The Romans

Surah
Ar-Rum

الٓمٓ
١

Alif-Lãm-Mĩm.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:2

غُلِبَتِ

ٱلرُّومُ

The Romans have been defeated

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:3

فِيٓ

أَدۡنَى

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

وَهُم

مِّنۢ

بَعۡدِ

غَلَبِهِمۡ

سَيَغۡلِبُونَ

in a nearby land.¹ Yet following their defeat, they will triumph

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:4

فِي

بِضۡعِ

سِنِينَۗ

لِلَّهِ

ٱلۡأَمۡرُ

مِن

قَبۡلُ

وَمِنۢ

بَعۡدُۚ

وَيَوۡمَئِذٖ

يَفۡرَحُ

ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ

within three to nine years.¹ The ˹whole˺ matter rests with Allah before and after ˹victory˺. And on that day the believers will rejoice

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:5

بِنَصۡرِ

ٱللَّهِۚ

يَنصُرُ

مَن

يَشَآءُۖ

وَهُوَ

ٱلۡعَزِيزُ

ٱلرَّحِيمُ

at the victory willed by Allah. He gives victory to whoever He wills. For He is the Almighty, Most Merciful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:6

وَعۡدَ

ٱللَّهِۖ

لَا

يُخۡلِفُ

ٱللَّهُ

وَعۡدَهُۥ

وَلَٰكِنَّ

أَكۡثَرَ

ٱلنَّاسِ

لَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

˹This is˺ the promise of Allah. ˹And˺ Allah never fails in His promise. But most people do not know.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:7

يَعۡلَمُونَ

ظَٰهِرٗا

مِّنَ

ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ

ٱلدُّنۡيَا

وَهُمۡ

عَنِ

ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ

هُمۡ

غَٰفِلُونَ

They ˹only˺ know the worldly affairs of this life, but are ˹totally˺ oblivious to the Hereafter.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:8

أَوَلَمۡ

يَتَفَكَّرُواْ

فِيٓ

أَنفُسِهِمۗ

مَّا

خَلَقَ

ٱللَّهُ

ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ

وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ

وَمَا

بَيۡنَهُمَآ

إِلَّا

بِٱلۡحَقِّ

وَأَجَلٖ

مُّسَمّٗىۗ

وَإِنَّ

كَثِيرٗا

مِّنَ

ٱلنَّاسِ

بِلِقَآيِٕ

رَبِّهِمۡ

لَكَٰفِرُونَ

Have they not reflected upon their own being? Allah only created the heavens and the earth and everything in between for a purpose and an appointed term. Yet most people are truly in denial of the meeting with their Lord!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:9

أَوَلَمۡ

يَسِيرُواْ

فِي

ٱلۡأَرۡضِ

فَيَنظُرُواْ

كَيۡفَ

كَانَ

عَٰقِبَةُ

ٱلَّذِينَ

مِن

قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ

كَانُوٓاْ

أَشَدَّ

مِنۡهُمۡ

قُوَّةٗ

وَأَثَارُواْ

ٱلۡأَرۡضَ

وَعَمَرُوهَآ

أَكۡثَرَ

مِمَّا

عَمَرُوهَا

وَجَآءَتۡهُمۡ

رُسُلُهُم

بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِۖ

فَمَا

كَانَ

ٱللَّهُ

لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ

وَلَٰكِن

كَانُوٓاْ

أَنفُسَهُمۡ

يَظۡلِمُونَ

Have they not travelled throughout the land to see what was the end of those ˹destroyed˺ before them? They were far superior in might; they cultivated the land and developed it more than these ˹Meccans˺ ever have. Their messengers came to them with clear proofs. Allah would have never wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

30:10