(30:1) Alif. Lam. Mim. (30:2) The Romans have been defeated (30:3) in the neighbouring land; but after their defeat they shall gain victory in a few years. (30:4) All power belongs to Allah both before and after. On that day will the believers rejoice (30:5) at the victory granted by Allah. He grants victory to whomsoever He pleases. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Compassionate. (30:6) This is Allah's promise and He does not go back on His promise. But most people do not know. (30:7) People simply know the outward aspect of the worldly life but are utterly heedless of the Hereafter. (30:8) Do they not reflect on themselves? Allah created the heavens and the earth and whatever lies between them in Truth and for an appointed term. Yet many people deny that they will meet their Lord. (30:9) Have they not travelled through the earth that they may observe what was the end of their predecessors who were far mightier and tilled the land and built upon it more than these have ever built? And Allah's Messengers came to them with Clear Signs. It was not Allah Who wronged them, but it is they who wronged themselves. (30:10) Evil was the end of those evil-doers, for they gave the lie to Allah's Signs and scoffed at them. (30:11) Allah creates in the first instance and will later repeat it. Thereafter it is to Him that you shall be sent back. (30:12) On that Day when the Hour will come to pass, the criminals shall be dumbfounded. (30:13) None whom they had associated with Allah in His Divinity will intercede on their behalf; rather, they will disown those whom they had set up as Allah's associates in His Divinity. (30:14) On that Day when the Hour will come to pass, people will be split into groups. (30:15) Then those who believed and acted righteously will be placed in a Garden and will be happy and jubilant. (30:16) As for those who disbelieved and gave the lie to Our Signs and to the encounter of the Hereafter, they will be arraigned for chastisement. (30:17) So glorify Allah in the evening and the morning. (30:18) His is all praise in the heavens and in the earth; (and glorify Him) in the afternoon and when the sun begins to decline. (30:19) He brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and revives the earth after it is dead. Likewise will you be raised to life (after you die). (30:20) And of His Signs is that He created you from dust and behold, you became human beings, and are multiplying around (the earth). (30:21) And of His Signs is that He has created mates for you from your own kind that you may find peace in them and He has set between you love and mercy. Surely there are Signs in this for those who reflect. (30:22) And of His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your tongues and colours. Indeed there are Signs in this for the wise. (30:23) And of His Signs is your sleeping at night and your seeking His Bounty during the day. Indeed there are Signs in this for those who hearken. (30:24) And of His Signs is that He shows you lightning, arousing both fear and hope, and sends down water from the sky and revives the earth after it is dead. Indeed there are Signs in this for those who use their reason. (30:25) And of His Signs is that the sky and the earth stand firm by His command. Then no sooner than He summons you out of the earth you will come forth. (30:26) To Him belong all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth. All are in obedience to Him. (30:27) It is He Who creates in the first instance and it is He Who will repeat the creation, and that is easier for Him. His is the loftiest attribute in the heavens and the earth. He is the Most Mighty, the Most Wise....