The Prophecy of the Romans' Victory over the Persians
النبوءة بانتصار الروم على الفرس
Verse reference
غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ * فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّن بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ * فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَالروم 2-4
Interpretive reading
The Quranic verses were revealed when the Romans were defeated, and within nine years they in fact defeated the Persians — an outcome that no one expected.
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