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 مَنْ Who حَرَّمَ has forbidden زِیْنَةَ (the) adornment اللّٰهِ (from) Allah الَّتِیْۤ which اَخْرَجَ He has brought forth لِعِبَادِهٖ for His slaves وَ الطَّیِّبٰتِ and the pure things مِنَ of الرِّزْقِ ؕ sustenance قُلْ Say هِیَ They لِلَّذِیْنَ (are) for those who اٰمَنُوْا believe فِی during الْحَیٰوةِ the life الدُّنْیَا (of) the world خَالِصَةً exclusively (for them) یَّوْمَ (on the) Day الْقِیٰمَةِ ؕ (of) Resurrection كَذٰلِكَ Thus نُفَصِّلُ We explain الْاٰیٰتِ the Signs لِقَوْمٍ for (the) people یَّعْلَمُوْنَ who know قُلْ Say اِنَّمَا Only حَرَّمَ (had) forbidden رَبِّیَ my Lord الْفَوَاحِشَ the shameful deeds مَا what ظَهَرَ (is) apparent مِنْهَا of it وَ مَا and what بَطَنَ is concealed وَ الْاِثْمَ and the sin وَ الْبَغْیَ and the oppression بِغَیْرِ without الْحَقِّ [the] right وَ اَنْ and that تُشْرِكُوْا you associate (others) بِاللّٰهِ with Allah مَا what لَمْ not یُنَزِّلْ He (has) sent down بِهٖ of it سُلْطٰنًا any authority وَّ اَنْ and that تَقُوْلُوْا you say عَلَی about اللّٰهِ Allah مَا what لَا not تَعْلَمُوْنَ you know وَ لِكُلِّ And for every اُمَّةٍ nation اَجَلٌ ۚ (is a fixed) term فَاِذَا So when جَآءَ comes اَجَلُهُمْ their term لَا (they can) not یَسْتَاْخِرُوْنَ seek to delay سَاعَةً an hour وَّ لَا and not یَسْتَقْدِمُوْنَ seek to advance (it) یٰبَنِیْۤ O Children اٰدَمَ (of) Adam! اِمَّا If یَاْتِیَنَّكُمْ comes to you رُسُلٌ Messengers مِّنْكُمْ from you یَقُصُّوْنَ relating عَلَیْكُمْ to you اٰیٰتِیْ ۙ My Verses فَمَنِ then whoever اتَّقٰی fears Allah وَ اَصْلَحَ and reforms فَلَا then no خَوْفٌ fear عَلَیْهِمْ on them وَ لَا and not هُمْ they یَحْزَنُوْنَ will grieve وَ الَّذِیْنَ But those who كَذَّبُوْا deny بِاٰیٰتِنَا Our Verses وَ اسْتَكْبَرُوْا and (are) arrogant عَنْهَاۤ towards them اُولٰٓىِٕكَ those اَصْحٰبُ (are the) companions النَّارِ ۚ (of) the Fire هُمْ they فِیْهَا in it خٰلِدُوْنَ will abide forever فَمَنْ Then who اَظْلَمُ (is) more unjust مِمَّنِ than (one) who افْتَرٰی invented عَلَی against اللّٰهِ Allah كَذِبًا a lie اَوْ or كَذَّبَ denies بِاٰیٰتِهٖ ؕ His Verses اُولٰٓىِٕكَ Those یَنَالُهُمْ will reach them نَصِیْبُهُمْ their portion مِّنَ from الْكِتٰبِ ؕ the Book حَتّٰۤی until اِذَا when جَآءَتْهُمْ comes to them رُسُلُنَا Our messengers (Angels) یَتَوَفَّوْنَهُمْ ۙ (to) take them in death قَالُوْۤا they say اَیْنَ Where are مَا those (whom) كُنْتُمْ you used to تَدْعُوْنَ invoke مِنْ from دُوْنِ besides اللّٰهِ ؕ Allah قَالُوْا They say ضَلُّوْا They strayed عَنَّا from us وَ شَهِدُوْا and they (will) testify عَلٰۤی against اَنْفُسِهِمْ themselves اَنَّهُمْ that they كَانُوْا were كٰفِرِیْنَ disbelievers 7. Al-A'raf Page 155 قَالَ He (will) say ادْخُلُوْا Enter فِیْۤ among اُمَمٍ (the) nations قَدْ (who) خَلَتْ passed away مِنْ from قَبْلِكُمْ before you مِّنَ of الْجِنِّ the jinn وَ الْاِنْسِ and the men فِی in النَّارِ ؕ the Fire كُلَّمَا Every time دَخَلَتْ entered اُمَّةٌ a nation لَّعَنَتْ it cursed اُخْتَهَا ؕ its sister (nation) حَتّٰۤی until اِذَا when ادَّارَكُوْا they had overtaken one another فِیْهَا in it جَمِیْعًا ۙ all قَالَتْ (will) say اُخْرٰىهُمْ (the) last of them لِاُوْلٰىهُمْ about the first of them رَبَّنَا Our Lord هٰۤؤُلَآءِ these اَضَلُّوْنَا misled us فَاٰتِهِمْ so give them عَذَابًا punishment ضِعْفًا double مِّنَ of النَّارِ ؕ۬ the Fire قَالَ He (will) say لِكُلٍّ For each ضِعْفٌ (is) a double وَّ لٰكِنْ [and] but لَّا not تَعْلَمُوْنَ you know وَ قَالَتْ And (will) say اُوْلٰىهُمْ (the) first of them لِاُخْرٰىهُمْ to (the) last of them فَمَا Then not كَانَ is لَكُمْ for you عَلَیْنَا upon us مِنْ any فَضْلٍ superiority فَذُوْقُوا so taste الْعَذَابَ the punishment بِمَا for what كُنْتُمْ you used to تَكْسِبُوْنَ۠ earn
32. Say: “Who has forbidden that adornment of Allah which He has created for His slaves, and the pure things of His providing?”49 Say: “These things are, in the life of this world, for those who believe, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be theirs alone.50 Thus do we explain our revelations for the people who Know.”51
33. Say: “What my Lord has indeed forbidden are: indecencies, whether open or secret,52 and sin53 and excesses without justice,54 and that you associate partners with Allah for which no sanction has been sent down by Him,55 and that you say things in the name of Allah, of which you have no knowledge.”56
34. And for every people a term is fixed; when their hour comes, they cannot put it off an hour nor can they advance it.57
35. O Children of Adam ! when messengers from amongst you come to you narrating to you My revelations, then whoever will fear Allah and mend his ways, shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.58
36. And those, who deny our revelations and look down on it, are the companions of the fire, to dwell therein for ever.
37. Then who is more wrong than the man who invents a lie in the name of Allah or denies His revelations? Such persons shall have their destined shares as fixed by Allah, 59 and when our messengers (angels) will come to capture their souls, the angels will ask them: where are your gods now whom you invoked beside Allah? They will reply: “They Have been lost to us.” And they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.60
38. He (Allah) will say: “Enter the Fire of Hell among the communities of jinns and men that have gone before you.” Every time a nation enters; she curses her sister community61 till, when they have all been made to follow one another there, the last of them will say of the first of them: “Our Lord ! These led us astray, so give them double punishment in the Hell Fire.” He will say: “For all there is double punishment,62 but you do not know.”
39. And the first of them will say to the last one: “You have not gained any superiority over us; so you also taste the punishment for what you have earned.”63
49. This question is a crushing blow to the austere and ascetic concept of religion. The idea is that things like clothing which are a means of embellishing human beauty and the food which is a means of human sustenance have been created for the purpose that men may derive benefit from these blessings from Allah. Then what right has a person to declare these things as taboo for the slaves of Allah, or to place restriction on their use in the name of God and religion? This verse repudiates and cancels all such restrictions.
50. That is: Although these gifts are common for all the slave of God, however the loyal slaves of God (people of faith) are the most deserving people to derive benefit from them; and on the Day of Resurrection these gifts will be theirs alone. The infidels will be totally deprived of them.
51. That is: From these instructions which have been so clearly mentioned in the Quran only those people will derive practical benefits who are not ignorant, but who have decided to’undertake their life’s journey in the light of knowledge.
52. Explanation has been given in Note No. 277, Surah Al-Ana’m.
Here objection is raised on this attitude of the so called religious people that they have declared haram (forbidden) those good and pure things which Allah had permitted to be used and have permitted the use of the shameful things declared forbidden by Allah.
53. That is: All acts of sinning.
54. Acts of oppression and aggression which are entirely contrary to justice and truth, and for which there is no justification.
55. For explanation, please see Surah Al- Ana’m Note No.135.
56. That is: To ascribe to God a thing or a statement about which there is no information that God has really said so or has ordained so, to introduce innovations in religion, to invent religion, or to make laws and rules of Shariah to suit one’s sweet will-it is applicable to all such practices.
And for every people a term is fixed; when their hour comes, they cannot put it off an hour nor can they advance it. O Children of Adam ! when messengers from amongst you come to you narrating to you My revelations, then whoever will fear Allah and mend his ways, shall have no fear nor shall they grieve. (Al-Quran)
57. In this verse by every people is meant the followers of every prophet, as is stated in Verse No.47 of Surah Yunus:
“For every people is a messenger. So when a messenger comes to them, their disputes are settled with justice, and injustice is never done to them.”
The verse under reference means that when Allah sends a prophet to a people, He fixes a term, a period of time, for that people, those they may accept their prophet’s dawah during that period and may give up transgression. But if that people do not accept their messenger’s dawah and continue with their attitude of rejection of faith, then as soon as the fixed term for those people is over they are overtaken by the Divine punishment in this very world, and this punishment overtakes them exactly at the fixed hour neither a moment earlier nor a moment later.
58. This is a reminder of the lesson which was given to mankind in the beginning of creation.
59. That is: They will complete the number of days and the type of life which have been predetermined for them.
60. This question and answer takes place between the soul and the angels of death, and the soul of the idolaters and polytheists admits that those whom it had invoked as gods were false gods, and by denying the right God it has committed a great crime.
It is thus learnt that as soon as death closes a man ‘s eyes, the Unseen realities become manifest to him.
61. The misguided communities of the world have been following their preceding misguided communities in the matter of religion, culture, civilization and other matters. It also happens that a misguided community sometimes misguides other contemporary communities. The followers have been expressing their veneration and have been admiring the leaders who have preceded them. But on the Day of Judgement when all will be gathered together, in the Hell, they will be showering curses on their leaders and precursors, for the reason that they had set a bad example which misled them.
62. That is: Every misguided nation made provision for misguiding the other nations and the succeeding generations. Therefore, every nation has become guilty of a double crime, and is therefore, liable for a double punishment.
63. That is: If we have set a bad example for you, then what good example have you set for others that would minimise your guilt. If you have been misled by following us, so others have been misled by following you. So your guilt is sufficiently serious, and you are responsible for its consequences.