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
قُلْ Say سِیْرُوْا Travel فِی in الْاَرْضِ the earth ثُمَّ and اَنْظُرُوْا see كَیْفَ how كَانَ was عَاقِبَةُ (the) end الْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ (of) the rejecters قُلْ Say لِّمَنْ To whom (belongs) مَّا what فِی (is) in السَّمٰوٰتِ the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ ؕ and the earth قُلْ Say لِّلّٰهِ ؕ To Allah كَتَبَ He has decreed عَلٰی upon نَفْسِهِ Himself الرَّحْمَةَ ؕ the Mercy لَیَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ Surely He will assemble you اِلٰی on یَوْمِ (the) Day الْقِیٰمَةِ (of) the Resurrection لَا (there is) no رَیْبَ doubt فِیْهِ ؕ about it اَلَّذِیْنَ Those who خَسِرُوْۤا have lost اَنْفُسَهُمْ themselves فَهُمْ then they لَا (do) not یُؤْمِنُوْنَ believe وَ لَهٗ And for Him مَا (is) whatever سَكَنَ dwells فِی in الَّیْلِ the night وَ النَّهَارِ ؕ and the day وَ هُوَ and He السَّمِیْعُ (is) All-Hearing الْعَلِیْمُ All-Knowing قُلْ Say اَغَیْرَ Is it other than اللّٰهِ Allah اَتَّخِذُ I (should) take وَلِیًّا (as) a protector فَاطِرِ Creator السَّمٰوٰتِ (of) the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ and the earth وَ هُوَ while (it is) He یُطْعِمُ Who feeds وَ لَا and not یُطْعَمُ ؕ He is fed قُلْ Say اِنِّیْۤ Indeed I اُمِرْتُ [I] am commanded اَنْ that اَكُوْنَ I be اَوَّلَ (the) first مَنْ who اَسْلَمَ submits (to Allah) وَ لَا and not تَكُوْنَنَّ be مِنَ of الْمُشْرِكِیْنَ the polytheists قُلْ Say اِنِّیْۤ Indeed, I اَخَافُ [I] fear اِنْ if عَصَیْتُ I disobeyed رَبِّیْ my Lord عَذَابَ punishment یَوْمٍ (of) a Day عَظِیْمٍ Mighty مَنْ Whoever یُّصْرَفْ is averted عَنْهُ from it یَوْمَىِٕذٍ that Day فَقَدْ then surely رَحِمَهٗ ؕ He had Mercy on him وَ ذٰلِكَ And that الْفَوْزُ (is) the success الْمُبِیْنُ (the) clear وَ اِنْ And if یَّمْسَسْكَ touches you اللّٰهُ Allah بِضُرٍّ with affliction فَلَا then no كَاشِفَ remover لَهٗۤ of it اِلَّا except هُوَ ؕ Him وَ اِنْ And if یَّمْسَسْكَ He touches you بِخَیْرٍ with good فَهُوَ then He عَلٰی (is) on كُلِّ every شَیْءٍ thing قَدِیْرٌ All-Powerful وَ هُوَ And He الْقَاهِرُ (is) the Subjugator فَوْقَ over عِبَادِهٖ ؕ His slaves وَ هُوَ And He الْحَكِیْمُ (is) the All-Wise الْخَبِیْرُ the All-Aware 6. Al-An'am Page 130 قُلْ Say اَیُّ What شَیْءٍ thing اَكْبَرُ (is) greatest شَهَادَةً ؕ (as) a testimony قُلِ Say اللّٰهُ ۙ۫ Allah شَهِیْدٌۢ (is) Witness بَیْنِیْ between me وَ بَیْنَكُمْ ۫ and between you وَ اُوْحِیَ and has been revealed اِلَیَّ to me هٰذَا this الْقُرْاٰنُ [the] Quran لِاُنْذِرَكُمْ that I may warn you بِهٖ with it وَ مَنْۢ and whoever بَلَغَ ؕ it reaches اَىِٕنَّكُمْ Do you truly لَتَشْهَدُوْنَ testify اَنَّ that مَعَ with اللّٰهِ Allah اٰلِهَةً (there are) gods اُخْرٰی ؕ other قُلْ Say لَّاۤ Not اَشْهَدُ ۚ (do) I testify قُلْ Say اِنَّمَا Only هُوَ He اِلٰهٌ (is) God وَّاحِدٌ One وَّ اِنَّنِیْ and indeed, I am بَرِیْٓءٌ free مِّمَّا of what تُشْرِكُوْنَۘ you associate (with Him) اَلَّذِیْنَ Those (to) whom اٰتَیْنٰهُمُ We have given them الْكِتٰبَ the Book یَعْرِفُوْنَهٗ they recognize him كَمَا as یَعْرِفُوْنَ they recognize اَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۘ their sons اَلَّذِیْنَ Those who خَسِرُوْۤا lost اَنْفُسَهُمْ themselves فَهُمْ then they لَا (do) not یُؤْمِنُوْنَ۠ believe
11. Say: “Travel in the land and see what was the fate of those who rejected Truth.’’
12. Ask them: “To whom belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth?” Say: “To Allah.21 He has prescribed mercy for Himself.22 He will gather you together on the Day of Judgement, there is no doubt about it.23 Those, who have ruined their own souls, do not believe.24
13. “And to Him belongs all that rests in the night and the day.25 And He is the One who hears and knows all things.”
14. Say: “Shall I take as a benefactor any other being than Allah, the Maker of the heavens and the earth? And He is that feeds but is not fed.”26,27 Say: “I am commanded to be the first to surrender to Him.28 And (O prophet!) be not of the company of the polytheists”.
15. Say: “If I disobeyed my Lord I fear, the torment of an awful day.”30
16. He from whom such torment is averted on that day, had in truth His mercy on him. That is a clear triumph.31
17. “If Allah touch you with affliction, none can remove it but He; and if He touch you with good (fortune), He has power over all things.”32
18. “He is supreme over His slaves.33 He is the Wise and the Aware.” 34
19. Ask (them): “What thing is most weighty in testimony?” Say: “Allah is witness between you and me;35 and this Quran has been revealed to me that I may thereby warn36 you and whomsoever it may reach.37 Do you bear witness that there are gods besides Allah?” Say: “Nay, I bear no such witness.” Say: “He is the only One God.38 Verily, I am innocent of that which you associate with Him.”
20. Those to whom We have given the Book recognize him as they recognize their own children.39 (But) those who have lost themselves do not believe.
21. That is: You should necessarily ask them this question: Who is the real owner of all that exists in the heavens and the earth? so that they may contemplate and may get to the reality. However, you may also let them hear your answer to this question that everything belongs to Allah and Allah only, so that the reality may be made clear to them.
22. That is: None has compelled Him to be merciful. He Himself has decided to treat His slaves mercifully.
23. To gather all together on the Day of Resurrection is the demand of His favours and blessings. Although the Doomsday will occur in the most terrifying manner and the rejectors of faith will receive the wrath of God, but this is only one aspect of the Day of Resurrection. Another aspect, which is more important and bears positive consequences, is that Allah will shower His limitless favours and blessings on His loyal slaves and these slaves will be recipients of these blessings forever.
24. Those people who are not interested in deriving benefit from showers of blessings of Allah on the Day of Resurrection will eventually be deprived of the blessings, and the, deprivation from the Divine blessings is the greatest deprivation, which amounts to everlasting ruin and condemnation.
25. He is the Master of Time and Space. The state of the night and the day is the same for Him. Nothing, in any condition whatsoever, is beyond His power.
26. Eating and drinking is the property and need of the creatures and not of the Creator Allah is the Creator and He has no need to eat or drink. Contrary to this, the idolaters believe that their idols or gods eat and drink. Accordingly the polytheists of India believe that their gods live by drinking a special kind of drink, Soma, and it is also surprising that the idolaters present articles of , food, etc., before their idols.
27. That is: When Allah is the only Being who has brought into existence the heavens and the earth, and He alone provides food and drink to all and looks after their growth. and that He himself is not at all in the need of any food or drink, then where does the question of treating anyone else as God arise? When it is He alone who meets the needs of all, and everyone is indebted to Him then what prudence is there in treating the needy as the provider?
28. prophet himself worships God first before inviting others to do that. ‘He begins the work of his mission, as ordained by God, with his own self, that is he surrenders himself totally to Allah that he will worship only Allah and he will obey whatever command will be given to him by Allah.
In this command of Allah and this example of the career of a prophet, there is a guidance for every truth loving person that in the matter of the religion of truth he should first of all fulfil his own responsibility concerning his own self, irrespective of the fact whether others fulfil their responsibilities or not, because he will have to answer for himself before God.
29. This makes the difference between a Muslim and a polytheist clear. A Muslim surrenders or submits himself totally to Allah or His cause. As against this an idolater or a polytheist does not submit himself to Allah. If he at all believes in god, then it is with some reservations, because his loyalty is divided among various gods.
He from whom such torment is averted on that day, had in truth His mercy on him. That is a clear triumph. “If Allah touch you with affliction, none can remove it but He; and if He touch you with good (fortune), He has power over all things.” (Al--Quran)
30. That is: The fear of the punishment of the Doomsday. Every slave of God should have this fear. Even a prophet is no exception.
31. That is: The real success is this that on the Day of Judgement a person should be spared the Divine punishment. If today the people do not realise this, then on the Day of Resurrection they will surely realise it.
32. It is within Allah’s power to cause pleasure or grief. It is quite baseless and without any foundation to believe that any other being can cause pleasure or grief to the creatures. The titles like “Mushkil-Kusha” (Reliever of trouble), Ghaus (helper), etc., are hollow, and the ignorant people have coined them for others besides Allah in their ignorance, which has no relevance to reality.
33. His creatures or His slaves are totally under Allah’s power and control. He can keep any of His slave in any condition He likes, and none has the power to obstruct Him from doing so.
34. The purpose of mentioning these attributes is to show that as Allah has these attributes, His being the Supreme God is as it should be. As for the gods of the idolaters, since they have none of these attributes, how can they be considered as gods and worthy of being worshipped?
35. It means that when Allah Himself is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, He can only tell us whether He had taken any partner in His godhood. Without His telling, the claim of the idolaters that God has taken such and such persons or idols as His partners is baseless. In the matter of godhood, the evidence of the Creator of the universe only can be considered as most reliable and decisive, and the prophet is presenting this very evidence, and His evidence, as is explained later on, is before them in the form of the holy Quran.
36. That is: Quran is Allah’s word, therefore, its being Allah’s evidence is clear, and its evidence is that there is no partner or associate in Allah’s godhood. Quran has been revealed to warn those who ascribe partners to God that they will have to face heavy punishment for this crime.
37. That is: Quran is not merely for the people of Makkah or the Arabs only. It is for Arabs and Non- Arabs – for all. To whatever men and to whatever community or nation it reaches, to them the truth with its authentic proof has been communicated that the prophet of Islam has conveyed the message of Allah to them, and that they have been informed of the adverse consequences of polytheism, idolatry and rebellion against Allah.
38. The truth is that it is Allah only who is God, and He is the real, true and undebatable God. Besides Him there is no other god, and none other is worthy of worship.
39. As people have no hesitation or doubt in recognizing their own children, similarly the people of the Divine Scriptures have no difficulty or doubt in recognizing their prophet, since they well know what are the attributes of a prophet. They also know that this unlettered prophet (Peace be upon him) fits perfectly the prophecies made in the Divine Books (Torah and Injeel).
This verse alludes to the right-loving group among the people of the Book, and the purpose is to bring it home to the idolater that the prophet and Quran have not appeared in some vacuum, but that they have a solid foundation and they are connected with that series of Divine guidance which has been in existence from the earlier days.