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
وَ اِذْ And when اَخَذَ took اللّٰهُ Allah مِیْثَاقَ covenant النَّبِیّٖنَ (of) the Prophets لَمَاۤ Certainly, whatever اٰتَیْتُكُمْ I (have) given you مِّنْ of كِتٰبٍ (the) Book وَّ حِكْمَةٍ and wisdom ثُمَّ then جَآءَكُمْ comes to you رَسُوْلٌ a Messenger مُّصَدِّقٌ confirming لِّمَا that which مَعَكُمْ (is) with you لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ you must believe بِهٖ in him وَ لَتَنْصُرُنَّهٗ ؕ and you must help him قَالَ He said ءَاَقْرَرْتُمْ Do you affirm وَ اَخَذْتُمْ and take عَلٰی on ذٰلِكُمْ that (condition) اِصْرِیْ ؕ My Covenant قَالُوْۤا They said اَقْرَرْنَا ؕ We affirm قَالَ He said فَاشْهَدُوْا Then bear witness وَ اَنَا and I (am) مَعَكُمْ with you مِّنَ among الشّٰهِدِیْنَ the witnesses فَمَنْ Then whoever تَوَلّٰی turns away بَعْدَ after ذٰلِكَ that فَاُولٰٓىِٕكَ then those هُمُ they الْفٰسِقُوْنَ (are) the defiantly disobedient اَفَغَیْرَ So is (it) other than دِیْنِ (the) religion اللّٰهِ (of) Allah یَبْغُوْنَ they seek وَ لَهٗۤ While to Him اَسْلَمَ (have) submitted مَنْ whatever فِی (is) in السَّمٰوٰتِ the heavens وَ الْاَرْضِ and the earth طَوْعًا willingly وَّ كَرْهًا or unwillingly وَّ اِلَیْهِ and towards Him یُرْجَعُوْنَ they will be returned 3. Ali 'Imran Page 61 قُلْ Say اٰمَنَّا We believed بِاللّٰهِ in Allah وَ مَاۤ and what اُنْزِلَ (is) revealed عَلَیْنَا on us وَ مَاۤ and what اُنْزِلَ was revealed عَلٰۤی on اِبْرٰهِیْمَ Ibrahim وَ اِسْمٰعِیْلَ and Ismail وَ اِسْحٰقَ and Ishaq وَ یَعْقُوْبَ and Yaqub وَ الْاَسْبَاطِ and the descendents وَ مَاۤ and what اُوْتِیَ was given مُوْسٰی (to) Musa وَ عِیْسٰی and Isa وَ النَّبِیُّوْنَ and the Prophets مِنْ from رَّبِّهِمْ ۪ their Lord لَا Not نُفَرِّقُ we make distinction بَیْنَ between اَحَدٍ any مِّنْهُمْ ؗ of them وَ نَحْنُ and we لَهٗ to Him مُسْلِمُوْنَ (are) submissive وَ مَنْ And whoever یَّبْتَغِ seeks غَیْرَ other than الْاِسْلَامِ [the] Islam دِیْنًا (as) religion فَلَنْ then never یُّقْبَلَ will be accepted مِنْهُ ۚ from him وَ هُوَ and he فِی in الْاٰخِرَةِ the Hereafter مِنَ (will be) from الْخٰسِرِیْنَ the losers كَیْفَ How یَهْدِی (shall) guide اللّٰهُ Allah قَوْمًا a people كَفَرُوْا (who) disbelieved بَعْدَ after اِیْمَانِهِمْ their belief وَ شَهِدُوْۤا and (had) witnessed اَنَّ that الرَّسُوْلَ the Messenger حَقٌّ (is) true وَّ جَآءَهُمُ and came to them الْبَیِّنٰتُ ؕ the clear proofs وَ اللّٰهُ And Allah لَا (does) not یَهْدِی guide الْقَوْمَ the people الظّٰلِمِیْنَ [the] wrongdoers اُولٰٓىِٕكَ Those جَزَآؤُهُمْ their recompense اَنَّ that عَلَیْهِمْ on them لَعْنَةَ (is the) curse اللّٰهِ (of) Allah وَ الْمَلٰٓىِٕكَةِ and the Angels وَ النَّاسِ and the people اَجْمَعِیْنَۙ all together خٰلِدِیْنَ (They will) abide forever فِیْهَا ۚ in it لَا Not یُخَفَّفُ will be lightened عَنْهُمُ for them الْعَذَابُ the punishment وَ لَا and not هُمْ they یُنْظَرُوْنَۙ will be reprieved اِلَّا Except الَّذِیْنَ those who تَابُوْا repent مِنْۢ from بَعْدِ after ذٰلِكَ that وَ اَصْلَحُوْا ۫ and reform[ed] themselves فَاِنَّ Then indeed اللّٰهَ Allah غَفُوْرٌ (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِیْمٌ Most Merciful اِنَّ Indeed الَّذِیْنَ those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieved بَعْدَ after اِیْمَانِهِمْ their belief ثُمَّ then ازْدَادُوْا they increased كُفْرًا (in) disbelief لَّنْ never تُقْبَلَ will be accepted تَوْبَتُهُمْ ۚ their repentance وَ اُولٰٓىِٕكَ and those هُمُ they الضَّآلُّوْنَ (are) those who have gone astray اِنَّ Indeed الَّذِیْنَ those who كَفَرُوْا disbelieve[d] وَ مَاتُوْا and died وَ هُمْ while they كُفَّارٌ (are) disbelievers فَلَنْ then never یُّقْبَلَ will be accepted مِنْ from اَحَدِهِمْ any one of them مِّلْءُ full الْاَرْضِ earth ذَهَبًا (of) gold وَّ لَوِ [and] (even) if افْتَدٰی he offered as ransom بِهٖ ؕ it اُولٰٓىِٕكَ Those لَهُمْ for them عَذَابٌ (is) a punishment اَلِیْمٌ painful وَّ مَا and not لَهُمْ (will be) for them مِّنْ from نّٰصِرِیْنَ۠ any helpers
(3:81) When Allah made the prophets enter into a covenant: (saying) “If I give you a book and wisdom, then comes to you a messenger verifying what is with you, you shall have to believe in him, and you shall have to support him.” He said, “Do you affirm and accept my covenant in this respect?” They said, “We affirm.” He said, “Then, bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses.”
(3:82) Then those who turn back after this, they are the sinful
(3:83) Are they, then, seeking a religion other than that of Allah, while to Him alone submit all those in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwilling, and to Him they shall be returned
(3:84) Say, “We believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us and in what was revealed to Ibrāhīm, Ismā‘īl, IsHāq , Ya‘qūb and the descendants, and in what has been given to Mūsā, ‘Īsā and the prophets, from their Lord: We do not differentiate between any of them; and to Him we submit ourselves.”
(3:85) Whoever seeks a faith other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers
(3:86) How shall Allah give guidance to a people who disbelieved after they had accepted Faith and testified that the Prophet is true and the clear signs had come to them? Allah does not give guidance to the unjust people
(3:87) The punishment of such people is that upon them is the curse of Allah, of the angels and of the human beings altogether
(3:88) They will remain under it forever. Neither will the punishment be lightened for them, nor will they be given respite
(3:89) except those who repent afterwards and mend their ways. Then, Allah is All-Forgiving, Very-Merciful
(3:90) Those who disbelieve after having accepted Faith and then increase in disbelief, their repentance shall never be accepted. They are the ones who have lost the right path
(3:91) Those who disbelieve and die as disbelievers, even an Earth-full of gold shall never be accepted from any of them, even if one were to offer it as ransom. They are the ones for whom there is a painful punishment, and for them there are no helpers
The literal meaning of 'Islam' is 'submission and obedience.' As a term 'Islam' stands for submission to that particular religion which Allah Almighty has sent through his prophets (علیہم السلام) to guide human beings, because fundamental principles are the same in the religious codes of all prophets (علیہم السلام) .
Correspondingly, there are occasions when 'Islam' is used in that general sense, while there are other occasions when it is used exclusively to identify the Last Shari'ah which was revealed to the Last of the Prophets (علیہ السلام) . Both these kinds of application are present in the Holy Qur'an. That the past prophets called themselves 'Muslim' and their communities, the 'Muslim' community, stands proved under the authority of several wordings of the Qur'anic text. Concurrently, this name has also been used as a particular name of the community the Last of the Prophets:
هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِن قَبْلُ وَفِي هَـٰذَا
It was He who named you Muslims before, and in this (Qur'an). (22:78)
In short, every Divine religion which came through a prophet is also called 'Islam'. Then, it is also used as a particular title for the Muslim community. Now, the question is as to which sense does the word, 'Islam', carry at this place in the Holy Qur'an?
The correct position is that, no matter which of the two meanings is taken, it does not make much of a difference in terms of the outcome, since the name of 'Islam' given to the religion of past prophets was for a limited group of people and a specified period of time.
That was the 'Islam' of that time. Restricted to the specific group or community, that 'Islam' was not meant to serve as a universal code for all times to come. As such when a particular prophet departed and was replaced by another prophet, ` Islam' (i.e. the specific code) of that time ceased to be operative. The 'Islam' of the said time was to be what the new prophet presented. Obviously, there was no difference between these different codes in so far as the fundamentals are con-cerned, however, the subsidiary injunctions might differ. As for the 'Islam' given through the last Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم it will remain unabrogable and will serve as a permanent code right upto the Day of Judgment. And, in accordance with the cited rule, all previous religions stand abrogated after the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم as been sent.
Now, they are not Islam as such anymore. Instead, Islam is the name of that particular religion which has reached us through the Holy Prophet, Muhammad al-Mustafa صلى الله عليه وسلم . Therefore, it appears in authentic ahadith that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: 'Had Musa been living this day, following me would have been incumbent upon him too.' In yet another hadith, he has been reported to have said that ` Isa (علیہ السلام) ، when he appears close to the Day of Resurrection, he too, inspite of holding his distinction and office of prophethood, would follow no other religious code except that of his (the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم of Islam).
Therefore, at this place, no matter what sense is taken of Islam - the general or the particular - the outcome of both is the same, that is, after the coming of the Last of the Prophets (علیہم السلام) ، only that religion, and that alone, will be termed as Islam which has come to the world through him. On belief in that alone depends the salvation نجات (najat) of all human beings for it is their indispensable need. This ex-plains what has been said in the present verse: 'Whoever seeks a faith other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him.'
Details about this subject have already appeared under the commentary on the verse (3:19).
The removal of a doubt:
On a superficial view of the verse كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّـهُ : 'How shall Allah give guidance...' (86), there emerges a doubt that whoever turns an apostate receives no guidance afterwards, although, the fact is contrary to this. There are many who, after having become apostates, re-embrace the faith and become recipients of guidance.
The answer is that the withholding of guidance mentioned here is in accordance with common usage. For instance, some criminal when punished by a certain ruler may say, 'I have been given a special treatment by the ruler with his own hands.' And in answer to him, it is said: 'Why are we going to give a special treatment to such a criminal?' That is, there is just no special treatment called for in this case, while it does not mean that such a person cannot, in any way, become deserving of special treatment even if he behaved well. (Bayern a1-Qur'an)