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Ar-Rum (Arabic: الروم, romanized: ’ar-rūm, lit. 'The Romans') is the 30th chapter of the Quran, consisting of 60 verses ().The term Rūm originated in the word Roman, and during the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, it referred to the Eastern Roman Empire; the title is also sometimes translated as "The Greeks" or "The Byzantines".
Some contemporary Muslim exegesis [clarification needed] suggests that the Romans referred to in the prophecy variously correspond to the Gulf War coalition, [10] or the Russians, because Russia is the most populous Orthodox Christian country and considers itself the inheritor of the Eastern Roman Empire, or contemporary Europeans. [11]
The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary is an English translation of the Qur'an by the British Indian Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953) during the British Raj.It has become among the most widely known English translations of the Qur'an, due in part to its prodigious use of footnotes, and its distribution and subsidization by Saudi Arabian beneficiaries during the late 20th century.
The Quran, [c] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [d] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God . It is organized in 114 chapters ( surah , pl. suwer ) which consist of individual verses ( āyah ).
4-5 How enemies of Islam are to be treated in war; 6-8 God will reward those who fight for Islam; 9-12 God will utterly destroy the unbelievers; 13-17 The final condition of believers and infidels contrasted; 18-20 Hypocrites reproved and warned; 21 Obey God and speak kindly; trust in God for better outcomes; 22-33 Cowardly Muslims and ...
Ibn 'Abbas added, "So Allah revealed 'Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith. It is for us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite it (the Qur'an) (75.16-17) which means that Allah will make him (the Prophet ) remember the portion of the Qur'an which was revealed at that time by heart and ...
Quranic inerrancy is a doctrine central to the Muslim faith that the Quran is the infallible and inerrant word of God as revealed to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in the 7th century CE. [1] [2] [better source needed]
Al-Anfal [1] (Arabic: ٱلأنفال, al-ʾanfāl; meaning The Spoils of War, [2] Earnings, Savings, Profits) [3] is the eighth chapter of the Quran, with 75 verses . Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation ( asbāb al-nuzūl ), it is a " Medinan surah ", completed after the Battle of Badr .