Surah Rum
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30:1
ا-ل-م
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الٓمٓ
الٓمّٓ
alif-lam-meem
Alif Lam Meem.
A.L.M.
- Thomas Cleary
30:2
غ-ل-ب
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غُلِبَتِ
غُلِبَتِ
ghulibati
Have been defeated
ر-و-م
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ٱلرُّومُ
الرُّوْمُ
r-rūmu
the Romans
Byzantium’s been defeated
- Thomas Cleary
30:3
ف-ي
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فِيٓ
فِیْۤ
fī
In
د-ن-و
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أَدۡنَى
اَدْنَی
adnā
(the) nearest
ا-ر-ض
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
الْاَرْضِ
l-arḍi
land.
ه-م
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وَهُم
وَهُمْ
wahum
But they,
م-ن
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مِّنۢ
مِّنْ
min
after
ب-ع-د
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بَعۡدِ
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
غ-ل-ب
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غَلَبِهِمۡ
غَلَبِهِمْ
ghalabihim
their defeat,
غ-ل-ب
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سَيَغۡلِبُونَ
سَیَغْلِبُوْنَ
sayaghlibūna
will overcome
in a nearby land; but after their defeat they will be victorious
- Thomas Cleary
30:4
ف-ي
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فِي
فِیْ
fī
Within
ب-ض-ع
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بِضۡعِ
بِضْعِ
biḍ'ʿi
a few
س-ن-و
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سِنِينَۗ
سِنِیْنَ ؕ۬—
sinīna
years.
ا-ل-ه
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لِلَّهِ
لِلّٰهِ
lillahi
For Allah
ا-م-ر
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ٱلۡأَمۡرُ
الْاَمْرُ
l-amru
(is) the command
م-ن
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مِن
مِنْ
min
before
ق-ب-ل
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قَبۡلُ
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
م-ن
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وَمِنۢ
وَمِنْ
wamin
and after.
ب-ع-د
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بَعۡدُۚ
بَعْدُ ؕ—
baʿdu
and after.
ي-و-م
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وَيَوۡمَئِذٖ
وَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ
wayawma-idhin
And that day
ف-ر-ح
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يَفۡرَحُ
یَّفْرَحُ
yafraḥu
will rejoice
ا-م-ن
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ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
l-mu'minūna
the believers
in some years. The matter is up to God, in the past and in the future. And on that day the believers will rejoice
- Thomas Cleary
30:5
ن-ص-ر
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بِنَصۡرِ
بِنَصْرِ
binaṣri
With (the) help
ا-ل-ه
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ٱللَّهِۚ
اللّٰهِ ؕ—
l-lahi
(of) Allah.
ن-ص-ر
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يَنصُرُ
یَنْصُرُ
yanṣuru
He helps
م-ن
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مَن
مَنْ
man
whom
ش-ي-ا
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يَشَآءُۖ
یَّشَآءُ ؕ—
yashāu
He wills.
ه-و
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وَهُوَ
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
ع-ز-ز
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ٱلۡعَزِيزُ
الْعَزِیْزُ
l-ʿazīzu
(is) the All-Mighty,
ر-ح-م
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ٱلرَّحِيمُ
الرَّحِیْمُ
r-raḥīmu
the Most Merciful.
by the help of God, who helps anyone at will, being the almighty, the merciful.
- Thomas Cleary
30:6
و-ع-د
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وَعۡدَ
وَعْدَ
waʿda
(It is the) Promise
ا-ل-ه
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ٱللَّهِۖ
اللّٰهِ ؕ—
l-lahi
(of) Allah.
ل-ا
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لَا
لَا
lā
(Does) not
خ-ل-ف
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يُخۡلِفُ
یُخْلِفُ
yukh'lifu
fail
ا-ل-ه
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ٱللَّهُ
اللّٰهُ
l-lahu
Allah
و-ع-د
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وَعۡدَهُۥ
وَعْدَهٗ
waʿdahu
(in) His promise,
ل-ك-ن
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وَلَٰكِنَّ
وَلٰكِنَّ
walākinna
but
ك-ث-ر
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أَكۡثَرَ
اَكْثَرَ
akthara
most (of)
ن-و-س
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ٱلنَّاسِ
النَّاسِ
n-nāsi
[the] people
ل-ا
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لَا
لَا
lā
(do) not
ع-ل-م
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يَعۡلَمُونَ
یَعْلَمُوْنَ
yaʿlamūna
know.
It is a promise of God, and God never violates a divine promise, though most people are unaware.
- Thomas Cleary
30:7
ع-ل-م
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يَعۡلَمُونَ
یَعْلَمُوْنَ
yaʿlamūna
They know
ظ-ه-ر
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ظَٰهِرٗا
ظَاهِرًا
ẓāhiran
(the) apparent
م-ن
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مِّنَ
مِّنَ
mina
of
ح-ي-ي
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ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
الْحَیٰوةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
د-ن-و
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ٱلدُّنۡيَا
الدُّنْیَا ۖۚ—
d-dun'yā
(of) the world,
ه-م
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وَهُمۡ
وَهُمْ
wahum
but they,
ع-ن
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عَنِ
عَنِ
ʿani
about
ا-خ-ر
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ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ
الْاٰخِرَةِ
l-ākhirati
the Hereafter,
ه-م
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هُمۡ
هُمْ
hum
[they]
غ-ف-ل
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غَٰفِلُونَ
غٰفِلُوْنَ
ghāfilūna
(are) heedless.
They know the superficials of the life of the world, but they are heedless of the hereafter.
- Thomas Cleary
30:8
ل-م
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أَوَلَمۡ
اَوَلَمْ
awalam
Do not
ف-ك-ر
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يَتَفَكَّرُواْ
یَتَفَكَّرُوْا
yatafakkarū
they ponder
ف-ي
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فِيٓ
فِیْۤ
fī
within
ن-ف-س
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أَنفُسِهِمۗ
اَنْفُسِهِمْ ۫—
anfusihim
themselves?
م-ا
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مَّا
مَا
mā
Not
خ-ل-ق
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خَلَقَ
خَلَقَ
khalaqa
Allah (has) created
ا-ل-ه
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ٱللَّهُ
اللّٰهُ
l-lahu
Allah (has) created
س-م-و
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ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
السَّمٰوٰتِ
s-samāwāti
the heavens
ا-ر-ض
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وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ
وَالْاَرْضَ
wal-arḍa
and the earth,
م-ا
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وَمَا
وَمَا
wamā
and what
ب-ي-ن
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بَيۡنَهُمَآ
بَیْنَهُمَاۤ
baynahumā
(is) between them
ا-ل-ل-ا
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إِلَّا
اِلَّا
illā
except
ح-ق-ق
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بِٱلۡحَقِّ
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
in truth
ا-ج-ل
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وَأَجَلٖ
وَاَجَلٍ
wa-ajalin
and (for) a term
س-م-و
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مُّسَمّٗىۗ
مُّسَمًّی ؕ—
musamman
appointed.
ا-ن-ن
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وَإِنَّ
وَاِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed,
ك-ث-ر
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كَثِيرٗا
كَثِیْرًا
kathīran
many
م-ن
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مِّنَ
مِّنَ
mina
of
ن-و-س
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ٱلنَّاسِ
النَّاسِ
n-nāsi
the people
ل-ق-ي
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بِلِقَآيِٕ
بِلِقَآئِ
biliqāi
in (the) meeting
ر-ب-ب
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رَبِّهِمۡ
رَبِّهِمْ
rabbihim
(with) their Lord
ك-ف-ر
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لَكَٰفِرُونَ
لَكٰفِرُوْنَ
lakāfirūna
surely (are) disbelievers.
Don’t they reflect within themselves? God did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in a sound manner and for a definite term. But most people actually disbelieve in the meeting with their Lord.
- Thomas Cleary
30:9
ل-م
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أَوَلَمۡ
اَوَلَمْ
awalam
Have not
س-ي-ر
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يَسِيرُواْ
یَسِیْرُوْا
yasīrū
they traveled
ف-ي
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فِي
فِی
fī
in
ا-ر-ض
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
الْاَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
ن-ظ-ر
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فَيَنظُرُواْ
فَیَنْظُرُوْا
fayanẓurū
and observed
ك-ي-ف
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كَيۡفَ
كَیْفَ
kayfa
how
ك-و-ن
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كَانَ
كَانَ
kāna
was
ع-ق-ب
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عَٰقِبَةُ
عَاقِبَةُ
ʿāqibatu
(the) end
ا-ل-ل-ذ
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ٱلَّذِينَ
الَّذِیْنَ
alladhīna
(of) those
م-ن
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مِن
مِنْ
min
before them?
ق-ب-ل
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قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ
قَبْلِهِمْ ؕ—
qablihim
before them?
ك-و-ن
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كَانُوٓاْ
كَانُوْۤا
kānū
They were
ش-د-د
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أَشَدَّ
اَشَدَّ
ashadda
mightier
م-ن
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مِنۡهُمۡ
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
than them
ق-و-ي
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قُوَّةٗ
قُوَّةً
quwwatan
(in) strength,
ث-و-ر
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وَأَثَارُواْ
وَّاَثَارُوا
wa-athārū
and they dug
ا-ر-ض
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ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
الْاَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
ع-م-ر
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وَعَمَرُوهَآ
وَعَمَرُوْهَاۤ
waʿamarūhā
and built (on) it
ك-ث-ر
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أَكۡثَرَ
اَكْثَرَ
akthara
more
م-م-ا
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مِمَّا
مِمَّا
mimmā
than what
ع-م-ر
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عَمَرُوهَا
عَمَرُوْهَا
ʿamarūhā
they have built (on) it.
ج-ي-ا
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وَجَآءَتۡهُمۡ
وَجَآءَتْهُمْ
wajāathum
And came (to) them
ر-س-ل
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رُسُلُهُم
رُسُلُهُمْ
rusuluhum
their Messengers
ب-ي-ن
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بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِۖ
بِالْبَیِّنٰتِ ؕ—
bil-bayināti
with clear proofs.
م-ا
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فَمَا
فَمَا
famā
So not
ك-و-ن
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كَانَ
كَانَ
kāna
was
ا-ل-ه
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ٱللَّهُ
اللّٰهُ
l-lahu
Allah
ظ-ل-م
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لِيَظۡلِمَهُمۡ
لِیَظْلِمَهُمْ
liyaẓlimahum
to wrong them
ل-ك-ن
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وَلَٰكِن
وَلٰكِنْ
walākin
but
ك-و-ن
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كَانُوٓاْ
كَانُوْۤا
kānū
they were
ن-ف-س
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أَنفُسَهُمۡ
اَنْفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
ظ-ل-م
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يَظۡلِمُونَ
یَظْلِمُوْنَ
yaẓlimūna
(doing) wrong.
Haven’t they traveled the earth and seen how those before them ended up? They were more powerful than these, and they plowed the land and populated it, more than these have peopled it; and their messengers came to them with indisputable evidence. It was not God who wronged them; rather, they wronged themselves.
- Thomas Cleary
30:10
ث-م-م
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ثُمَّ
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
ك-و-ن
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كَانَ
كَانَ
kāna
was
ع-ق-ب
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عَٰقِبَةَ
عَاقِبَةَ
ʿāqibata
(the) end
ا-ل-ل-ذ
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ٱلَّذِينَ
الَّذِیْنَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
س-و-ا
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أَسَٰٓـُٔواْ
اَسَآءُوا
asāū
did evil -
س-و-ا
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ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ
السُّوْٓاٰۤی
s-sūā
the evil,
ا-ن
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أَن
اَنْ
an
because
ك-ذ-ب
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كَذَّبُواْ
كَذَّبُوْا
kadhabū
they denied
ا-ي-ا
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بِـَٔايَٰتِ
بِاٰیٰتِ
biāyāti
(the) Signs
ا-ل-ه
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ٱللَّهِ
اللّٰهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ك-و-ن
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وَكَانُواْ
وَكَانُوْا
wakānū
and were
ب
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بِهَا
بِهَا
bihā
of them
ه-ز-ا
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يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ
یَسْتَهْزِءُوْنَ
yastahziūna
making mockery.
Then the end of those who did evil will be the worst, as they repudiated the signs of God, and used to deride them.
- Thomas Cleary