'Nurture your spirit at the source for
Religious Items'
The
Holy Quran :
3.
Al Imran
31.
Say
(O Muhammad SAW to mankind): "If
you (really) love Allâh then follow me (i.e.
accept Islâmic Monotheism, follow the Qur'ân
and the Sunnah), Allâh will love you
and forgive you of your sins. And Allâh is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
32.
Say
(O Muhammad SAW): "Obey Allâh and
the Messenger (Muhammad SAW)." But
if they turn away, then Allâh does not like
the disbelievers.
33.
Allâh
chose Adam, Nûh (Noah), the family of Ibrâhim
(Abraham) and the family of 'Imrân above
the 'Alamîn (mankind and jinns) (of
their times).
34.
Offspring,
one of the other, and Allâh is the All-Hearer,
All-Knower.
35.
(Remember)
when the wife of 'Imrân said: "O my Lord!
I have vowed to You what (the child that)
is in my womb to be dedicated for Your services
(free from all worldly work; to serve Your
Place of worship), so accept this, from me.
Verily, You are the All-Hearer, the All-Knowing."
36.
Then
when she delivered her [child Maryam (Mary)],
she said: "O my Lord! I have delivered a
female child," - and Allâh knew better what
she delivered, - "And the male is not like
the female, and I have named her Maryam[] (Mary),
and I seek refuge with You (Allâh) for her
and for her offspring from Shaitan (Satan),
the outcast."
37.
So
her Lord (Allâh) accepted her with goodly
acceptance. He made her grow in a good manner
and put her under the care of Zakariyâ (Zachariya).
Every time he entered Al-Mihrâb[]to
(visit) her , he found her supplied with
sustenance. He said: "O Maryam (Mary)! From
where have you got this?" She said, "This
is from Allâh." Verily, Allâh provides sustenance
to whom He wills, without limit."
38.
At
that time Zakariyâ (Zachariya) invoked his
Lord, saying: "O my Lord! Grant me from You,
a good offspring. You are indeed the All-Hearer
of invocation."
39.
Then the angels called him, while he was standing in prayer in Al-Mihrâb (a
praying place or a private room), (saying): "Allâh gives you glad tidings of
Yahya (John), confirming (believing in) the Word from Allâh [i.e. the creation
of 'Iesa (Jesus) >>, the Word from Allâh ("Be!" - and he
was!)], noble, keeping away from sexual relations with women, a Prophet, from
among the righteous."
40.
He
said: "O my Lord! How can I have a son when
I am very old, and my wife is barren?" Allâh
said: "Thus Allâh does what He wills."
Warning! Please keep in mind all any
translation (interpretation) of the Qur'an will most
definitely contain errors In its natural language
(Arabic), the Holy Qur'an is the direct Word of Allah
(God) to mankind through the prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him). Any translation of the Qur'an no longer retains
that 'official' and perfect status, however it can be tremendously helpful
to beginning students wanting to learn more about Islam.
We would strongly
encourage those want to learn about Islam to purchase
a hardcopy of the Qur'an but with the following conditions:
get one with commentary
(tafseer)
make sure the tafseer is scholarly (e.g. references to reasons behind a verse,
references to hadith and sunnah, etc.)
Unfortunately,
this interpretation presented here does NOT meet
this simple conditions. To the best of our knowledge,
an excellent English translation and commentary of
the Qur'an is Maududi's recently published work "The
Meaning of the Qur'an". This work took more
than forty years to complete, and was published beginning
in the mid to late 1980's. Maududi's introduction
to each chapter of the Qur'an is included at the
moment, but the complete commentary is not online
(yet!).
TRANSLATED QURAN CREDIT's
Syed
Abu-Ala' Maududi's, Chapter
Introductions to the Qur'an, The Meaning of The Noble Quran
In the English Language, A Summarized Version of At-Tabari, Al-Qurtubi
and Ibn Kathir with comments from Sahih Al-Bukhari By
Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Ph.D. and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan
