30. Ar-Rum (The Byzantines)

Mecca Period [6-7 years before Hijra]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ رُسُلًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِمْ...

30: 47. We did indeed send, before thee, apostles to their (respective) peoples,

...فَجَاؤُوهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ...

and they came to them with Clear Signs:

... فَانتَقَمْنَا مِنَ الَّذِينَ أَجْرَمُوا...

then, to those who transgressed, We meted out Retribution:

...وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٤٧﴾

and it was due from us to aid those who believed.

Asad’s Version:

30;47 And indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thee did We send forth apostles - each one unto his own people" - and they brought them all evidence of the truth: and then, [by causing the believers to triumph,] We inflicted Our retribution upon those who [deliberately] did evil: for We had willed it upon Ourselves to succour the believers.