of the truth that Almighty Allah is not unaware of HIS creatures’ conditions. He continuously punishes the rebels.
41. He became aware of his oppressive and rebellious attitude only at the moment of his death. Hence he began to cond emn himself. The incident of the drowning of Firaun has been described in detail in Surah Yunus and Surah Taahaa.
42. The event of the destruction of the Aad community has been narrated more explicitly in Surah Ahqaf.
43. For explanation please see Surah Ahqaf, Note: 41 and 42.
44 . The event of the annihilation of Thamood has been narrated in Surah Hood as well as in a number of other Surahs.
45. The gains of this world are temporary. So do not make them your aim of life and do not give it preference over the Hereafter. You may obtain whatever benefit of this world you can, but by keeping the good of the other world in mind.
46. They were wiped out by the lightning before their eyes and they remained confounded.
For explanation please see Surah Aaraf, Note:123.
47. The occurrence of the obliteration of the community of Nooh has been presented vividly in Surah Hood.