Surah Ar-Rum — Verse 3

The Romans · 30:3 · 3/60

فِىٓ أَدْنَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ

Fee adna al-ardi wahum minbaAAdi ghalabihim sayaghliboon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

In the nearest land. But they, after their defeat, will overcome

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

in a nearby land. They will reverse their defeat with a victory

Marmaduke Pickthall

In the nearer land, and they, after their defeat will be victorious

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious-

Mufti Taqi Usmani

in the nearer land; and they, after their defeat, will triumph

Al-Hilali & Khan

In the nearest land (Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Palestine), and they, after their defeat, will be victorious.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

in the neighbouring land; but after their defeat they shall gain victory in a few years.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

in the lands close-by; yet it is they who, notwithstanding this their defeat, shall be victorious

Rowwad · source edition

in a nearby land[3], but they will gain victory after their defeat

Notes

[3] Or in the lowest part of the earth.