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English - Chapter 30 - Ar-Rum

Translation by Muhammad Taqi Usmani — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:1

Verse 2 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:2

The Romans have been defeated

Verse 3 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:3

in the nearer land; and they, after their defeat, will triumph

Verse 4 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:4

within a few years. To Allah belonged the matter before and (to Him it belongs) thereafter. And on that day the believers will rejoice

Verse 5 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:5

with Allah‘s help. He helps whomsoever He wills. And He is the Mighty, the Very-Merciful

Verse 6 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:6

It is a promise from Allah. Allah does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know

Verse 7 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:7

They know something superficial of the worldly life, but of the Hereafter they are negligent

Verse 8 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:8

Did they not reflect in their own selves? Allah did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them but with a just cause and for an appointed time. Yet many of the people are disbelievers in the meeting with their Lord

Verse 9 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:9

Have they not traveled on earth to see how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they had tilled the land and had made it more populous than these have made it, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs. So Allah was not such as could do injustice to them, but they used to do injustice to themselves

Verse 10 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:10

Then the end of those who did evil was evil, because they rejected the verses of Allah and used to make mockery of them

Verse 11 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:11

Allah originates the creation, then He will create it again, then to Him you are to be returned

Verse 12 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:12

On the day when the Hour (Qiyamah : the Day of Judgement)) will take place, the guilty will be taken aback in grief and despair

Verse 13 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:13

They will have no intercessors from among their (so-called) ‘partners of Allah‘, and they themselves will reject their (such) ‘partners‘

Verse 14 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:14

And the day when the Hour (Qiyamah : the Day of Judgement)) will take place__it will be on that day that they will turn into separate groups

Verse 15 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:15

Then, those who had believed and had done righteous deeds__they will be in a garden, extremely delighted

Verse 16 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:16

As for those who had disbelieved and rejected Our verses and the meeting of the Hereafter, they will be brought for punishment

Verse 17 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:17

So, proclaim Allah‘s purity (from shirk) when you see the evening and when you see the morning

Verse 18 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:18

And to Him be praise in the heavens and the earth, and in the afternoon and when you enter the time of auhr (soon after the decline of the sun towards West)

Verse 19 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:19

He brings out the living from the dead, and brings out the dead from the living, and gives life to the land after it is dead. And in similar way you will be brought out (from graves)

Verse 20 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:20

It is among His signs that He has created you from dust, then soon you are human beings scattered around

Verse 21 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:21

And it is among His signs that He has created for you wives from among yourselves, so that you may find tranquility in them, and He has created love and kindness between you. Surely in this there are signs for a people who reflect

Verse 22 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:22

And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the difference of your tongues and colors. Surely in this there are signs for the persons having knowledge

Verse 23 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:23

And among His signs is your sleep by night and day, and your search for His grace. Surely in this there are signs for a people who listen

Verse 24 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:24

And it is among His signs that He shows you the lightening which causes fear and hope, and that He sends down water from the sky, then He revives the earth with it after its death. Surely in this there are signs for a people who understand

Verse 25 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:25

And it is among His signs that the sky and the earth stand firm by His command. Then, when He will call you from the earth, by a single call, you will be coming out all at once

Verse 26 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:26

To Him belong all those in the heavens and the earth. All (of them) are obedient to Him

Verse 27 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:27

It is He who originates the creation, then will create it again; and it is easier for Him. His is the highest description in the heavens and the earth, and He is the Mighty, the Wise

Verse 28 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:28

He (Allah) gives you an example from yourselves: Do you have, from among your slaves, any partners in the wealth that We have given to you, so as they and you are equal in it, (and) so as you fear them like you fear each other? This is how We explain the signs for a people who understand

Verse 29 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:29

But the wrongdoers have followed their desires without knowledge. So who can guide the one whom Allah leaves astray? For such people there are no helpers

Verse 30 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:30

So, set your face to the Faith uprightly, this (faith) being the nature designed by Allah on which He has created the mankind. There is no change in Allah‘s creation. That is the straight faith, but most of the people do not know

Verse 31 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:31

(Set your face to the Faith) turning totally towards Him, and fear Him, and establish Salah, and do not be among those who associate partners with Allah

Verse 32 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:32

Verse 33 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:33

When the people are visited by some affliction, they invoke their Lord with exclusive concentration on Him. Then once He gives them a taste of His mercy, a group of them starts at once ascribing partners to their Lord

Verse 34 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:34

so as to become ungrateful for what We gave to them. So enjoy yourselves awhile; then you will soon come to know

Verse 35 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:35

Is it that We have sent down to them any authority that speaks to them about their associating partners with Him

Verse 36 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:36

When We give people a taste of mercy, they are happy with it, and if they are touched by an evil because of what their hands sent ahead, they are at once in despair

Verse 37 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:37

Did they not see that Allah extends provision to whomsoever He wills, and straitens (it for whomsoever He wills)? Surely in this there are signs for a people who believe

Verse 38 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:38

So give to the kinsman his right, and to the needy and the wayfarer. That is better for those who seek Allah‘s pleasure, and it is they who will be successful

Verse 39 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:39

Whatever Riba (increased amount) you give, so that it may increase in the wealth of the people, it does not increase with Allah; and whatever Zakah you give, seeking Allah‘s pleasure with it, (it is multiplied by Allah, and) it is such people who multiply (their wealth in real terms)

Verse 40 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:40

Allah is the One who created you, then gave sustenance to you, then He will make you dead, then He will make you alive. Is there any one from your (so-called) ‘partners of God‘ who can do anything of that (kind)? Pure is He, and far higher than what they associate (with Him)

Verse 41 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:41

Calamities have appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of the people have earned, so that He (Allah) makes them taste some of what they did, in order that they may return (to the right way)

Verse 42 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:42

Say, .Go about in the land, and see how was the end of those who were before. Most of them were Mushriks (i.e. those who ascribe partners to Allah)

Verse 43 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:43

Then set your face to the straight Faith before the arrival of a day that will never be repulsed by Allah. On that Day the people will be split apart

Verse 44 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:44

Whoever disbelieves, his unbelief will be against him; and whoever acts righteously, then such people are paving the path for themselves

Verse 45 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:45

so that Allah may give reward, out of His grace, to those who believed and did righteous deeds. Surely He does not love the unbelievers

Verse 46 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:46

And among His signs is that He sends winds giving good news (of rain), and so that He gives you a taste of His mercy, and that the ships may sail with His command, and that you may search for His grace, and you may be grateful

Verse 47 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:47

We had indeed sent before you messengers to their people. So they came to them with clear proofs. Then We took vengeance upon those who were guilty; and it was due on Us to help the believers

Verse 48 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:48

Allah is the One who sends the winds, so they stir up a cloud, then He spreads it in the sky however he wills, and makes it (split) into pieces. Then you see the rain coming out from its midst. So, once He makes it reach those whom He wills from His slaves, they start rejoicing

Verse 49 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:49

even though they were absolutely hopeless before it was sent down to them

Verse 50 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:50

So, look to the effects of Allah‘s mercy, how He gives life to the earth after its death. Surely, That (Allah) is the One who will give life to the dead; and He has the power to do everything

Verse 51 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:51

Should We send a (harmful) wind, and they see it (the tillage) turning yellow, then they will turn ungrateful, even after all the aforesaid (bounties of Allah)

Verse 52 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:52

So, you cannot make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn their backs in retreat

Verse 53 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:53

Nor are you (able) to show the right path to the blind against their straying. You can make none to listen except those who believe in Our signs, hence they submit

Verse 54 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:54

Allah is the One who created you in a state of weakness, then He created strength after weakness, then created weakness and old age after strength. He creates what He wills, and He is All-Knowing, All-Powerful

Verse 55 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:55

And on the Day when the Hour (Qiyamah : the Day of Judgement) will take place, the sinners will swear that they did not remain (in the graves) more than one hour. In the similar way they used to be contrary (to truth in their worldly life)

Verse 56 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:56

As for those who were given knowledge and belief, they will say, .You remained, according to the destiny written by Allah, up to the Day of Resurrection. So this is the Day of Resurrection, but you had no belief

Verse 57 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:57

So, on that Day, their apology will not benefit the wrongdoers, nor will they be asked to repent

Verse 58 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:58

Indeed We have given in this Qur‘an all kinds of examples for the benefit of mankind. (Still) if you bring to them a sign, the disbelievers will certainly say, .You are nothing but men of falsehood

Verse 59 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:59

Thus Allah seals up the hearts of those who do not believe

Verse 60 — Surah Ar-Rum 30:60

So, be patient. Surely Allah‘s promise is true, and let not the disbelievers shake your firmness