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 لَقَدْ And certainly خَلَقْنٰكُمْ We created you ثُمَّ then صَوَّرْنٰكُمْ We fashioned you ثُمَّ Then قُلْنَا We said لِلْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ to the Angels اسْجُدُوْا Prostrate لِاٰدَمَ ۖۗ to Adam فَسَجَدُوْۤا So they prostrated اِلَّاۤ except اِبْلِیْسَ ؕ Iblees لَمْ Not یَكُنْ he was مِّنَ of السّٰجِدِیْنَ those who prostrated 7. Al-A'raf Page 152 قَالَ (Allah) said مَا What مَنَعَكَ prevented you اَلَّا that not تَسْجُدَ you prostrate اِذْ when اَمَرْتُكَ ؕ I commanded you قَالَ (Shaitaan) said اَنَا I am خَیْرٌ better مِّنْهُ ۚ than him خَلَقْتَنِیْ You created me مِنْ from نَّارٍ fire وَّ خَلَقْتَهٗ and You created him مِنْ from طِیْنٍ clay قَالَ (Allah) said فَاهْبِطْ Then go down مِنْهَا from it فَمَا for not یَكُوْنُ it is لَكَ for you اَنْ that تَتَكَبَّرَ you be arrogant فِیْهَا in it فَاخْرُجْ So get out اِنَّكَ indeed you مِنَ (are) of الصّٰغِرِیْنَ the disgraced ones قَالَ (Shaitaan) said اَنْظِرْنِیْۤ Give me respite اِلٰی till یَوْمِ (the) Day یُبْعَثُوْنَ they are raised up قَالَ (Allah) said اِنَّكَ Indeed you مِنَ (are) of الْمُنْظَرِیْنَ the ones given respite قَالَ (Shaitaan) said فَبِمَاۤ Because اَغْوَیْتَنِیْ You have sent me astray لَاَقْعُدَنَّ surely I will sit لَهُمْ for them صِرَاطَكَ (on) Your path الْمُسْتَقِیْمَۙ the straight ثُمَّ Then لَاٰتِیَنَّهُمْ surely, I will come to them مِّنْۢ from بَیْنِ before اَیْدِیْهِمْ them وَ مِنْ and from خَلْفِهِمْ behind them وَ عَنْ and from اَیْمَانِهِمْ their right وَ عَنْ and from شَمَآىِٕلِهِمْ ؕ their left وَ لَا and not تَجِدُ You (will) find اَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them شٰكِرِیْنَ grateful قَالَ (Allah) said اخْرُجْ Get out مِنْهَا of it مَذْءُوْمًا disgraced مَّدْحُوْرًا ؕ and expelled لَمَنْ Certainly whoever تَبِعَكَ follows you مِنْهُمْ among them لَاَمْلَـَٔنَّ surely I will fill جَهَنَّمَ Hell مِنْكُمْ with you اَجْمَعِیْنَ all وَ یٰۤاٰدَمُ And O Adam! اسْكُنْ Dwell اَنْتَ you وَ زَوْجُكَ and your wife الْجَنَّةَ (in) the Garden فَكُلَا and you both eat مِنْ from حَیْثُ wherever شِئْتُمَا you both wish وَ لَا but (do) not تَقْرَبَا approach [you both] هٰذِهِ this الشَّجَرَةَ [the] tree فَتَكُوْنَا lest you both be مِنَ among الظّٰلِمِیْنَ the wrongdoers فَوَسْوَسَ Then whispered لَهُمَا to both of them الشَّیْطٰنُ the Shaitaan لِیُبْدِیَ to make apparent لَهُمَا to both of them مَا what وٗرِیَ was concealed عَنْهُمَا from both of them مِنْ of سَوْاٰتِهِمَا their shame وَ قَالَ And he said مَا (Did) not نَهٰىكُمَا forbid you both رَبُّكُمَا your Lord عَنْ from هٰذِهِ this الشَّجَرَةِ [the] tree اِلَّاۤ except اَنْ that تَكُوْنَا you two become مَلَكَیْنِ Angels اَوْ or تَكُوْنَا you two become مِنَ of الْخٰلِدِیْنَ the immortals وَ قَاسَمَهُمَاۤ And he swore (to) both of them اِنِّیْ Indeed I am لَكُمَا to both of you لَمِنَ among النّٰصِحِیْنَۙ the sincere advisers فَدَلّٰىهُمَا So he made both of them fall بِغُرُوْرٍ ۚ by deception فَلَمَّا Then when ذَاقَا they both tasted الشَّجَرَةَ the tree بَدَتْ became apparent لَهُمَا to both of them سَوْاٰتُهُمَا their shame وَ طَفِقَا and they began یَخْصِفٰنِ (to) fasten عَلَیْهِمَا over themselves مِنْ from وَّرَقِ (the) leaves الْجَنَّةِ ؕ (of) the Garden وَ نَادٰىهُمَا And called them both رَبُّهُمَاۤ their Lord اَلَمْ Did not اَنْهَكُمَا I forbid you both عَنْ from تِلْكُمَا this الشَّجَرَةِ [the] tree وَ اَقُلْ and [I] say لَّكُمَاۤ to both of you اِنَّ that الشَّیْطٰنَ [the] Shaitaan لَكُمَا to both of you عَدُوٌّ (is) an enemy مُّبِیْنٌ open 7. Al-A'raf Page 153 قَالَا Both of them said رَبَّنَا Our Lord ظَلَمْنَاۤ we have wronged اَنْفُسَنَا ٚ ourselves وَ اِنْ and if لَّمْ not تَغْفِرْ You forgive لَنَا [for] us وَ تَرْحَمْنَا and have mercy (on) us لَنَكُوْنَنَّ surely we will be مِنَ among الْخٰسِرِیْنَ the losers قَالَ (Allah) said اهْبِطُوْا Get down بَعْضُكُمْ some of you لِبَعْضٍ to some others عَدُوٌّ ۚ (as) enemy وَ لَكُمْ And for you فِی in الْاَرْضِ the earth مُسْتَقَرٌّ (is) a dwelling place وَّ مَتَاعٌ and livelihood اِلٰی for حِیْنٍ a time قَالَ He said فِیْهَا In it تَحْیَوْنَ you will live وَ فِیْهَا and in it تَمُوْتُوْنَ you will die وَ مِنْهَا and from it تُخْرَجُوْنَ۠ you will be brought forth
11. And We created you and gave you form.13 Then we said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves before Adam’’: and they all prostrated themselves14 except Iblees15; he was not of those who prostrate themselves.
12. (Allah) asked: “what prevented you from prostrating yourself when I had commanded you?” He replied: “I am better than him, You created me from fire and created him from clay.”16
13. (Allah) said: “Then go down from here; it is not for you to show pride here, so get out, you are indeed of the meanest ones.’’17
14. He said: “Reprieve me till the Day of Resurrection.”
15. (Allah) said: ‘‘You are reprieved.”18
16. He said: “Since you have sent me astray,19 verily I will lurk in ambush for them on your Right path.20
17. “Then I will spring upon them from the front and from the rear, from their right and from their left21 And you’shall not find most of them grateful.”
18. (Allah) said: Get out from here, degraded and banished. with all-those, that follow you and you–I will fill the Hell.22
19. “And O Adam ! Dwell you and your wife in paradise,23 and eat from wherever you like, but never approach this tree24 lest you should become wrong-doers.’’
20. Then Satan instilled evil thoughts in their hearts25 so that their shameful (private) parts which were hidden from them might be made manifest to them,26 and he said: “Your Lord has forbidden you to approach this tree only to prevent you from becoming angels or immortals.”
21. And he swore to them that he was their well- wisher.27
22. Thus he cunningly seduced them28 And when they tasted the tree, their shameful (private) parts became manifest to them,29 and they both covered themselves with the leaves of the garden.30 And their Lord called out to them: “Did I not forbid you to approach that tree, and did I not warn you that Satan was your open enemy?”
23. They replied:“Our Lord ! we have wronged our souls, and if you would not forgive us and would not bestow upon us your mercy, we shall surely be among the lost.’’31
24. He said: “Go down32 (from here); You are enemies to one another .33 There will be on earth a habitation and provision for a time.’’34
25. He said: “There you shall live, and there you shall die, and from there you shall be taken out. ’’35
13. In the beginning when man was first created. first a rough frame was prepared and then it was given shape .
Here the creation of mankind is described, whose first member was prophet Adam, and who was created from clay.
14. This has been explained in Note No.47, Surah Baqarah.
15. This has been explained in Note. No. 48 Surah Baqarah.
16. Fire is finer than clay. Since Iblees (Satan) was from amongst the Jinns and since Jinns are created from fire, he was under the wrong impression that he was better than Adam. And when Allah commanded hint to prostrate himself before Adam, he refused to obey God under the influence of this wrong thinking. Neither his reasoning was correct, nor is there any room for indulging into any reasoning when the command is given by God. The duty of a slave is merely to obey the command of the Lord, and not to argue in His presence. Accordingly the angels unhesitatingly obeyed the Divine command. It shows that the path of sincere obedience to Allah is the one which was adopted by the angels. As for the Devil’s suffering from the superiority complex on account of his source of creation, it was his shortsightedness, as it is obvious that compared to Jinns man is a much higher being, having nobler characteristics. It is in the fitness of things that the crown of the vicegerency of the earth has been placed on the head of man and not on that of Jinn.
17. As Iblees did not obey the Divine command, he was asked to get out of the paradise. It has brought forth this principle that whoever would refuse to obey Allah’s command and would adopt the attitude of vanity and pride instead of humility and meekness would not deserve to go to a noble place like Paradise. He is destined to lowness.
18. Iblees has been given this reprieve or respite till the day of Resurrection, and it is quite in keeping with the plan under which Allah has made man the’vicegerent of this earth. ( Please see Note No.46, Surah Baqarah).
19. Iblees placed the blame of his going astray on Allah, although in reality Allah made him go astray as a punishment for his rebellion. Therefore. although Iblees went astray under the Divine law of misguidance, the responsibility of his going astray falls on him only.
20. By the Right Path is meant the path of monotheism and of the true religion. Since Satan had become jealous of man and he was also reprieved to enable him to misguide mankind. he threw a challenge that he would leave no stone unturned in deviating mankind from the path of monotheism to the path of polytheism and to misguide them away from the true religion.
21. That is: The assault of Satan on man would be from all sides. To influence man from false ideas and thoughts, to induce him to wickedness and to cause mischief and corruption in the world, he would undertake every kind of trick and would formulate every kind of conspiracy. In other words, man will have to fight Satan on all sides or on every front.
22. This is Allah’s reply to Satan’s challenge that let him use all his might to misguide man, and whoever would follow him – and however large their numbers be – they would all, along with Satan himself, be sent to Hell. Since man is sent in this world for being tested. there is an opportunity for Satan to lead him up the garden path, and man would also have the liberty to follow him or turn away from him. But let men remember that their final fate is in the hands of Allah only, and on the Final Day of Judgement He will definitely award the punishment of Hell to Satan and all his followers.
23. This has been explained in Note No. 50, Surah Baqarah.
24. This has been explained in Note No.51, Surah Baqarah.
25. Satan is another name of Iblees, which has been mentioned above. Although he had been externed from Paradise, but since Adam was to be tested to see whether he would fall a prey to the seduction of Iblees, he was given the power of offering temptations and misguiding Adam even while remaining outside the Paradise. when in the present times thousands of miles away men and things can appear to other men on the television screen, it is not, therefore, difficult to imagine or visualise Satan appearing before Adam or to communicate with him. This communication of Satan takes place very clandestinely. Therefore, the proper expression for his communication is instilling evil thoughts.
26. In Paradise, Adam and his wife were made to wear such raiment that they were never conscious of their nakedness. But after being seduced by Satan, this raiment separated from them, and they became conscious of their nudity.
27. The point for consideration is how Satan comes as an adviser and a well-wisher, and how he leads man up the garden path.
28. The sin that was committed by Adam and Hawwa (Eve) was the result of misguidance of the Devil. As against this the sin committed by Satan was the result of his vanity and pride.
It may be noted that both Adam and Hawwa had fallen a prey to the seduction of Satan, and therefore, the commonly believed story that Satan first seduced Hawwa, who in her turn seduced Adam to eat the forbidden fruit is not correct.
29. That is: The raiment of Paradise fell away from their bodies and they became conscious of their nakedness.
30. It shows that modesty is the natural characteristic of man and covering the private parts is the very demand of nature.
31. Please see Note No.54, Surah Baqarah.
32. Its explanation has been given in Note No. 55, Surah Baqarah.
33. That is: Man and Satan are enemies to one another. Man’s being a foe of the Devil is obvious. As for Satan’s being a foe of man’s, the event that took place in the beginning of man’s history fixes Satan as a confirmed enemy of mankind. For this reason man recites curses against Satan. Only those persons, who cannot distinguish between. good and evil, try to establish friendship with him, when he had taken a pledge to misguide man.
34. Earth has been chosen as a place for habitation for’ man, and all the necessities of human life have been provided on this globe. Man’s flight to space or to any other planet is a temporary and exceptional matter. Human habitation will remain on the earth till the Day of Resurrection.
35. That is: On the Day of Resurrection when man will be resurrected, he will be taken out from the earth, and this very earth will become the arena for the court of Allah’s Judgment.