[30.1] AlifLaamMeem.
[30.2] The Romans have been defeated (by the Persians)
[30.3] in a land close by. But, in a few years after their defeat they shall become the victors.
[30.4] To Allah belongs the Command before and after, and on that Day the believers will rejoice
[30.5] in the victory of Allah. Allah gives victory to whosoever He will, and He is the Mighty, the Merciful.
[30.6] The promise of Allah! Allah does not fail His promise, yet most people do not know.
[30.7] They know an outward part of this life, but of the Everlasting Life they are inattentive.
[30.8] Have they never thought to
themselves that Allah did not
create the heavens and the earth
and all that is between exceptrwith
truth, and for a stated term? Yet most people disbelieve that they will ever meet their Lord.
[30.9] What, have they never
journeyed in the land and seen
