Surah Ar-Rum
Quran 30:49
Read Quran 30:49 from Surah Ar-Rum (The Romans) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 30:49
وَإِنْ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَمُبْلِسِينَ٤٩
Though before that, even before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair.
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 30. Ar-Rum (The Romans)
- Ayah
- 49 of 60
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 30:49
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 30:49
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ وَإِنْ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَمُبْلِسِينَ } أي: آيسين قانطين لتأخر وقت مجيئه، أي: فلما نزل في تلك الحال صار له موقع عظيم [عندهم] وفرح واستبشار.