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 مَنْ And who اَظْلَمُ (is) more unjust مِمَّنِ than (he) who افْتَرٰی invents عَلَی against اللّٰهِ Allah كَذِبًا a lie اَوْ or كَذَّبَ rejects بِاٰیٰتِهٖ ؕ His Signs اِنَّهٗ Indeed لَا not یُفْلِحُ will be successful الظّٰلِمُوْنَ the wrongdoers وَ یَوْمَ And (the) Day نَحْشُرُهُمْ We will gather them جَمِیْعًا all ثُمَّ then نَقُوْلُ We will say لِلَّذِیْنَ to those who اَشْرَكُوْۤا associated others with Allah اَیْنَ Where (are) شُرَكَآؤُكُمُ your partners الَّذِیْنَ those whom كُنْتُمْ you used to تَزْعُمُوْنَ claim ثُمَّ Then لَمْ not تَكُنْ will be فِتْنَتُهُمْ (for) them a plea اِلَّاۤ except اَنْ that قَالُوْا they say وَ اللّٰهِ By Allah رَبِّنَا our Lord مَا not كُنَّا we were مُشْرِكِیْنَ those who associated others (with Allah) اُنْظُرْ Look كَیْفَ how كَذَبُوْا they lied عَلٰۤی against اَنْفُسِهِمْ themselves وَ ضَلَّ And lost عَنْهُمْ from them مَّا what كَانُوْا they used to یَفْتَرُوْنَ invent وَ مِنْهُمْ And among them مَّنْ (are those) who یَّسْتَمِعُ listen اِلَیْكَ ۚ to you وَ جَعَلْنَا but We have placed عَلٰی over قُلُوْبِهِمْ their hearts اَكِنَّةً coverings اَنْ lest یَّفْقَهُوْهُ they understand it وَ فِیْۤ and in اٰذَانِهِمْ their ears وَقْرًا ؕ deafness وَ اِنْ And if یَّرَوْا they see كُلَّ every اٰیَةٍ sign لَّا not یُؤْمِنُوْا will they believe بِهَا ؕ in it حَتّٰۤی Until اِذَا when جَآءُوْكَ they come to you یُجَادِلُوْنَكَ and argue with you یَقُوْلُ say الَّذِیْنَ those who كَفَرُوْۤا disbelieved اِنْ Not هٰذَاۤ (is) this اِلَّاۤ but اَسَاطِیْرُ (the) tales الْاَوَّلِیْنَ (of) the former (people) وَ هُمْ And they یَنْهَوْنَ forbid (others) عَنْهُ from it وَ یَنْـَٔوْنَ and they keep away عَنْهُ ۚ from it وَ اِنْ And not یُّهْلِكُوْنَ they destroy اِلَّاۤ except اَنْفُسَهُمْ themselves وَ مَا and not یَشْعُرُوْنَ they perceive وَ لَوْ And if تَرٰۤی you (could) see اِذْ when وُقِفُوْا they are made to stand عَلَی by النَّارِ the Fire فَقَالُوْا then they (will) say یٰلَیْتَنَا Oh! Would that we نُرَدُّ were sent back وَ لَا and not نُكَذِّبَ we would deny بِاٰیٰتِ (the) Signs رَبِّنَا (of) our Lord وَ نَكُوْنَ and we would be مِنَ among الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ the believers 6. Al-An'am Page 131 بَلْ Nay بَدَا became manifest لَهُمْ for them مَّا what كَانُوْا they used to یُخْفُوْنَ conceal مِنْ from قَبْلُ ؕ before وَ لَوْ And if رُدُّوْا they were sent back لَعَادُوْا certainly they (would) return لِمَا to what نُهُوْا they were forbidden عَنْهُ from it وَ اِنَّهُمْ and indeed they لَكٰذِبُوْنَ certainly are liars وَ قَالُوْۤا And they said اِنْ Not هِیَ it (is) اِلَّا except حَیَاتُنَا our life الدُّنْیَا (of) the world وَ مَا and not نَحْنُ we بِمَبْعُوْثِیْنَ (will be) resurrected وَ لَوْ And if تَرٰۤی you (could) see اِذْ when وُقِفُوْا they will be made to stand عَلٰی before رَبِّهِمْ ؕ their Lord قَالَ He (will) say اَلَیْسَ Is not هٰذَا this بِالْحَقِّ ؕ the truth قَالُوْا They will say بَلٰی Yes وَ رَبِّنَا ؕ by our Lord قَالَ He (will) say فَذُوْقُوا So taste الْعَذَابَ the punishment بِمَا because كُنْتُمْ you used to تَكْفُرُوْنَ۠ disbelieve
21. And who can be more wrong-doer then he who invents a lie against Allah or denies His revelations40? Verily, the wrong-doers never shall succeed.
22. And on the day41 when we gather them all together, we shall say to those who ascribed partners (to Us): “Where are your partners whom you have been asserting?”
23. There will then be (left) no subterfuge for them but to say: “By Allah, our Lord, we were not polytheists.” 42
24. See how they lie against themselves! And what they had invented will leave them in the lurch.43
25. And of them there are some who listen to you, but We have cast veils on their hearts so that they may not understand, and have made their ears hard of hearing; 44 and even if they see every sign, they will not believe in them, so much so that when they come to you to argue, these disbelievers say: “This is nothing else but the fables of the ancients.”
26. And they forbid (others) from it and (themselves) avoid it. They ruin none but themselves, but they perceive it not.
27. And if you could see them when they will be made to stand before the fire of Hell! They will say: “Would that we were sent back! Then we would not deny the revelations of our Lord and would be among the true believers.”46
28. (This wishful thinking would not be the result of the truth not having been dawned on them), but (because) what they concealed before, will become manifest to them.47 And if they were returned (to the world) they will repeat the same things which they were forbidden to do 48 And indeed they are absolute liars.
29. And they say: “There is nothing except our life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again.49
30. And if you could only see when they will be held before their Lord. He will ask: “Is not this the reality?”50 They will say: “Yes, by our Lord!” He will say: “Then taste the punishment for rejecting faith.”
40. This is an invitation to the rejecters of faith to ponder: If this accusation of theirs is correct that this man (prophet) has made a false claim of his prophethood, then he has ascribed a great falsehood to God, therefore, he is a great wrong- doer. But do you really think that this man is of such a type? Can a personality that is an epitome of truth invent such a great lie? Can false claims and invented untruths go with the purity and excellence of character? If the reply to all this is in the negative, then you should ponder over your own position. Are you not then proving yourselves to be the great wrong-doers by denying and rejecting the verses and signs of Allah?
Another aspect of the meaning of this verse is that a person who ascribes falsehood to God that He has associated such and such others in His godhood is the greatest wrong—doer. Similarly, the person who belies the true signs of Allah is the greatest criminal and sinner.
41. That is on the day of Resurrection.
42. That is: Today these idolaters are not prepared to give up their gods, but tomorrow when they will find themselves in the Court of Allah, they will not be able to find any excuses for their polytheistic acts, and they will be so much frightened of the punishment for their idolatry and will be nervous that to show their innocence of polytheism, they will tell lies. But this lie of theirs would be thrown back to their faces.
43. All those whom they had made their gods would disappear, and none of their gods will come for their help.
44. Some people hear the talk of prophet, not for accepting the truth but for arguing with him. And it is a rule of Allah that a person who is not ready to listen to and grasp the words of truth with an open mind, he is not granted the guidance to accept the truth, and the veils of desires so cover his heart that however hard the missionary may try, the truth does not enter his (the listener’s) heart. Since this result accrues according to a rule fixed by Allah, that is under the law of nature, Allah terms it as casting veils on their heart and making their ears hard of hearing.
For further explanation, see Note No.15. Surah Baqarah.
45. The history of the past nations and the events of the destruction of those who belied the prophets related in the Quran are absolutely based on truth. They have been related so that the people may take a lesson from them. and may know what are the real causes of the rise and fall of the nations. But the rejecters of the Quran used to mock and jeer at it and used to say that these are the fictitious tales of the ancient peoples. Even today’s rejecters say the same thing that these are the tales of yore.
46. The distressing picture of the polytheists and the idolaters on the Day of Judgment has been shown in the form of words today so that those who are polytheists or idolaters should come to their senses and should reform their ways to avoid feeling sorry on the Day of Judgment.
47. That is: On the day of Judgment their grief and wish to go back to the world will not be on account of the fact that the reality had become manifest to them on that day and it was to clear to them in their worldly life. but because the evil purposes and the wrong motivations under the pressure of which they had not accepted the truth and which they had been concealing had come out in the open. No excuse was now left for them.
48. That is: If they are again sent to this world, where the environment will be the same as before, i.e. that of temptations and testing: and when they will again be put to test. they will adopt the same attitude and will act in the same way under their carnal desires in which they had acted earlier.
49. The idolaters of Makkah did not believe in the life after death. They believed that Allah was the Creator of man, but they said that the life of man on this earth is first and the last, no other life’ would be given to man after this. The idolaters of India are also in the footsteps of the idolaters of Makkah, the only difference being that Indians believe in re-birth, i.e. a man’s taking rebirth in the form of an animal, a tree, etc. and that this re-birth occurs in this world only. This belief denies the belief of resurrection of man. There is no concept in this belief of the Day of Resurrection or of the people answering before God for what they did in this world, and of God’s awarding reward and punishment according to men’s deeds.
As for the modern men who are fed up with religion, they are so much immersed in their materialistic pursuits that they have no time to think for the life of the Hereafter. The amusements for this life have made them totally unserious and casual about the Hereafter. According to an Urdu poet: How a drinker can be interested in the promise of tomorrow’s (Hereafter’s) pleasures; he should drink the wine today, because that tomorrow will never come. etc. etc.
50. Those who are not prepared to accept the belief in the Day of Judgement in the light of the arguments, will accept it only when they are made to observe it. This opportunity to observe cannot be provided in this life. However, when the Day of Resurrection will occur they will surely observe it. and at that time they will also admit that the Day of Judgement is a reality. But the acceptance of this belief on that day will not save them from their punishment.