Ar-Rūm
الروم"The Romans"
- Number
- 30 of 114
- Verses
- 60
- Revealed
- Makkah
A prophecy fulfilled in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ.
24 passages reference this surah
From 14 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"Then they advanced against Khalid, but the Euphrates lay between them. The Byzantines said to Khalid: Cross over to us. And Khalid said to the Byzantines: No — you cross over. So the Byzantines crossed over to them, and that was in the middle of Dhu al-Qa'da in the year twelve. There they fought a great and terrible battle, until God routed the hosts of the Byzantines and the Muslims were able to pursue them."
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"nor would I untie a banner that the Messenger of God tied. So Usama set out, and he would not pass by a tribe that was minded to apostatize but they said: "Were it not that these people have strength, men such as these would never have gone out from among them. Let us leave them until they meet the Byzantines." Then they met the Byzantines, routed them and killed them, and returned safely, so the tribes held firm upon Islam."
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"The Muslims numbered twenty-four thousand, under Abu Ubayda, and the Byzantines were a hundred and twenty thousand under Mahan and Saqlab, on the day of Yarmuk. Likewise Ibn Ishaq mentioned that Saqlab the eunuch commanded the Byzantines that day with a hundred thousand men; over the vanguard was Jurja, from Armenia, with twelve thousand;"
Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"sons conspired to kill him. This Khosrow was Abrawis ibn Hormuz ibn Anushirwan ibn Qubaz and he was the one who defeated the Romans as mentioned in the verse. The Romans have been defeated in the nearest land. From Surah Ar-Rum, Al-Suhayli said, his killing occurred"
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"inclined towards him. While he was standing among them, he urged them not to take him to the Romans, for if the Romans saw him, they would recognize him by his description and kill him. Then he"
Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"and Japheth is the ancestor of the Romans. This narration is supported by other sources, indicating that the Romans here are the original Romans, the Greeks, descending from Japheth,"
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"and God knows best. A Section: What Followed the Conquest of Damascus Then Abu Ubayda sent Khalid ibn al-Walid to the Biqa, and he conquered it by the sword. He sent a detachment which met the Byzantines at Ayn Maysanun; over the Byzantines was a man called Sinan, who came down upon the Muslims from the pass of Beirut, and a group of the Muslims were slain as martyrs that day,"
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"and the Byzantines heard of the coming of the Commander of the Faithful Umar to aid his deputy against them, so their side was greatly weakened. Khalid advised Abu Ubayda to go out against them to fight them, and Abu Ubayda did so, and God gave him victory and aided him, and the Byzantines were routed in a terrible rout."
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"and stood ready in their affairs. The commander of this war was Shurahbil ibn Hasana, and he never passed a night or a morning except in battle order. The Byzantines supposed the Muslims were off their guard, so one night they rode out to attack them by night, the Byzantines being under Saqlab ibn Mikhraq."
Book 2: The Book of Belief
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"For example, Allah says in Surah Al-Fath: "You will surely enter the Sacred Mosque, if Allah wills, in security, with your heads shaved and shortened. And in Surah Ar-Rum: "The Romans have been defeated in the lowest of the land, but after their defeat, they will overcome within a few years.""
Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
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"and liberality. He would then return to jihad until he became a significant threat to the Romans, who complained about him to the Pope. The Pope ordered the Genoese and the French Christians to attack him. They prepared an army of Romans and assaulted his city at night"
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"Most of the craftsmen are Roman women, and there are many Romans under the Covenant, who pay jizya and other dues to the Sultan. The Romans there are recognized by their tall, different colored hats, red and white."
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"around five hundred cavalry, with approximately two hundred being her servants, comprised of slaves and Romans, and the rest were Turks. She also had about two hundred maidservants, most of whom were Romans."
The Story of Nuh
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"Sheikh Abu Umar bin Abd al-Barr narrated that, Imran bin Hussain reported from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, about the origins of different peoples. He explained that the Romans mentioned are the original Romans, descended from Romay,"
Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr
Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya
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"It is narrated that Ibn Abbas explained that the Muslims wished for the Romans to prevail over the Persians, because the Romans were people of the Book. Meanwhile, the polytheists preferred the Persians to win, because they were idol worshippers."
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"Al-Bayhaqi narrated the story of the Persians and the Romans, along with the revelation of Allah's words. Alif-Lam-Mim The Romans have been defeated in the nearest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious within a few years."
Volume 1
Imam al-Dhahabī · Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalā
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"The Romans are indeed Romans, and their punishment is near. If I meet them, I shall strike them." Al-Waqidi narrated that a Roman struck Ja'far, cutting him in half, and in one half of his body, thirty-some wounds were found."
Uthman ibn Affan
Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics
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"The Muslims that day showed a steadfastness the like of which had never been known; many of them were killed, and of the Byzantines many times that number. Then God sent down His victory upon the Muslims, and Constantine fled with his army, greatly reduced, bearing deep and severe wounds which he spent some time afterward being treated for."
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"He said to him, "No, for ever and ever. The umra has entered into the hajj until the Day of Resurrection." Then Came the Year Twenty-Five In it the people of Alexandria broke the treaty. That was because the king of the Byzantines sent Manuel the eunuch to them in ships by sea, and they hoped for victory and broke their covenant."
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"They came out in five hundred ships and made for Abdullah ibn Abi Sarh and his companions among the Muslims who were in the lands of the Maghrib. When the two hosts came in sight of each other, the Byzantines passed the night ringing bells and making the sign of the cross, and the Muslims passed the night reciting and praying."
Futūḥ al-Ghayb — Revelations of the Unseen
Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics
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"Do not look at the servant who carries the gift; rather, look at the master who bestows and grants it. God Almighty said regarding those who lack this perspective: "They know only the outer appearance of the worldly life, and they are heedless of the Hereafter." Surah Ar-Rum 30:7."
Book 29: Condemnation of Pride and Conceit
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
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"The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "When my community walks proudly and they are served by the Persians and Romans, Allah will let them oppress each other," and, "Whoever exalts himself and walks arrogantly will meet Allah while He is angry with him," narrated by Ahmad,"
The Story of Isa
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
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"Now there is another account of this event. When the Jews crucified a man, thinking him to be the Messiah, most Christians, in their ignorance, believed it too. They attacked his disciples with killing, beating, and imprisonment. This reached the ruler of the Romans, who"
The Disease and The Cure
Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics
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"you fear one another? From Surah Ar-Rum. In other words, if one of you would refuse a servant to be a partner in his provision, how then can you make from my servants partners in what I am solely entitled to, which is divinity that neither befits nor suits anyone but me?"
Books referenced
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
Ibn Kathir · 6h 10m
Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia
Ibn Kathir · 18h 22m
From Creation to Mūsā
Ibn Kathir · 18h 8m
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Ibn Kathir · 10h 27m
The Book of Belief
Imam al-Ghazali · 2h 47m
Volume One
Ibn Battuta · 13h 3m
The Story of Nuh
Ibn Kathir · 1h 8m
First Revelation to Badr
Ibn Kathir · 15h 55m