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
هُوَ He الَّذِیْ (is) the One Who جَعَلَ made لَكُمُ for you الْاَرْضَ the earth ذَلُوْلًا subservient فَامْشُوْا so walk فِیْ in مَنَاكِبِهَا (the) paths thereof وَ كُلُوْا and eat مِنْ of رِّزْقِهٖ ؕ His provision وَ اِلَیْهِ and to Him النُّشُوْرُ (is) the Resurrection ءَاَمِنْتُمْ Do you feel secure مَّنْ (from Him) Who فِی (is) in السَّمَآءِ the heaven اَنْ not یَّخْسِفَ He will cause to swallow بِكُمُ you الْاَرْضَ the earth فَاِذَا when هِیَ it تَمُوْرُۙ sways اَمْ Or اَمِنْتُمْ do you feel secure مَّنْ (from Him) Who فِی (is) in السَّمَآءِ the heaven اَنْ not یُّرْسِلَ He will send عَلَیْكُمْ against you حَاصِبًا ؕ a storm of stones فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ Then you would know كَیْفَ how نَذِیْرِ (was) My warning وَ لَقَدْ And indeed كَذَّبَ denied الَّذِیْنَ those مِنْ from قَبْلِهِمْ before them فَكَیْفَ and how كَانَ was نَكِیْرِ My rejection اَوَ لَمْ Do not یَرَوْا they see اِلَی [to] الطَّیْرِ the birds فَوْقَهُمْ above them صٰٓفّٰتٍ spreading (their wings) وَّ یَقْبِضْنَ ؕۘؔ and folding مَا Not یُمْسِكُهُنَّ holds them اِلَّا except الرَّحْمٰنُ ؕ the Most Gracious اِنَّهٗ Indeed He بِكُلِّ (is) of every شَیْءٍۭ thing بَصِیْرٌ All-Seer اَمَّنْ Who is هٰذَا this الَّذِیْ the one هُوَ he جُنْدٌ (is) an army لَّكُمْ for you یَنْصُرُكُمْ to help you مِّنْ from دُوْنِ besides الرَّحْمٰنِ ؕ the Most Gracious اِنِ Not الْكٰفِرُوْنَ (are) the disbelievers اِلَّا but فِیْ in غُرُوْرٍۚ delusion اَمَّنْ Who is هٰذَا this الَّذِیْ the one یَرْزُقُكُمْ to provide you اِنْ if اَمْسَكَ He withheld رِزْقَهٗ ۚ His provision بَلْ Nay لَّجُّوْا they persist فِیْ in عُتُوٍّ pride وَّ نُفُوْرٍ and aversion اَفَمَنْ Then is he who یَّمْشِیْ walks مُكِبًّا fallen عَلٰی on وَجْهِهٖۤ his face اَهْدٰۤی better guided اَمَّنْ or (he) who یَّمْشِیْ walks سَوِیًّا upright عَلٰی on صِرَاطٍ (the) Path مُّسْتَقِیْمٍ Straight قُلْ Say هُوَ He الَّذِیْۤ (is) the One Who اَنْشَاَكُمْ produced you وَ جَعَلَ and made لَكُمُ for you السَّمْعَ the hearing وَ الْاَبْصَارَ and the vision وَ الْاَفْـِٕدَةَ ؕ and the feelings قَلِیْلًا Little مَّا (is) what تَشْكُرُوْنَ you give thanks قُلْ Say هُوَ He الَّذِیْ (is) the One Who ذَرَاَكُمْ multiplied you فِی in الْاَرْضِ the earth وَ اِلَیْهِ and to Him تُحْشَرُوْنَ you will be gathered وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ And they say مَتٰی When هٰذَا (is) this الْوَعْدُ promise اِنْ if كُنْتُمْ you are صٰدِقِیْنَ truthful قُلْ Say اِنَّمَا Only الْعِلْمُ the knowledge عِنْدَ (is) with اللّٰهِ ۪ Allah وَ اِنَّمَاۤ and only اَنَا I am نَذِیْرٌ a warner مُّبِیْنٌ clear 67. Al-Mulk Page 564 فَلَمَّا But when رَاَوْهُ they (will) see it زُلْفَةً approaching سِیْٓـَٔتْ (will be) distressed وُجُوْهُ (the) faces الَّذِیْنَ (of) those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved وَ قِیْلَ and it will be said هٰذَا This الَّذِیْ (is) that which كُنْتُمْ you used (to) بِهٖ for it تَدَّعُوْنَ call قُلْ Say اَرَءَیْتُمْ Have you seen اِنْ if اَهْلَكَنِیَ destroys me اللّٰهُ Allah وَ مَنْ and whoever مَّعِیَ (is) with me اَوْ or رَحِمَنَا ۙ has mercy upon us فَمَنْ then who یُّجِیْرُ (can) protect الْكٰفِرِیْنَ the disbelievers مِنْ from عَذَابٍ a punishment اَلِیْمٍ painful قُلْ Say هُوَ He الرَّحْمٰنُ (is) the Most Gracious; اٰمَنَّا we believe بِهٖ in Him وَ عَلَیْهِ and upon Him تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ we put (our) trust فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ So soon you will know مَنْ who هُوَ (is) it فِیْ (that is) in ضَلٰلٍ error مُّبِیْنٍ clear قُلْ Say اَرَءَیْتُمْ Have you seen اِنْ if اَصْبَحَ becomes مَآؤُكُمْ your water غَوْرًا sunken فَمَنْ then who یَّاْتِیْكُمْ could bring you بِمَآءٍ water مَّعِیْنٍ۠ flowing
15. It is HE who made the earth subservient to you 19 So walk over its shoulders20 and eat of His provisions,21 to Him is the resurrection.22
16. Have you become fearless of the ONE WHO is in the heaven 23 that HE may cause you to be thrust into the earth and it may begin to shake suddenly.24
17. Have you become fearless of the ONE WHO is in the heaven that HE may send a stone-pelting storm on you? 25 then shall you know how was My warning.
18. Those before them also had denied. So see how was My Punishment. 26
19. Have they not seen the birds above them spreading their wings and closing them? None holds them except the Most Gracious.27 Verily HE watches all things.
20. (Just show) what army do you possess that will be able to defend you against the Most Gracious? 28 Those disbelievers are in illusion.
21. WHO is he who can give you sustenance if HE withholds HIS sustenance?29 Verily these people persist in rebellion and disgust (against Truth).30
22. Is he rightly guided who goes about groveling upon his face or the one who walks upright on a straight path?31
23. Say: It is HE WHO created you and made ears, eyes and hearts for you (but) you are seldom thankful.32
24. Say: It is HE WHO has spread you over the earth and it is HE to whom you shall be gathered.33
25. They ask: if you are truthful then tell when this promise will be fulfilled? 34
26. Say: Its knowledge is only with Allah.35 I am only a manifest warner.
27. When they will see it near them 36 the faces of the deniers will be grieved and they will be told: this is the thing which you were calling for.
28. Say: Have you ever thought if Allah destroys me and my companions or has mercy on us, who will protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?37
29. Say: HE is RAHMAAN (The most Gracious) in Whom we have believed and in Whom we have put trust.38 You will soon know who is in error manifest.
30. Say: Have you ever pondered if your water were to sink down in earth, who is then that could bring you flowing water?39
19. HE made the earth suitable for your walking on it, your living on it and your tilling it.
20. That is, walk on its heights. The earth’s heights have been termed its shoulders. The description of walking over its heights has been mentioned specifically as it clarifies that the earth has been subdued to man. Otherwise walking on low lands is quite easy.
21. It means, eat from whatever providence Allah has spread for you in the land.
22. But do not forget that you have to stand before God one day and to account for His favours and thereafter to get reward or punishment according to your deeds.
23. God’s being in the heaven indicates HIS high stature. The common man, while referring to Allah, points up to the sky. This is also appropriate in the sense that Allah’s Arsh (THRONE) is above the heavens. Otherwise, Allah is Omnipresent. HE is both limitless and spaceless.
24. In this and in the following few ayah there is an invitation for people to ponder. They serve to awaken the careless. Is it not likely or possible that Allah may, at any moment, make people restless by making the earth shake severely whereby all living on it may sink down into it? Far from being unlikely, history is full of such happenings occasionally occurring in different regions of the earth. Even now such devastations do take place turning whole habitations upside down within no time.
At the time of writing this the memory of the Latur and Osmanabad quake in South India is very fresh. Thirty thousand people went into an eternal sleep through an earth shake which did not last longer than a few seconds. Several towns were wiped out. In a village named Killari houses of five thousand persons suddenly turned into graves. Are such oft-occurring events not enough to open the eyes of man! But man’s negligence is so great that he finds out various causes of such shakings but closes his eyes from the aspect of admonition behind them. In such circumstances how can he gain guidance?
25. Stones were rained from the sky on the community of Prophet Loot. The Divine wrath can come down in this way also and also in the form of a windstorm lashing sand (sand storms).
26. This refers to the people of Aad, Thamood, Loot and Firaun.
27. How wonderful is it that birds fly in space, without any support, with wide wings which they also fold up and still do not fall down! A man who sees and thinks cannot help but feel that this is only the manifestation of the Grace of the Most Gracious GOD.
28. Even a man having armies cannot escape God’s wrath. Great armies of Firaun could not save that monarch from Divine torment and he too was drowned together with his army.
The polytheists consider their deities as their protectors but when the Divine calamity comes down all of them disappear.
29. The Sustainer (provider) is only Allah. If HE stops the supply of provision no one else can resume it. For example, rain is the main source of sustenance. If God withholds rain who else can bring it?
30. There are signs (proofs, evidences) of Tawheed (oneness of GOD) in all these things and they are very clear. But these people are adamant that they will not obey Allah’s commands that they will do only what they please. They have no interest in Truth and they dislike it. The reason is that in case of the acceptance of Truth they will not be able to do whatever they wish.
31. This is an example of a man who goes astray and of the other who walks on the path of guidance. A man who goes against his (human) nature always takes the opposite (wrong) course and, like animals, keeps his head cast down. But a man who goes by his nature (which includes the belief in the oneness of God) always walks straight and his eyes always look upward.
32. That is, Allah has bestowed the faculties of hearing, seeing and thinking to man so that he may appreciate them and, using them with reason, become thankful to God. But people seldom have this feeling. They do not appreciate God’s gifts and do not use these powers to hear, see and accept Truth.
33. It is Allah alone who has settled billions of humans on this earth. HE has done so to try them in their worldly life and on the Final Day of Judgment, He will assemble all of them before HIM to take an account of their deeds from them.
34. That is, when will the time of Resurrection arrive?
35. This has been explained in Surah Luqmaan, Note: 60.
36. Means the Divine Wrath.
37. The disbelievers were wishing that the Holy Prophet (Peace be Upon Him) should perish and were awaiting his doom. In reply, the Holy Prophet is being asked to say that even if Allah makes me and my companions die, how can you escape the punishment for your disbelief? Our earlier or later death cannot save you from Allah’s wrath when you pepris in your disbelief (kufr).
38. The word ‘RAHMAN’ has been used many times in this Surah. It is to make us observe thoughtfully the signs of God’s Grace spread all around us, to believe in HIM and to become worthy of HIS abundant Mercy. At the end, a proclamation has been made through the mouth of the Holy Prophet that we believe in Rahman; that relying totally HIM we have entrusted ourselves to HIM and hence, we follow whatever Guidance we get from HIM.
39. The concluding ayah invites us to ponder over the Divine attribute of ‘Ruboobiyat’ (HIS being the sustainer) so that man may be thankful to HIM. It is asked: Just think and say if these springs of running water which is a great bounty for you and which are very essential for your life become dry and if their water sinks deep down in the earth to an inaccessible depth then who is it that can make spring water run for you? If this thing is not possible for anyone except Allah, which is a fact, then why do you leave Allah your real Lord aside and worship other who are utterly powerless.