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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Rachid Maach Nabil Radwan (Noor International) Muhammad Hamidullah
Isa García Noor International (España) Noor International (Latinoamérica) Julio Cortés
Salomo Keyzer
Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi
محمد جوناگڑھی
Bubenheim & Elias
Ali Muhsin Al-Barwani
Hamza Roberto Piccardo
মুহিউদ্দীন খান
Rowwad Tercüme Merkezi Şaban Piriş Ali Özek ve arkadaşları Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır
Kementerian Agama RI
Mahmud Muhammad Abduh
حسین تاجی گلهداری
Abdullah Muhammad Basmeih
Sherif Ahmeti
Məmmədəliyev & Bünyadov
Besim Korkut
馬堅
Ivan Hrbek
Ahsen Böre
三田了一
최영길
Abdul Hameed & Parappoor
Abdulaziz Guroalim Saromantang
Einar Berg
Józef Bielawski
Samir El-Hayek
George Grigore
Эльмир Кулиев
Knut Bernström
ஜான் டிரஸ்ட்
Якуб ибн Нугман
สมาคมนักเรียนเก่าอาหรับ ประเทศไทย
Муҳаммад Содиқ Муҳаммад Юсуф
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.
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
فِىٓ
fī In
أَدْنَى
adnā (the) nearest د ن و
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi land أ ر ض
وَهُم
wahum But they
مِّنۢ
min after
بَعْدِ
baʿdi after ب ع د
غَلَبِهِمْ
ghalabihim their defeat غ ل ب
سَيَغْلِبُونَ
sayaghlibūna will overcome غ ل ب
Hadiths that cite this verse
Differing grades
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3193
" 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
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
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
اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا ". فَانْحَدَرَتِ السَّحَابَةُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ، فَسُقُوا النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُمْ.
Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd
Other hadiths (1)
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