Surah Ar-Rum — Verse 4

The Romans · 30:4 · 4/60

فِى بِضْعِ سِنِينَ ۗ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِن قَبْلُ وَمِنۢ بَعْدُ ۚ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ

Fee bidAAi sineena lillahial-amru min qablu wamin baAAdu wayawma-ithin yafrahualmu'minoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

in a few years’ time––God is in command, first and last. On that day, the believers will rejoice

Marmaduke Pickthall

Within ten years - Allah's is the command in the former case and in the latter - and in that day believers will rejoice

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-

Mufti Taqi Usmani

within a few years. To Allah belonged the matter before and (to Him it belongs) thereafter. And on that day the believers will rejoice

Al-Hilali & Khan

Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these events) is only with Allâh, (before the defeat of the Romans by the Persians, and after the defeat of the Persians by the Romans). And on that Day, the believers (i.e. Muslims) will rejoice (at the victory given by Allâh to the Romans against the Persians) -

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

All power belongs to Allah both before and after. On that day will the believers rejoice

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

within a few years: [for] with God rests all power of decision, first and last. And on that day will the believers [too, have cause to] rejoice

Rowwad · source edition

within a few years. To Allah belongs the whole matter before and after [the victory]. On that day the believers will rejoice

Hilali and Khan · source edition

4. Within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these events) is only with Allâh, (before the defeat of the Romans by the Persians, and after the defeat of the Persians by the Romans). And on that Day, the believers (i.e. Muslims) will rejoice (at the victory given by Allâh to the Romans against the Persians) -