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
قَالَ Said الْمَلَاُ the chiefs مِنْ of قَوْمِ (the) people فِرْعَوْنَ (of) Firaun اِنَّ Indeed هٰذَا this لَسٰحِرٌ (is) surely a magician عَلِیْمٌۙ learned یُّرِیْدُ He wants اَنْ to یُّخْرِجَكُمْ drive you out مِّنْ from اَرْضِكُمْ ۚ your land فَمَا ذَا so what تَاْمُرُوْنَ (do) you instruct قَالُوْۤا They said اَرْجِهْ Postpone him وَ اَخَاهُ and his brother وَاَرْسِلْ and send فِی in الْمَدَآىِٕنِ the cities حٰشِرِیْنَۙ gatherers یَاْتُوْكَ They (will) bring to you بِكُلِّ [with] every سٰحِرٍ magician عَلِیْمٍ learned وَ جَآءَ So came السَّحَرَةُ the magicians فِرْعَوْنَ (to) Firaun قَالُوْۤا They said اِنَّ Indeed لَنَا for us لَاَجْرًا surely (will be) a reward اِنْ if كُنَّا we are نَحْنُ [we] الْغٰلِبِیْنَ the victors قَالَ He said نَعَمْ Yes وَ اِنَّكُمْ and indeed you لَمِنَ surely (will be) of الْمُقَرَّبِیْنَ the ones who are near قَالُوْا They said یٰمُوْسٰۤی O Musa اِمَّاۤ Whether اَنْ [that] تُلْقِیَ you throw وَ اِمَّاۤ or اَنْ [that] نَّكُوْنَ we will be نَحْنُ [we] الْمُلْقِیْنَ the ones to throw قَالَ He said اَلْقُوْا ۚ Throw فَلَمَّاۤ Then when اَلْقَوْا they threw سَحَرُوْۤا they bewitched اَعْیُنَ (the) eyes النَّاسِ (of) the people وَ اسْتَرْهَبُوْهُمْ and terrified them وَ جَآءُوْ and came (up) بِسِحْرٍ with a magic عَظِیْمٍ great وَ اَوْحَیْنَاۤ And We inspired اِلٰی to مُوْسٰۤی Musa اَنْ that اَلْقِ Throw عَصَاكَ ۚ your staff فَاِذَا and suddenly هِیَ it تَلْقَفُ swallow(ed) مَا what یَاْفِكُوْنَۚ they (were) falsifying فَوَقَعَ So was established الْحَقُّ the truth وَ بَطَلَ and became futile مَا what كَانُوْا they used to یَعْمَلُوْنَۚ do فَغُلِبُوْا So they were defeated هُنَالِكَ there وَ انْقَلَبُوْا and returned صٰغِرِیْنَۚ humiliated وَ اُلْقِیَ And fell down السَّحَرَةُ the magicians سٰجِدِیْنَۚۖ prostrate 7. Al-A'raf Page 165 قَالُوْۤا They said اٰمَنَّا We believe بِرَبِّ in (the) Lord الْعٰلَمِیْنَۙ (of) the worlds رَبِّ Lord مُوْسٰی (of) Musa وَ هٰرُوْنَ and Harun قَالَ Said فِرْعَوْنُ Firaun اٰمَنْتُمْ You believed بِهٖ in him قَبْلَ before اَنْ [that] اٰذَنَ I give permission لَكُمْ ۚ to you اِنَّ Indeed هٰذَا this لَمَكْرٌ (is) surely a plot مَّكَرْتُمُوْهُ you have plotted it فِی in الْمَدِیْنَةِ the city لِتُخْرِجُوْا so that you may drive out مِنْهَاۤ from it اَهْلَهَا ۚ its people فَسَوْفَ But soon تَعْلَمُوْنَ you will know لَاُقَطِّعَنَّ I will surely cut off اَیْدِیَكُمْ your hands وَ اَرْجُلَكُمْ and your feet مِّنْ of خِلَافٍ opposite (sides) ثُمَّ Then لَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ I will surely crucify you اَجْمَعِیْنَ all قَالُوْۤا They said اِنَّاۤ Indeed we اِلٰی to رَبِّنَا our Lord مُنْقَلِبُوْنَۚ (will) return وَ مَا And not تَنْقِمُ you take revenge مِنَّاۤ from us اِلَّاۤ except اَنْ that اٰمَنَّا we believed بِاٰیٰتِ in (the) Signs رَبِّنَا (of) our Lord لَمَّا when جَآءَتْنَا ؕ they came to us رَبَّنَاۤ Our Lord! اَفْرِغْ Pour عَلَیْنَا upon us صَبْرًا patience وَّ تَوَفَّنَا and cause us to die مُسْلِمِیْنَ۠ (as) Muslims
109. The nobles of Firaun’s people said: “Surely, he is a master wizard.”
110. “He wants you to drive you out from your land.165 So what do you propose?”
111. They said (to Firaun): “Let him and his brother alone for the present, and send into the cities summoners.”
112. “To bring to you all master magicians.”
113. And the magicians came to Firaun, saying: “Surely, there will be reward for us, if we are victors?”166
114. He answered: “Yes, and you shall be of my closest nobles.”
115. They (the magicians, at the contest) said: “O Moosa ! Either you cast (first) or let us have to cast (first).”
116. Moosa replied: “You cast (first).” And when they cast down, (their ropes and sticks) they cast a spell upon the people’s eyes,167 and overawed them, and produced a mighty magical feat.
117. And We revealed to Moosa: “Cast down your staff.” And lo! it swallowed their false devices.168
118. Thus was the truth vindicated and that which they did proved false.169
119. Thus were they defeated there, and were demeaned.170
120. And the magicians prostrated themselves spontaneously.171
121. Saying: “We believe in the Lord of the worlds.”172
122. “The Lord of Moosa and Haroon.”173
123. Firaun said: “Do you dare believe in him without my consent?174 This is the plot that you have hatched in order to turn the people out of their city.175 But soon will you see (the consequences).
124. “I will cut off your hands and feet on opposite sides and then crucify you all.”176
125. They replied: “Surely, we have to return to our Lord only. 177
“And you are taking revenge on us only because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord! Grant us patience and let us die as Muslims.”178
165. It is their private conversation. When they were not willing to admit the truth, they put a political blame on Prophet Moosa, but they were unmindful of the fact that they were contradicting themselves. The person whom they accused of being a magician, how could he turn the people of the land out of the land ? Can political power be attained by magic? Has any magician so far conquered a country by magic?
166. This shows the character of the magicians. They had come to show their tricks in the greed of rewards; they were not concerned with the truth or falsehood of any matter.
167. It shows that the reality of magic is nothing but mere deception of sight, and it is tricks. The sticks and the ropes of the magicians did not really turn into serpents, but they appeared to the onlookers as serpents.
168. That is: Prophet Moosa’s snake finished or broke the spell of the magicians instantly. This story is related briefly in the Torah also:
“So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the LORD Commanded: Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and his Servants, and it became a Serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. For every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods. Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.” (Exodud 7 : 10 to 13)
169. Firaun’s people had declared Moosa’s miracle as magic, but this contest had shown the difference between the miracle and the magic. Magic cannot change the reality or the nature and substance of a thing, and it is merely the deception of sight, while miracle changes the very substance, nature and reality of a thing. It is not a deception of sight or a trick. Performers of magic are of low character and unreliable persons. Compared to this, performers of miracles are persons of noble conduct and pure characters, and when a miracle is performed by them, the onlookers feel that it is the sign of the Ruler of the Universe, which is being manifested. And when miracle is pitted against magic, it easily overcomes magic.
170. Fir’aun had vehemently claimed that the act performed by prophet Moosa was not a miracle but merely a magical trick. and had challenged Moosa to win against his magicians. prophet Moosa accepted the challenge. Fir’aun was sure that through his magicians he would be able to convert the sticks into serpents. and then Moosa’s miracle would lose its significance. So he arranged the contest to be held in the presence of a huge public crowd. But when prophet Moosa won the. contest. and Fir’aun’s magicians had to face defeat, his scheme misfired, and he had to face disgrace before a very large crowd.
171. When the spell of the magicians was broken. they realized that the conversion of Moosa’s staff into a snake was not magic but a’ divine sign. Therefore. they were so overwhelmed that they prostrated themselves before God. Though they were magicians. they had some element of regard for truth in their hearts. That is why they were guided to accept the truth when they saw it.
172. This is the proof that, faith create great confidence in man, then he not hesitate to fulfill loyalty to his Lord, and in this regard he not fear any arrogant.
173. That is: We accept the same Being as our Lord whom Moosa and Haroon declare as their Lord. This clarification was to remove any kind of ambiguity about their faith in the presence of the king.
174. It shows that in the oppressive rule of Firaun there was no freedom for the subjects to convert to any other religion of their choice.
175. When Firaun was discredited before the large crowd, he accused Moosa and his own magicians of having plotted against him, in order to cover his humiliation. This accusation is of a political nature. It was made in order to declare them rebels to keep them away from the people. politicians employ such machinations against truthful people.
176. probably this was the punishment meted out to the rebels in Firaun’s government.
177. What a faith-inspiring reply has been given by the magicians and how immense Is the love of God that has been created in their hearts immediately after their embracing Islam!
178. The magicians had come to Firaun in the greed of getting rewards from Firaun. which gives an idea of their materialistic view and lowness of character. but faith wrought a great revolution in thier minds and character. With faith they had reached great heights of virtuous character and in their hearts such a force of faith had been created that they were prepared to face even the might of Firaun.