Ar-Rūm
The Romans
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الروم
غُلِبَتِ Have been defeated ghulibati the Romans l-rūmu
The Byzantines have been defeated
فِىٓ In fī (the) nearest adnā land l-arḍi But they wahum after min after baʿdi their defeat ghalabihim will overcome sayaghlibūna
In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome
فِى Within fī a few biḍ'ʿi years sinīna For Allah lillahi (is) the command l-amru before min before qablu and after wamin and after baʿdu And that day wayawma-idhin will rejoice yafraḥu the believers l-mu'minūna
Within three to nine years. To Allāh belongs the command [i.e., decree] before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice
بِنَصْرِ With (the) help binaṣri (of) Allah l-lahi He helps yanṣuru whom man He wills yashāu And He wahuwa (is) the All-Mighty l-ʿazīzu the Most Merciful l-raḥīmu
In the victory of Allāh. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
وَعْدَ (It is the) Promise waʿda (of) Allah l-lahi (Does) not lā fail yukh'lifu Allah l-lahu (in) His promise waʿdahu but walākinna most (of) akthara [the] people l-nāsi (do) not lā know yaʿlamūna
[It is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know.
يَعْلَمُونَ They know yaʿlamūna (the) apparent ẓāhiran of mina the life l-ḥayati (of) the world l-dun'yā but they wahum about ʿani the Hereafter l-ākhirati [they] hum (are) heedless ghāfilūna
They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware.