Tafsir Maariful Quran
Quran Translation and Commentary by Maulana Mufti Mohammad Shafi. Translation by Prof. Muhammad Hasan Askari & Prof. Muhammad Shamim. Revised by Justice Mufti Muhammad Taqi UsmaniQuran Translation
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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
اَلَمْ Do not تَرَ you see اَنَّ that اللّٰهَ Allah یُسَبِّحُ glorify لَهٗ Him مَنْ whoever فِی (is) in السَّمٰوٰتِ the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ and the earth وَ الطَّیْرُ and the birds صٰٓفّٰتٍ ؕ (with) wings outspread كُلٌّ Each one قَدْ verily عَلِمَ knows صَلَاتَهٗ its prayer وَ تَسْبِیْحَهٗ ؕ and its glorification وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah عَلِیْمٌۢ (is) All-Knower بِمَا of what یَفْعَلُوْنَ they do وَ لِلّٰهِ And to Allah (belongs) مُلْكُ (the) dominion السَّمٰوٰتِ (of) the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ ۚ and the earth وَ اِلَی And to اللّٰهِ Allah الْمَصِیْرُ (is) the destination اَلَمْ Do not تَرَ you see اَنَّ that اللّٰهَ Allah یُزْجِیْ drives سَحَابًا clouds ثُمَّ then یُؤَلِّفُ joins بَیْنَهٗ between them ثُمَّ then یَجْعَلُهٗ makes them رُكَامًا (into) a mass فَتَرَی then you see الْوَدْقَ the rain یَخْرُجُ come forth مِنْ from خِلٰلِهٖ ۚ their midst وَ یُنَزِّلُ And He sends down مِنَ from السَّمَآءِ (the) sky مِنْ [from] جِبَالٍ mountains فِیْهَا within it مِنْۢ [of] بَرَدٍ (is) hail فَیُصِیْبُ and He strikes بِهٖ with it مَنْ whom یَّشَآءُ He wills وَ یَصْرِفُهٗ and averts it عَنْ from مَّنْ whom یَّشَآءُ ؕ He wills یَكَادُ Nearly سَنَا (the) flash بَرْقِهٖ (of) its lighting یَذْهَبُ takes away بِالْاَبْصَارِؕ the sight 24. An-Nur Page 356 یُقَلِّبُ Allah alternates اللّٰهُ Allah alternates الَّیْلَ the night وَ النَّهَارَ ؕ and the day اِنَّ Indeed فِیْ in ذٰلِكَ that لَعِبْرَةً surely is a lesson لِّاُولِی for those who have vision الْاَبْصَارِ for those who have vision وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah خَلَقَ created كُلَّ every دَآبَّةٍ moving creature مِّنْ from مَّآءٍ ۚ water فَمِنْهُمْ Of them مَّنْ (is a kind) who یَّمْشِیْ walks عَلٰی on بَطْنِهٖ ۚ its belly وَ مِنْهُمْ and of them مَّنْ (is a kind) who یَّمْشِیْ walks عَلٰی on رِجْلَیْنِ ۚ two legs وَ مِنْهُمْ and of them مَّنْ (is a kind) who یَّمْشِیْ walks عَلٰۤی on اَرْبَعٍ ؕ four یَخْلُقُ Allah creates اللّٰهُ Allah creates مَا what یَشَآءُ ؕ He wills اِنَّ Indeed اللّٰهَ Allah عَلٰی on كُلِّ every شَیْءٍ thing قَدِیْرٌ (is) All-Powerful لَقَدْ Verily اَنْزَلْنَاۤ We have sent down اٰیٰتٍ Verses مُّبَیِّنٰتٍ ؕ clear وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah یَهْدِیْ guides مَنْ whom یَّشَآءُ He wills اِلٰی to صِرَاطٍ a path مُّسْتَقِیْمٍ straight وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ And they say اٰمَنَّا We believe بِاللّٰهِ in Allah وَ بِالرَّسُوْلِ and in the Messenger وَ اَطَعْنَا and we obey ثُمَّ Then یَتَوَلّٰی turns away فَرِیْقٌ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them مِّنْۢ after بَعْدِ after ذٰلِكَ ؕ that وَ مَاۤ And not اُولٰٓىِٕكَ those بِالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ (are) believers وَ اِذَا And when دُعُوْۤا they are called اِلَی to اللّٰهِ Allah وَ رَسُوْلِهٖ and His Messenger لِیَحْكُمَ to judge بَیْنَهُمْ between them اِذَا behold فَرِیْقٌ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them مُّعْرِضُوْنَ (is) averse وَ اِنْ But if یَّكُنْ is لَّهُمُ with them الْحَقُّ the truth یَاْتُوْۤا they come اِلَیْهِ to him مُذْعِنِیْنَؕ (as) promptly obedient اَفِیْ Is (there) in قُلُوْبِهِمْ their hearts مَّرَضٌ a disease اَمِ or ارْتَابُوْۤا do they doubt اَمْ or یَخَافُوْنَ they fear اَنْ that یَّحِیْفَ Allah will be unjust اللّٰهُ Allah will be unjust عَلَیْهِمْ to them وَ رَسُوْلُهٗ ؕ and His Messenger بَلْ Nay اُولٰٓىِٕكَ those هُمُ [they] الظّٰلِمُوْنَ۠ (are) the wrongdoers
(24:41) Did you not realize that purity of Allah is proclaimed by all those in the heavens and the earth, and by the birds with their wings spread out? Everyone knows one’s own (way of) praying (to Allah) and one’s own (way of) proclaiming Allah’s purity. And Allah knows well what they do
(24:42) To Allah belongs the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and towards Allah is the final return
(24:43) Do you not realize that Allah drives the clouds, then joins them together, then turns them into a heap? Then you see the rain coming out from their midst. He sends down from the sky mountains (of clouds) having hail in them, then He afflicts with it whomsoever He wills and turns it away from whomsoever He wills. The flash of its lightning seems to snatch away the eyes
(24:44) Allah alternates the night and the day. Surely, in that there is a lesson for those who have eyes to see
(24:45) Allah has created every moving creature from water. So, some of them move on their bellies; and some of them move on two legs, and some of them move on four. Allah creates what He wills. Surely, Allah is powerful over everything
(24:46) We have surely sent down enlightening verses, and Allah guides whom He wills to the straight path
(24:47) They say, “We have believed in Allah and in the messenger, and have adopted obedience”, then a group from them goes back after all this. Those are no believers
(24:48) When they are summoned to Allah and His messenger that he (the messenger) may judge between them, in no time a group of them turns averse
(24:49) And if the right is theirs, they would come to him as (if they are) submissive ones
(24:50) Is there a malady in their hearts or do they have doubt or do they fear that Allah and His messenger will do injustice to them? Rather they themselves are the unjust
كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ (Everyone knows one's own (way of) praying - 41). In the beginning of the verse it is said that every creature on earth and heavens and in between them is busy in the glorification and sanctification of Allah Ta' ala. The meaning of Tasbih is explained by Sufyan (رح) that Allah Ta' ala has created everything in this universe like earth, heavens, sun, moon, stars, water, fire, air or sand with purpose, and they are all performing all the time the task they are assigned. They cannot refuse to perform their assigned job. This obedience and submission to carry out the assigned job is referred here as Tasbih. Hence, their Tasbih is by action and not by words. By their actions they are confirming that they are performing this worship because they believe Allah Ta' ala to be Pure and Almighty.
Zamakhshari and some other commentators have, on the other hand, elaborated that it is not improbable that Allah Ta' ala has placed so much sense and understanding in everything that they do recognize their Creator and Master. And it is also not improbable that He has taught them some sort of speech, and some special Tasbih and worship in which they keep themselves busy. There is an allusion towards this point in the last sentence كُلٌّ قَدْ عَلِمَ صَلَاتَهُ وَتَسْبِيحَهُ (Every one knows one's own { way of} praying and proclaiming Allah's purity - 41). It indicates that all creatures are busy in Tasbih and worship of Allah Ta' ala, but the manner of worship of each creature is different. Angels worship in a different manner, humans worship differently, trees and vegetation also worship differently, and the rocks and minerals yet in another manner. Another verse of the Holy Qur' an also confirms this view when it says أَعْطَىٰ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَىٰ (He who gave everything its shape, then guidance - 20:50) that is ` Allah Ta' ala created everything and then given guidance to them'. The guidance is that everything is obeying Allah and performing its assigned duty diligently. Apart from this, everything has been guided how to fulfill the need of its existence with such perfection that even the best of minds get boggled. How creative and complicated nests and holes they make for their living, and how they strive and work hard to find and collect their food is in itself a great wonder.
From the sky mountains (of clouds) having hail in them - 43.
Here the word سَمَاء is purported for clouds, and Jibal جِبَالٍ (mountains) for big masses of clouds, while hails are called Barad.
These verses were revealed on a special occasion. Tabari and others have related the incident saying that there was a hypocrite by the name Bishr, who had some dispute and enmity with a Jew over a piece of land. The Jew suggested to him to take their dispute before the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم for the judgment, but Bishr, the hypocrite knew well that he was on the wrong and if the dispute was taken to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he will definitely decide the case on merit, and he will lose the case. So, he did not agree with the suggestion and instead asked the Jew to take it to Ka'b Ibn Ashraf, another Jew. On this point these verses were revealed. In verse; أَفِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ (Is there any malady in their hearts - 50) the disease of firm infidelity or the doubt on prophethood have been negated to point out that this doubt and infidelity were not the real cause of evasion to take the dispute in the court of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم . Although the infidelity and doubt on prophethood among the hypocrites is obvious and proven, but the underlying cause was that he (Bishr) knew well that if the case was placed before the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ، he would definitely lose it, because he would decide the case on merit.