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Sūra 30: Rūm, or The Roman Empire Index Previous Next
1. A. L. M.
2. The Roman Empire has been defeated--
3. Fee adna al-ardi wahum min baAAdi ghalabihim sayaghliboona
3. In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious-
4. Fee bidAAi sineena lillahi al-amru min qablu wamin baAAdu wayawma-ithin yafrahu almu/minoona
4. Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-
5. Binasri Allahi yansuru man yashao wahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu
5. With the help of Allah. He helps whom He will, and He is exalted in might, most merciful.
6. WaAAda Allahi la yukhlifu Allahu waAAdahu walakinna akthara alnnasi la yaAAlamoona
6. (It is) the promise of Allah. Never does Allah depart from His promise: but most men understand not.
7. YaAAlamoona thahiran mina alhayati alddunya wahum AAani al-akhirati hum ghafiloona
7. They know but the outer (things) in the life of this world: but of the End of things they are heedless.
8. Awa lam yatafakkaroo fee anfusihim ma khalaqa Allahu alssamawati waal-arda wama baynahuma illa bialhaqqi waajalin musamman wa-inna katheeran mina alnnasi biliqa-i rabbihim lakafiroona
8. Do they not reflect in their own minds? Not but for just ends and for a term appointed, did Allah create the heavens and the earth, and all between them: yet are there truly many among men who deny the meeting with their Lord (at the Resurrection)!
9. Awa lam yaseeroo fee al-ardi fayanthuroo kayfa kana AAaqibatu allatheena min qablihim kanoo ashadda minhum quwwatan waatharoo al-arda waAAamarooha akthara mimma AAamarooha wajaat-hum rusuluhum bialbayyinati fama kana Allahu liyathlimahum walakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoona
9. Do they not travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those before them? They were superior to them in strength: they tilled the soil and populated it in greater numbers than these have done: there came to them their apostles with Clear (Signs). (Which they rejected, to their own destruction): It was not Allah Who wronged them, but they wronged their own souls.
10. Thumma kana AAaqibata allatheena asaoo alssoo-a an kaththaboo bi-ayati Allahi wakanoo biha yastahzi-oona
10. In the long run evil in the extreme will be the End of those who do evil; for that they rejected the Signs of Allah, and held them up to ridicule.