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Quran Translation and Commentary by Shams Pirzada
Translation 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
Surah 35. Fatir
Verses [Section]: 1-7[1], 8-14 [2], 15-26 [3], 27-37 [4], 38-45 [5]

Quran Text of Verse 38-45
اِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahعٰلِمُ(is the) Knowerغَیْبِ(of the) unseenالسَّمٰوٰتِ(of) the heavensوَ الْاَرْضِ ؕand the earthاِنَّهٗIndeed, Heعَلِیْمٌۢ(is the) All-Knowerبِذَاتِof what (is) in the breastsالصُّدُوْرِ of what (is) in the breasts 35. Fatir Page 439هُوَHeالَّذِیْ(is) the One Whoجَعَلَكُمْmade youخَلٰٓىِٕفَsuccessorsفِیinالْاَرْضِ ؕthe earthفَمَنْAnd whoeverكَفَرَdisbelievesفَعَلَیْهِthen upon himكُفْرُهٗ ؕ(is) his disbeliefوَ لَاAnd notیَزِیْدُincreaseالْكٰفِرِیْنَthe disbelieversكُفْرُهُمْtheir disbeliefعِنْدَnearرَبِّهِمْtheir Lordاِلَّاexceptمَقْتًا ۚ(in) hatredوَ لَاand notیَزِیْدُincreaseالْكٰفِرِیْنَthe disbelieversكُفْرُهُمْtheir disbeliefاِلَّاexceptخَسَارًا (in) loss قُلْSayاَرَءَیْتُمْHave you seenشُرَكَآءَكُمُyour partnersالَّذِیْنَthose whomتَدْعُوْنَyou callمِنْbesidesدُوْنِbesidesاللّٰهِ ؕAllahاَرُوْنِیْShow Meمَا ذَاwhatخَلَقُوْاthey have createdمِنَfromالْاَرْضِthe earthاَمْorلَهُمْfor themشِرْكٌ(is) a shareفِیinالسَّمٰوٰتِ ۚthe heavensاَمْOrاٰتَیْنٰهُمْhave We given themكِتٰبًاa Bookفَهُمْso theyعَلٰی(are) onبَیِّنَتٍa clear proofمِّنْهُ ۚtherefromبَلْNayاِنْnotیَّعِدُpromiseالظّٰلِمُوْنَthe wrongdoersبَعْضُهُمْsome of themبَعْضًا(to) othersاِلَّاexceptغُرُوْرًا delusion اِنَّIndeedاللّٰهَAllahیُمْسِكُupholdsالسَّمٰوٰتِthe heavensوَ الْاَرْضَand the earthاَنْlestتَزُوْلَا ۚ۬they ceaseوَ لَىِٕنْAnd ifزَالَتَاۤthey should ceaseاِنْnotاَمْسَكَهُمَاcan uphold themمِنْanyاَحَدٍoneمِّنْۢafter Himبَعْدِهٖ ؕafter HimاِنَّهٗIndeed, HeكَانَisحَلِیْمًاMost Forbearingغَفُوْرًا Oft-Forgiving وَ اَقْسَمُوْاAnd they sworeبِاللّٰهِby Allahجَهْدَ(the) strongestاَیْمَانِهِمْ(of) their oathsلَىِٕنْthat ifجَآءَهُمْcame to themنَذِیْرٌa warnerلَّیَكُوْنُنَّsurely they would beاَهْدٰیmore guidedمِنْthanاِحْدَیanyالْاُمَمِ ۚ(of) the nationsفَلَمَّاBut whenجَآءَهُمْcame to themنَذِیْرٌa warnerمَّاnotزَادَهُمْit increased themاِلَّاbutنُفُوْرَاۙ(in) aversion ِ۟اسْتِكْبَارًا(Due to) arroganceفِیinالْاَرْضِthe landوَ مَكْرَand plottingالسَّیِّئِ ؕ(of) the evilوَ لَاbut notیَحِیْقُencompassesالْمَكْرُthe plotالسَّیِّئُ(of) the evilاِلَّاexceptبِاَهْلِهٖ ؕits own peopleفَهَلْThen doیَنْظُرُوْنَthey waitاِلَّاexceptسُنَّتَ(the) wayالْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۚ(of) the former (people)فَلَنْBut neverتَجِدَyou will findلِسُنَّتِin (the) wayاللّٰهِ(of) Allahتَبْدِیْلًا ۚ۬any changeوَ لَنْand neverتَجِدَyou will findلِسُنَّتِin (the) wayاللّٰهِ(of) Allahتَحْوِیْلًا any alteration اَوَ لَمْHave they notیَسِیْرُوْاtraveledفِیinالْاَرْضِthe landفَیَنْظُرُوْاand seenكَیْفَhowكَانَwasعَاقِبَةُ(the) endالَّذِیْنَ(of) those whoمِنْ(were) before themقَبْلِهِمْ(were) before themوَ كَانُوْۤاAnd they wereاَشَدَّstrongerمِنْهُمْthan themقُوَّةً ؕ(in) powerوَ مَاBut notكَانَisاللّٰهُAllahلِیُعْجِزَهٗthat can escape (from) Himمِنْanyشَیْءٍthingفِیinالسَّمٰوٰتِthe heavensوَ لَاand notفِیinالْاَرْضِ ؕthe earthاِنَّهٗIndeed, HeكَانَisعَلِیْمًاAll-Knowerقَدِیْرًا All-Powerful 35. Fatir Page 440وَ لَوْAnd ifیُؤَاخِذُAllah (were to) punishاللّٰهُAllah (were to) punishالنَّاسَthe peopleبِمَاfor whatكَسَبُوْاthey have earnedمَاnotتَرَكَHe would leaveعَلٰیonظَهْرِهَاits backمِنْanyدَآبَّةٍcreatureوَّ لٰكِنْButیُّؤَخِّرُهُمْHe gives them respiteاِلٰۤیtillاَجَلٍa termمُّسَمًّی ۚappointedفَاِذَاAnd whenجَآءَcomesاَجَلُهُمْtheir termفَاِنَّthen indeedاللّٰهَAllahكَانَisبِعِبَادِهٖof His slavesبَصِیْرًا۠All-Seer
Translation of Verse 38-45

38. Verily Allah is the knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. Verily, He is Aware of the secrets of men’s breasts.

39. It is He who has made you (Khalifa)71 authoritative in the earth. So he who disbelieves, his disbelief will be on his own head72. Their disbelief increases for the disbelievers in their Lord’s sight nothing but abhorrence. Their disbelief increases for the disbelievers nothing but loss.

40. Say: “Have you seen your god-partners whom you invoke beside Allah? Show me what thing they have created of the earth, or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a book from which they derive a clear proof? Nay, the evildoers promise” one another only to deceive73.”

41. It is Allah who keeps the heavens and the earth from deviating74, and if they were to deviate there is none that would keep them in position after Him75. Verily, He is Forbearing, Forgiving 76.

42. They solemnly swore by Allah that if a warner came to them, they would accept the guidance more readily than any other community77. Yet when a warner came to them, it aroused in them nothing but repugnance.

43. Behaving arrogantly and plotting evil. But evil recoils on those that plot evil.78 Do they expect to be treated except like the ancient people79? No change will you find in Allah’s tradition, nor will you find Allah’s tradition prone to be averted 80.

44. Have they not traveled in the land and seen the fate of those who went before them, (nations) far mightier than they. There is nothing in the heaven and the earth beyond the power of Allah. He is All-Knowing and Mighty.

45. If Allah were to punish men for what they did, then He could not leave a living creature on the surface of the earth. But He reprieves them to an appointed term, and when their turn comes, then Allah will see His slaves (for final reckoning)81.


Commentary

71. Khalifa means man with power, with authority. Its explanation is given in Note No.95, Surah Noor. It may be noted that in Quran no where man has been termed as Allah’s Khalifa or deputy, but what is stated, is that Allah has made him Khalifa, which means that he is a creature with power, strength, authority, and this power, authority, etc., are created by Allah, they are a trust from Allah. No part of Divine authority is available to him, nor is he a substitute for Allah. A misunderstanding can be created by saying that man is Allah’s deputy or Allah’s khalifa. Therefore, the translation of Khalifa as powerful or with authority is more appropriate and correct, that Allah has made man a creature with power on earth.

72. That is: Whoever will refuse to accept this reality that Allah has made him a creature of authority, and will consider himself independent against this reality, then his position will be that of a rebel and a major guilty person and the responsibility for all this will be on his own head.

73. That is : Have you any documentary proof or logical argument In support of treating those whom you Invoke as partners of God? If yes, then tell us what thing have they created in this earth, or what share have they in the creation of the heavens. If they have no share in the creation of the earth and the heavens, then how can they be gods? If in support of more than one god there is no intellectual or logical argument with you, then have you any divine scripture, in which this has been mentioned? If it is not so, (and it is a fact that there is no intellectual proof or documentary evidence in support of various gods)then their belief is baseless and nothing else. And for remaining attached to this baseless and false belief, you give false hopes to one another, and that it is going to make them finally prosperous is nothing but deceiving one another.

The polytheists of Arabia had no divine book with them, about which they could claim that they had a divine book But the polytheists of India have an ancient religious book, Ved, in which a concept of various deities is found: But Ved do not themselves claim to be divine scripture, nor is there any evidence available of them being a revelation from God, so much so that it is also not known as to who is the author of these books, or who first presented them.

About the Vedas C. Kunhan Raja writes: “In most of the religions, the person who had the revelation, had that revelation imparted by a God, and there may be religions where he received that revelation through personal effort without a God. Even within the scheme of the rituals of the vedas, there is no such original Teacher of the religion and there are no dogmas for belief.” (The Quintessence of the Rigveda P.6). Therefore, the concept of various deities and gods found in the Vedas cannot be presented as a proof.

74. That is. They should remain in the same position in which they were first established or created, the earth should not roll over or the skies should not fall down.

75. If Allah loosens His grip or grasp of the heavens and the earth, there is no one who can keep them in their present position. It means that the earth and the skies are as they are because Allah has kept them so. If He does not want to keep them as such, there is none who can keep them in their position.

76. Hints at the point that the talk of the disbelievers is such that it is likely to attract Allah’s wrath and the equilibrium of the earth and the heavens may go helter skelter. But Allah is tolerant, that is why His wrath does not take its toll immediately, and He grants reprieve and He also forgives Therefore, He grants reprieve even to the disbelievers that they should seek His forgiveness and mend their ways.

77. Before the advent of the Prophet, Sallal Lahu Alaihi Wa Sallam the polytheists of Makkah used to see the Jews and the Christians and say that if any prophet came to them, they would show them that they would be better guided and more virtuous than them.

Have they not traveled in the land and seen the fate of those who went before them, (nations) far mightier than they. There is nothing in the heaven and the earth beyond the power of Allah. He is All-Knowing and Mighty. (Al-Quran)

78. The conspiracies hatched against the true religion and the messenger of Allah will recoil on the plotters themselves, and the world has seen how the plots and schemes against the Arabian Prophet, Muhammad, Sallal Lahu Alaihi Wa Sallam, failed miserably. This was their fate in this world. In the next world they will get the most horrifying treatment.

79. Do they want that the adverse consequence of the ancient nations which lived before them should also be theirs on account of their refusing to accept their messengers?

80. The tradition, the rule of Allah, is that He destroys the people who deny His messengers, in this world, and it is an inevitable tradition. No concession is given to any nation in the matter of enforcing this tradition. Every denying nation had met this fate. Therefore, the fate of the nation who will deny the Prophet of the Quran will be the same. There cannot be any change in this tradition of Allah, nor can the punishment that follows the enforcement of this tradition be averted.

For further explanation, please see Surah Bani Israil, Note No. 107

81. This is the answer to the doubt of the deniers that if they were misguided then why they are not being punished. It is said that if Allah were to punish people immediately on their sins, then the human race would have been destroyed, for there is no man who has not committed any sin during his life time But Allah gives a chance to every one to reform, so much so that He gives reprieve even to the misguided nations, so that they may reform themselves. When this time of reprieve would be over, then the time of decision for judgment will come, then Allah will see what His slaves have done, and what treatment should be given to them. There is a great warning for the misguided and the evil doing people that they should not think that Allah will not ever seize them.