سورة الروم

Ayat 1

Alif, Lām, Meem.1 [Ar-Room: 1]

Ayat 2

The Byzantines have been defeated1 [Ar-Room: 2]

Ayat 3

In the nearest land.1 But they, after their defeat, will overcome [Ar-Room: 3]

Ayat 4

Within three to nine years. To Allāh belongs the command [i.e., decree] before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice [Ar-Room: 4]

Ayat 5

In the victory of Allāh.1 He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful. [Ar-Room: 5]

Ayat 6

[It is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know. [Ar-Room: 6]

Ayat 7

They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware. [Ar-Room: 7]

Ayat 8

Do they not contemplate within themselves?1 Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers. [Ar-Room: 8]

Ayat 9

Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power, and they plowed [or excavated] the earth and built it up more than they [i.e., the Makkans] have built it up, and their messengers came to them with clear evidences. And Allāh would not ever have wronged them, but they were wronging themselves. [Ar-Room: 9]

Ayat 10

Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allāh and used to ridicule them. [Ar-Room: 10]

Ayat 11

Allāh begins creation; then He will repeat it; then to Him you will be returned. [Ar-Room: 11]

Ayat 12

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair. [Ar-Room: 12]

Ayat 13

And there will not be for them among their [alleged] partners any intercessors, and they will [then] be disbelievers in their partners. [Ar-Room: 13]

Ayat 14

And the Day the Hour appears - that Day they will become separated. [Ar-Room: 14]

Ayat 15

And as for those who had believed and done righteous deeds, they will be in a garden [of Paradise], delighted. [Ar-Room: 15]

Ayat 16

But as for those who disbelieved and denied Our verses and the meeting of the Hereafter, those will be brought into the punishment [to remain]. [Ar-Room: 16]

Ayat 17

So exalted is Allāh when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning. [Ar-Room: 17]

Ayat 18

And to Him is [due all] praise throughout the heavens and the earth. And [exalted is He] at night and when you are at noon. [Ar-Room: 18]

Ayat 19

He brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. And thus will you be brought out.1 [Ar-Room: 19]

Ayat 20

And of His signs is that He created you from dust; then, suddenly you were human beings dispersing [throughout the earth]. [Ar-Room: 20]

Ayat 21

And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought. [Ar-Room: 21]

Ayat 22

And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge. [Ar-Room: 22]

Ayat 23

And of His signs is your sleep by night and day and your seeking of His bounty. Indeed in that are signs for a people who listen. [Ar-Room: 23]

Ayat 24

And of His signs is [that] He shows you the lightning [causing] fear and aspiration, and He sends down rain from the sky by which He brings to life the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed in that are signs for a people who use reason. [Ar-Room: 24]

Ayat 25

And of His signs is that the heaven and earth stand [i.e., remain] by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth. [Ar-Room: 25]

Ayat 26

And to Him belongs whoever is in the heavens and earth. All are to Him devoutly obedient. [Ar-Room: 26]

Ayat 27

And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. To Him belongs the highest description [i.e., attribute] in the heavens and earth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. [Ar-Room: 27]

Ayat 28

He presents to you an example from yourselves. Do you have among those whom your right hands possess [i.e., slaves] any partners in what We have provided for you so that you are equal therein [and] would fear them as your fear of one another [within a partnership]?1 Thus do We detail the verses for a people who use reason. [Ar-Room: 28]

Ayat 29

But those who wrong follow their [own] desires without knowledge. Then who can guide one whom Allāh has sent astray? And for them there are no helpers. [Ar-Room: 29]

Ayat 30

So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fiṭrah1 of Allāh upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allāh.2 That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know. [Ar-Room: 30]

Ayat 31

[Adhere to it], turning in repentance to Him, and fear Him and establish prayer and do not be of those who associate others with Allāh [Ar-Room: 31]

Ayat 32

[Or] of those who have divided their religion and become sects, every faction rejoicing in what it has.1 [Ar-Room: 32]

Ayat 33

And when adversity touches the people, they call upon their Lord, turning in repentance to Him. Then when He lets them taste mercy from Him, at once a party of them associate others with their Lord, [Ar-Room: 33]

Ayat 34

So that they will deny what We have granted them.1 Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know. [Ar-Room: 34]

Ayat 35

Or have We sent down to them an authority [i.e., a proof or scripture], and it speaks of what they have been associating with Him? [Ar-Room: 35]

Ayat 36

And when We let the people taste mercy, they rejoice therein, but if evil afflicts them for what their hands have put forth, immediately they despair. [Ar-Room: 36]

Ayat 37

Do they not see that Allāh extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]? Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe. [Ar-Room: 37]

Ayat 38

So give the relative his right, as well as the needy and the traveler. That is best for those who desire the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh, and it is they who will be the successful. [Ar-Room: 38]

Ayat 39

And whatever you give for interest [i.e., advantage] to increase within the wealth of people1 will not increase with Allāh. But what you give in zakāh,2 desiring the face [i.e., approval] of Allāh - those are the multipliers.3 [Ar-Room: 39]

Ayat 40

Allāh is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your "partners" who does anything of that? Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him. [Ar-Room: 40]

Ayat 41

Corruption has appeared throughout the land and sea by [reason of] what the hands of people have earned so He [i.e., Allāh] may let them taste part of [the consequence of] what they have done that perhaps they will return [to righteousness]. [Ar-Room: 41]

Ayat 42

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allāh]. [Ar-Room: 42]

Ayat 43

So direct your face [i.e., self] toward the correct religion before a Day comes from Allāh of which there is no repelling. That Day, they will be divided.1 [Ar-Room: 43]

Ayat 44

Whoever disbelieves - upon him is [the consequence of] his disbelief. And whoever does righteousness - they are for themselves preparing, [Ar-Room: 44]

Ayat 45

That He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds out of His bounty. Indeed, He does not like the disbelievers. [Ar-Room: 45]

Ayat 46

And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy [i.e., rain] and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful. [Ar-Room: 46]

Ayat 47

And We have already sent messengers before you to their peoples, and they came to them with clear evidences; then We took retribution from those who committed crimes, and incumbent upon Us was support1 of the believers. [Ar-Room: 47]

Ayat 48

It is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice [Ar-Room: 48]