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Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 3

سورة الروم، الآية ٣

30:3 Juz 21 Hizb 41 Page 404 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 30:3

فِىٓ أَدْنَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ۝٣

Transliteration

fī adnā l-arḍi wahum min baʿdi ghalabihim sayaghlibūna

Translation

In the nearest land.1140 But they, after their defeat, will overcome

Notes

[1140] Another meaning is "in the lowest land."

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Verse 3 of Surah Ar-Rum (30:3), a Meccan surah, is in juz 21, on page 404 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 3

Al-Mukhtasar

In the nearer lands of Levant. The Romans, after their defeat will be vitorious over them again.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Ar-Rum

Other translations of verse 3

in a nearby land3, but they will gain victory after their defeat

Notes

[3] Or in the lowest part of the earth.

In the nearest land (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine), and they, after their defeat, will be victorious.

In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious

In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious-

In a near land, and they, after being vanquished, shall overcome,

In the more adjacent (i.e., more easy to reach; the Levant) (part) of the earth. And even after their being overcome, they will overcome (the others)

Verse 3 word by word

  1. فِىٓ fī In
  2. أَدْنَى adnā (the) nearest د ن و
  3. ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi land أ ر ض
  4. وَهُم wahum But they
  5. مِّنۢ min after
  6. بَعْدِ baʿdi after ب ع د
  7. غَلَبِهِمْ ghalabihim their defeat غ ل ب
  8. سَيَغْلِبُونَ sayaghlibūna will overcome غ ل ب

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3193

from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding the saying of Allah, Most High: Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land (30:1-3)" he said: "Ghulibat wa Ghalabat (defeated and then victorious)." He said: "The idolaters wanted the Persians to be victorious over the Romans because they too were…

"‏ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَذَكَرَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَهُمْ فَقَالُوا اجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ أَجَلاً فَإِنْ ظَهَرْنَا كَانَ لَنَا كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنْ ظَهَرْتُمْ كَانَ لَكُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَجَعَلَ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 2 other versions

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3194

"When (the following) was revealed: 'Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious in Bid' years (30:1-4).' - on the day that these Ayat were revealed, the Persians had defeated the Romans, and the Muslims had wanted the Romans to…

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ الم * غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الأَرْضِ وَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ * فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ ‏)‏ فَكَانَتْ فَارِسُ يَوْمَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ قَاهِرِينَ لِلرُّومِ وَكَانَ…

Narrated by Niyār ibn Mukram al-Aslamī

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 1007

We were with `Abdullah and he said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam he said, "O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph." So famine overtook them for one year and destroyed every…

اللَّهُمَّ سَبْعٌ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَالْجِيَفَ، وَيَنْظُرَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَرَى الدُّخَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd + 9 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 1020

One day I went to Ibn Mas`ud who said, "When Quraish delayed in embracing Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) I invoked Allah to curse them, so they were afflicted with a (famine) year because of which many of them died and they ate the carcasses and Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, 'O Muhammad! You…

اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَانْحَدَرَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ، فَسُقُوا النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُمْ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd

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