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 اِلٰی And to عَادٍ Aad اَخَاهُمْ (We sent) their brother هُوْدًا ؕ Hud قَالَ He said یٰقَوْمِ O my people! اعْبُدُوا Worship اللّٰهَ Allah مَا not لَكُمْ for you مِّنْ any اِلٰهٍ god غَیْرُهٗ ؕ other than Him اَفَلَا Then will not تَتَّقُوْنَ you fear (Allah) قَالَ Said الْمَلَاُ the chiefs الَّذِیْنَ (of) those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved مِنْ from قَوْمِهٖۤ his people اِنَّا Indeed we لَنَرٰىكَ surely see you فِیْ in سَفَاهَةٍ foolishness وَّ اِنَّا and indeed we لَنَظُنُّكَ [we] think you مِنَ (are) of الْكٰذِبِیْنَ the liars قَالَ He said یٰقَوْمِ O my people لَیْسَ (There is) no بِیْ in me سَفَاهَةٌ foolishness وَّ لٰكِنِّیْ but I am رَسُوْلٌ a Messenger مِّنْ from رَّبِّ (the) Lord الْعٰلَمِیْنَ (of) the worlds 7. Al-A'raf Page 159 اُبَلِّغُكُمْ I convey to you رِسٰلٰتِ Messages رَبِّیْ (of) my Lord وَ اَنَا and I am لَكُمْ to you نَاصِحٌ an adviser اَمِیْنٌ trustworthy اَوَ عَجِبْتُمْ Do you wonder اَنْ that جَآءَكُمْ has come to you ذِكْرٌ a reminder مِّنْ from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord عَلٰی on رَجُلٍ a man مِّنْكُمْ among you لِیُنْذِرَكُمْ ؕ that he may warn you وَ اذْكُرُوْۤا And remember اِذْ when جَعَلَكُمْ He made you خُلَفَآءَ successors مِنْۢ from بَعْدِ after قَوْمِ (the) people نُوْحٍ (of) Nuh وَّ زَادَكُمْ and increased you فِی in الْخَلْقِ the stature بَصْۜطَةً ۚ extensively فَاذْكُرُوْۤا So remember اٰلَآءَ (the) Bounties اللّٰهِ (of) Allah لَعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تُفْلِحُوْنَ succeed قَالُوْۤا They said اَجِئْتَنَا Have you come to us لِنَعْبُدَ that we (should) worship اللّٰهَ Allah وَحْدَهٗ Alone وَ نَذَرَ and we forsake مَا what كَانَ used to یَعْبُدُ worship اٰبَآؤُنَا ۚ our forefathers فَاْتِنَا Then bring us بِمَا of what تَعِدُنَاۤ you promise us اِنْ if كُنْتَ you are مِنَ of الصّٰدِقِیْنَ the truthful قَالَ He said قَدْ Verily وَ قَعَ has fallen عَلَیْكُمْ upon you مِّنْ from رَّبِّكُمْ your Lord رِجْسٌ punishment وَّ غَضَبٌ ؕ and anger اَتُجَادِلُوْنَنِیْ Do you dispute with me فِیْۤ concerning اَسْمَآءٍ names سَمَّیْتُمُوْهَاۤ you have named them اَنْتُمْ you وَ اٰبَآؤُكُمْ and your forefathers مَّا Not نَزَّلَ (has been) sent down اللّٰهُ (by) Allah بِهَا for it مِنْ any سُلْطٰنٍ ؕ authority فَانْتَظِرُوْۤا Then wait اِنِّیْ indeed, I am مَعَكُمْ with you مِّنَ of الْمُنْتَظِرِیْنَ the ones who wait فَاَنْجَیْنٰهُ So We saved him وَ الَّذِیْنَ and those مَعَهٗ with him بِرَحْمَةٍ by Mercy مِّنَّا from Us وَ قَطَعْنَا And We cut off دَابِرَ the roots الَّذِیْنَ (of) those who كَذَّبُوْا denied بِاٰیٰتِنَا Our Signs وَ مَا and not كَانُوْا they were مُؤْمِنِیْنَ۠ believers
65. And to (the tribe of ) Aad105 (We sent) Hood106 their own brother; he said to them: “O my people! worship Allah; you have no other god but Him. Do you not then fear? ’’
66. 107 The nobles of his people, who were disbelieving, said: “we surely see you (indulging) in folly,108 and we think that you are a liar.”
67. He said: “O my people! There is no foolishness in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.
68. “I convey to you the messages of my Lord, and I am your honest109 well-wisher.
69. “Do you think it strange that there has come to you a reminder from your Lord through a man from amongst you, so that he may warn you; remember when He made you heirs to Nooh’s people and endowed you with greater power110 among the nations. So remember the favours of Allah so that you may be successful.”
70. They said: “Have you come to us that we may worship one Allah only and give up what our forefathers were worshipping?111 Then bring down on us that (punishment) with which you have been threatening us, if you are truthful.”
71. He said: “Your Lord’s curse and wrath has already visited you. Do you wrangle with me over the names which you and your forefathers have invented and for which no sanction has come down from Allah.112 Then wait, I am too waiting with you.”113
72. Then we rescued him (Hood) and those who were with him through our mercy, and cut off the roots of those who belied our revelations and they were disbelievers all,114
105. For the details of the times and the native place of the tribe of Aad, please refer to Notes Nos.8 to 11 of Surah Fajr.
106. That is: prophet Hood was a member of the tribe of Aad.
107. It is the same dawah which was presented, for the first time, by prophet Nooh.
108. The national religion of the community of Aad was idolatry. That is why when prophet Hood tried to wean them away from this false belief and presented the dawah of monotheism before them, they deemed it to be a folly.
109. It shows that the real well-wishing for a people is to present to them God’s message without any alteration, and to invite them to accept it.
110. The strength and power which was bestowed on them by Allah demanded that they should be his grateful slaves. but instead they became proud of their strength and declared:
“Is there anybody more powerful than us.”— (Ha Meem Sajda -15 )– (For further explanation please see Surah Fajr, Note No.11).
111. The greatest impediment in accepting the truth is blind following. The dawah of the prophet is based on sound arguments and it is supported by intellect and sound understanding. But those who consider the practices and customs of their forefathers as their national heritage and real culture. they set themselves against any improvement. and when they are not prepared to listen to anything in the light of arguments. then the path of guidance does not open for them.
112. These are mere names. there is no being behind them. In other words. these are imaginary gods. who have no existence in the world of reality. The beings other than Allah. whom the idolaters make their gods, are merely their imaginary gods. but they rule over the thinking of their believers in such an overwhelming way that no argument can influence them. This is the reason why even the polytheists of the modern times have not been able to get rid of their false gods, even though knowledge and learning have become so widespread and common.
113. That is: If you do not want to accept the truth by arguments. and want only to see the consequences. then wait for them, I will also wait with you for the consequences.
114. That is: They were subjected to such a total destruction that not even a single trace of their existence remained. This fate of the community of prophet Hood has proved his truthfulness and the rightness of his dawah.