Surah Ar-Rum Ayah 8

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أَوَلَمۡ يَتَفَكَّرُواْ فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۗ مَّا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَأَجَلٖ مُّسَمّٗىۗ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرٗا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِلِقَآيِٕ رَبِّهِمۡ لَكَٰفِرُونَ ٨

Awalam yatafakkarū fī anfusihim, mā khalaqallāhus-samāwāti wal-arḍa wa mā baynahumā illā bil-ḥaqqi wa ajalim musammā, wa inna kathīram minan-nāsi biliqāʾi rabbihim lakāfirūn.

Do they not contemplate within themselves?1 Allāh has not created the heavens and the earth and what is between them except in truth and for a specified term. And indeed, many of the people, in the meeting with their Lord, are disbelievers.

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. An additional meaning is "Do they not contemplate concerning themselves."

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Tafsir

وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ - بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ ۚ

(And on that day, the believers will rejoice – with the help of Allah.) They will rejoice because the Romans, the companions of Caesar, the king of Ash-Sham, defeated the Persians, the companions of Chosroes, who were Zoroastrians. According to many of the scholars, such as Ibn Abbas, Ath-Thawri, As-Suddi and others, the victory of the Romans over the Persians happened on the same day as the battle of Badr. It was reported in the Hadith recorded by At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Hatim and Al-Bazaar that Abu Said said: “On the day of Badr, the Romans defeated the Persians, and the believers were happy and rejoiced about that. And Allah revealed the words:

وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ -ِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ ۚ يَنصُرُ مَن يَشَاءُ ۖ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ

(And on that day, the believers will rejoice – with the help of Allah. He helps whom He wills, and He is the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.) Ibn Abi Htim recorded that Az-Zubayr Al-Kilabi said, I saw the victory of the Persians over the Romans, then I saw the victory of the Romans over the Persians, then I saw the victory of the Muslims over both the Persian and Romans, and all of that happened within fifteen years.” Allah’s saying:

Word by word22 words

  • أَوَلَمۡDo not
  • يَتَفَكَّرُواْthey ponder
  • فِيٓwithin
  • أَنفُسِهِمۗthemselves
  • مَّاNot
  • خَلَقَAllah (has) created
  • ٱللَّهُAllah (has) created
  • ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavens
  • وَٱلۡأَرۡضَand the earth
  • وَمَاand what
  • بَيۡنَهُمَآ(is) between them
  • إِلَّاexcept
  • بِٱلۡحَقِّin truth
  • وَأَجَلٖand (for) a term
  • مُّسَمّٗىۗappointed
  • وَإِنَّAnd indeed
  • كَثِيرٗاmany
  • مِّنَof
  • ٱلنَّاسِthe people
  • بِلِقَآيِٕin (the) meeting
  • رَبِّهِمۡ(with) their Lord
  • لَكَٰفِرُونَsurely (are) disbelievers

Repeated phrases

  • بِلِقَآيِٕ رَبِّهِمۡ لَكَٰفِرُونَ

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