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The opening as it read in 2025

Ar-Rum ( Arabic : الروم , romanized : ’ar-rūm , lit. ' The Romans ' ) is the 30th chapter ( sūrah ) of the Quran , consisting of 60 verses ( āyāt ). 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". The surah references the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 and specifically the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem in 614. Both sides of that war would later become military opponents of the early Muslims. Within Muhammad 's own lifetime, Muslim and Byzantine forces would clash in the earliest battle of the Arab–Byzantine wars , and the Muslim conquest of Persia led to the downfall of the Sasanian Empire by the middle of the 7th century .

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Surat Ar-Rum (The Romans, The Byzantines) is the 30th sura of the Qur'an with 60 ayat. v t e

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See Rûm for the Arabic term for the Byzantine Empire itself. Surat Ar-Rum ( , " Sura of the Romans ", referring to the Byzantine Empire ) is the 30th sura of the Qur'an with 60 ayat . It calls Muslims to look forward to the victory it prophesies of the Emperor Heraclius ' Christians over the Persian Zoroastrians . In it, Christianity is shown preference over non-Abrahamic faiths.

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Surat Ar-Rum ( , "Surah of the Romans") is the 30th surah of the Qur'an . It consists of 60 ayat . The word Rûm (literally 'Romans'), which occurs in the first ayah , refers to the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire ; hence the title is sometimes also translated as "The Byzantines".

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30th chapter of the Qur'an Ar-Rūm ( Arabic : الْرُّوم , 'The Romans') is the 30th chapter ( sūrah ) of the Quran . It consists of 60 verses ( āyāt ). The term Rûm originated in the word "Romans" and in the time of Muhammad referred to the Byzantine Greeks ( Eastern Roman Empire ), hence the title is sometimes also translated as "The Greeks" or "The Byzantines".

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30th chapter of the Qur'an Ar-Rum ( ) is the 30th chapter ( sūrah ) of the Quran , consisting of 60 verses ( āyāt ). 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". The surah provides information on how the cataclysmic Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 looked to the Arabs of Mecca —interested onlookers who were still unaware that, within a single generation, they would enter the realm of imperialism and defeat both the Byzantines and the Sassanids .

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