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Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 4

سورة الروم، الآية ٤

30:4 Juz 21 Hizb 41 Page 404 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 30:4

فِى بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِنۢ بَعْدُ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٤

Transliteration

fī biḍ'ʿi sinīna lillahi l-amru min qablu wamin baʿdu wayawma-idhin yafraḥu l-mu'minūna

Translation

Within three to nine years. To Allāh belongs the command [i.e., decree] before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice

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Verse 4 of Surah Ar-Rum (30:4), 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 4

Al-Mukhtasar

Within a time period not before three years and not after ten. To Allah belongs the command, prior to the Roman’s victory and after it. And on the day the Romans defeat the Persians, the believers will be happy.

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Other translations of verse 4

within a few years. To Allah belongs the whole matter before and after [the victory]. On that day the believers will rejoice

Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these events) is only with Allâh, (before the defeat of the Romans by the Persians, and after the defeat of the Persians by the Romans). And on that Day, the believers (i.e. Muslims) will rejoice (at the victory given by Allâh to the Romans against the Persians) -

Within ten years - Allah's is the command in the former case and in the latter - and in that day believers will rejoice

Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-

Within a few years. Allah's is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice,

Within several years. To Allah belongs the Command ever before and ever after, and upon that day the believers will exult.

Verse 4 word by word

  1. فِى fī Within
  2. بِضْعِ biḍ'ʿi a few ب ض ع
  3. سِنِينَ sinīna years س ن و
  4. لِلَّهِ lillahi For Allah
  5. ٱلْأَمْرُ l-amru (is) the command أ م ر
  6. مِن min before
  7. قَبْلُ qablu before ق ب ل
  8. وَمِنۢ wamin and after
  9. بَعْدُ baʿdu and after ب ع د
  10. وَيَوْمَئِذٍ wayawma-idhin And that day ي و م
  11. يَفْرَحُ yafraḥu will rejoice ف ر ح
  12. ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ l-mu'minūna the believers أ م ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3192

Abu Sa'eed narrated: "On the Day of Badr, the Romans had a victory over the Persians. So the believers were pleased with that, then the following was revealed: 'Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated, up to His saying: 'the believers will rejoice - with the help of Allah... (30:1-5)'" He said…

لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ ظَهَرَتِ الرُّومُ عَلَى فَارِسَ فَأَعْجَبَ ذَلِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَنَزَلَتْ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ الم *غَلَبَتِ الرُّومُ ‏)‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏يفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ ‏)‏ قَالَ…

Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri + 1 other version

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

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