paths.Allah is with the righteous.
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lif lam mim. The Greeks have been defeated in a
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neighbouring land. But after their defeat they shall
themselves gain victory within a few years. Allah's is the
command before and after.
On that day the believers will rejoice in Allah's help. He gives
victory towhomHe will. He is theMightyOne, theMerciful.
That is Allah's promise; to His promise He will never be untrue.
Yet most men do not know it.
They know some outward show of this life, but of the life to come
they are heedless. Have they not considered that Allah did not create
the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them except in
truth, and for an appointed term? Yet most men deny that they will
ever meet their Lord.
Have they never journeyed through the land and seenwhat was the
fate of their forebears? Far mightier were they; they tilled the land and
built upon it more than these have built. And to them, too, their
apostles came with undoubted signs. Allah did not wrong them, but
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1. By the Persians in 615A.D.
Sura 30
"Al-Rurm"
THE GREEKS
In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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THE GREEKS
THE QURAN