Abdullah Ali - The Holy Qur-an - Text, Translation and Commentary

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Translator: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Editor: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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Preface To Third Edition Preface To Third Edition Table of Contents Besides the names which I mentioned in my Preface of 1934, of those who have assisted me in various ways, I have much pleasure in adding a few more at this stage. Khān Ṣāḥib Khwāja Laṭīf Aḥmad, of the Central Provinces Educational Service, has been a diligent and critical reader of the Parts as issued, and fis friendly correspondence has enavled me to correct misprints and elucudate some points. Mr. Fadhl Muḥammad Khān, I.F.S., of Lahore, as well as Mian Muhammad ‘Abdullah, B.A, LL.B, of Lahore, have also been helpful in pointing out misprints. Maulvi Muhammad Shafi, Principal of the Oriental College, Lahore, has been good enough to answer most readily my queries on questions of scholarship referred to him. To these and other gentlemen, who have favored me with correspondence, I have much pleasure in expressing mu obligation. The zeal and energy which my publisher, Shaikh Muḥammad Ashraf, has thrown into the work, require renewed acknowledgement. For four years he and I have co-operated in a great undertaking, and all processes connected with it have been carried out by loving Muslim hands. Since I last greeted my readers collectively I have been able to perform the Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca and the sacred territory around it and seen with my own eyes the city and territory of Medina, with all the country around and between the holy Cities. I have realised for myself the scenes in which the revelations came which I have humbly sought to interpret. I hope that some glimpses of this experience will have been conveyed to my dear readers. Will they pray that God may give me strength to complete this work and to serve Islam in other ways? A. YŪSUF ‘ALĪ.

Commentaries On The Qur'an

Translations Of The Qur'an

Useful Works Of Reference

Transliteration Of Arabic Words And Names

Abbreviations Used

Punctuation Marks In The Arabic Text

Divisions Of The Qur'an

Introduction

Sūra 1. Fātiḥa

Sūra 2. Baqara

Sūra 3. Āl-i-'Imrān

Sūra 4. An-Nisa

Sūra 5. Al-Maeda

Sūra 6. Al-Anaam

Sūra 7. Al-Araf

Sūra 8. Al-Anfal

Sūra 9. At-Taubah

Sūra 10. Yunus

Sūra 11. Hud

Sūra 12. Yusuf

Sūra 13. Ar-Rad

Sūra 14. Ibrahim

Sūra 15. Al-Hijr

Sūra 16. An-Nahl

Sūra 17. Al-Isra

Sūra 18. Al-Kahf

Sūra 19. Maryam

Sūra 20. Taha

Sūra 21. Al-Ambiya

Sūra 22. Al-Hajj

Sūra 23. Al-Mumenoon

Sūra 24. An-Noor

Sūra 25. Al-Furqan

Sūra 26. Ash-Shuara

Sūra 27. An-Naml

Sūra 28. Al-Qasas

Sūra 29. Al-Ankaboot

Sūra 30. Ar-Room

Sūra 31. Luqman

Sūra 32. As-Sajda

Sūra 33. Al-Ahzab

Sūra 34. Saba

Sūra 35. Fatir

Sūra 36. Ya-Sin

Sūra 37. As-Saaffat

Sūra 38. Sad

Sūra 39. Az-Zumar

Sūra 40. Al-Ghafir

Sūra 41. Fussilat

Sūra 42. Ash-Shura

Sūra 43. Az-Zukhruf

Sūra 44. Ad-Dukhan

Sūra 45. Al-Jathiya

Sūra 46. Al-Ahqaf

Sūra 47. Muhammad

Sūra 48. Al-Fath

Sūra 49. Al-Hujraat

Sūra 50. Qaf

Sūra 51. Adh-Dhariyat

Sūra 52. At-Tur

Sūra 53. An-Najm

Sūra 54. Al-Qamar

Sūra 55. Al-Rahman

Sūra 56. Al-Waqia

Sūra 57. Al-Hadid

Sūra 58. Al-Mujadila

Sūra 59. Al-Hashr

Sūra 60. Al-Mumtahina

Sūra 61. As-Saff

Sūra 62. Al-Jumua

Sūra 63. Al-Munafiqoon

Sūra 64. At-Taghabun

Sūra 65. At-Talaq

Sūra 66. At-Tahrim

Sūra 67. Al-Mulk

Sūra 68. Al-Qalam

Sūra 69. Al-Haaqqa

Sūra 70. Al-Maarij

Sūra 71. Nooh

Sūra 72. Al-Jinn

Sūra 73. Al-Muzzammil

Sūra 74.Al-Muddathir

Sūra 75. Al-Qiyama

Sūra 76. Al-Insan

Sūra 77. Al-Mursalat

Sūra 78. An-Naba

Sūra 79. An-Naziat

Sūra 80. Abasa

Sūra 81. At-Takwir

Sūra 82. Al-Infitar

Sūra 83. Al-Mutaffifin

Sūra 84. Al-Inshiqaq

Sūra 85. Al-Burooj

Sūra 86. At-Tariq

Sūra 87. Al-Ala

Sūra 88. Al-Ghashiya

Sūra 89. Al-Fajr

Sūra 90. Al-Balad

Sūra 91. Ash-Shams

Sūra 92. Al-Lail

Sūra 93. Ad-Dhuha

Sūra 94. Al-Inshirah

Sūra 95. At-Tin

Sūra 96. Al-Alaq

Sūra 97. Al-Qadr

Sūra 98. Al-Bayyina

Sūra 99. Al-Zalzala

Sūra 100. Al-Adiyat

Sūra 101. Al-Qaria

Sūra 102. At-Takathur

Sūra 103. Al-Asr

Sūra 104. Al-Humaza

Sūra 105. Al-Fil

Sūra 106. Quraish

Sūra 107. Al-Maun

Sūra 108. Al-Kauther

Sūra 109. Al-Kafiroon

Sūra 110. An-Nasr

Sūra 111. Al-Masadd

Sūra 112. Al-Ikhlas

Sūra 113. Al-Falaq

Sūra 114. Nās

Conclusion

L'envoi

Table of Contents

Besides the names which I mentioned in my Preface of 1934, of those who have assisted me in various ways, I have much pleasure in adding a few more at this stage. Khān Ṣāḥib Khwāja Laṭīf Aḥmad, of the Central Provinces Educational Service, has been a diligent and critical reader of the Parts as issued, and fis friendly correspondence has enavled me to correct misprints and elucudate some points. Mr. Fadhl Muḥammad Khān, I.F.S., of Lahore, as well as Mian Muhammad ‘Abdullah, B.A, LL.B, of Lahore, have also been helpful in pointing out misprints. Maulvi Muhammad Shafi, Principal of the Oriental College, Lahore, has been good enough to answer most readily my queries on questions of scholarship referred to him. To these and other gentlemen, who have favored me with correspondence, I have much pleasure in expressing mu obligation.

The zeal and energy which my publisher, Shaikh Muḥammad Ashraf, has thrown into the work, require renewed acknowledgement. For four years he and I have co-operated in a great undertaking, and all processes connected with it have been carried out by loving Muslim hands.

Since I last greeted my readers collectively I have been able to perform the Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca and the sacred territory around it and seen with my own eyes the city and territory of Medina, with all the country around and between the holy Cities. I have realised for myself the scenes in which the revelations came which I have humbly sought to interpret. I hope that some glimpses of this experience will have been conveyed to my dear readers. Will they pray that God may give me strength to complete this work and to serve Islam in other ways?

A. YŪSUF ‘ALĪ.

Table of Contents

Quranic literature is so voluminous that no single man can compass a perusal of the whole. Besides the extant works there were innumerable works written for special groups of people or from special points of view or for special purposes, which have perished. And more works are being added every day. The activity in this line has never been greater than it is now.

There is no Book in the world in whose service so much talent, so much labour, so much time and money have been expended as has been the case with the Qur'ān. A mere glance at Imām Suyūtī’s (d. 911 H.) Itqān or Hājī Khalīfa’s (d. 1059 I-I.) Kashf-uz-zunūn will show the encyclopædic volume of the Quranic sciences in their day.

Since then the volume has continued to go on increasing, although it must be admitted that the quality of the later literature on the subject leaves much to be desired. With the retrogression of the Islamic nations in original work in science, art, and philosophy, and the concomitant limitation in their outlook and experience in various phases of intellectual and spiritual life, has come a certain limitation in the free spirit of research and enquiry. The new Renaissance of Islam which is just beginning will, it is hoped, sweep away cobwebs and let in the full light of reason an understanding;