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Muhammad Asad   
Defeated have been the Byzantine
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The Romans have been defeated
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the Byzantines have been defeated

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Arabic   
غُلِبَتِ ٱلرُّومُ ۝٢
Transliteration (2021)   
ghulibati l-rūm
Word for Word
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Have been defeated the Romans

Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad   
Defeated have been the Byzantine
M. M. Pickthall   
The Romans have been defeate
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)   
The Roman Empire has been defeated
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab   
The Romans have been defeated
Safi Kaskas   
the Byzantines have been defeated
Wahiduddin Khan   
The Romans have been defeate
Shakir   
The Romans are vanquished
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar   
The Romans were vanquished
T.B.Irving   
The Byzantines have been defeated
Abdul Hye   
The Romans (Christians) have been defeated (by the Persians - idol worshippers
The Study Quran   
The Byzantines have been defeate
Talal Itani & AI (2024)   
The Romans have been defeated.
Talal Itani (2012)   
The Romans have been defeated
Dr. Kamal Omar   
Rome stands defeated (and occupied) —
M. Farook Malik   
The Romans have been defeated (by the Persians, in Syria - A.D. 615; the Prophet Muhammad’s sympathies were with the Romans who were Christians, while the pagan Arabs were on the side of the Persians who were idol worshippers
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali   
The Romans have been overcome (by the Persians)
Muhammad Sarwar   
The Romans have been defeated in a nearby land and after this defeat
Muhammad Taqi Usmani   
The Romans have been defeate
Shabbir Ahmed   
The Romans have been defeated
Dr. Munir Munshey   
Romans have been defeated
Syed Vickar Ahamed   
The Romans have been defeated—
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)   
The Byzantines have been defeate
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)   
The Romans have won
Abdel Haleem   
The Byzantines have been defeate
Abdul Majid Daryabadi   
The Byzantians have been overcome
Ahmed Ali   
The Romans have been conquere
Aisha Bewley   
The Romans have been defeated
Ali Ünal   
The Byzantine Romans have been defeated
Ali Quli Qara'i   
Byzantium has been vanquishe
Hamid S. Aziz   
The Romans are vanquished
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad   
The Romans were defeated
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)   
The Roman Empire has been defeated
Musharraf Hussain   
The Romans were defeated
Maududi   
The Romans have been defeate
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)   
The Romans have won.
Mohammad Shafi   
The Romans have been defeate

Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)   
The Romans have been subdued.
Rashad Khalifa   
Certainly, the Romans will be defeated.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah   
The Romans have been defeated (by the Persians
Maulana Muhammad Ali   
The Romans are vanquishe
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira   
The Romans were defeated/conquered
Bijan Moeinian   
The Romans have been defeated [by the Iranian army]…
Faridul Haque   
The Romans have been defeated
Sher Ali   
The Romans have been defeate
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri   
The Romans have been overpowered (by Persia)
Amatul Rahman Omar   
The Byzantines have been defeated
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali   
The Romans have been defeated

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry   
The Greeks have been vanquishe
George Sale   
The Greeks have been overcome by the Persians
Edward Henry Palmer   
The Greeks are overcom
John Medows Rodwell   
THE GREEKS have been defeate
N J Dawood (2014)   
The Greeks have been defeated¹

New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame   
The Romans have been defeated.
Munir Mezyed   
The Romans have been defeated
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher   
The Romans have been defeated.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation   
The Romans have been overcome
Linda “iLHam” Barto   
The Romans have been defeated…
Irving & Mohamed Hegab   
The Byzantines have been defeated
Samy Mahdy   
The Romans were overcome.
Sayyid Qutb   
Defeated have been the Byzantines
Thomas Cleary   
The Roman Empire has been defeated
Ahmed Hulusi   
The Romans (Byzantines) have been defeated!
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli   
The Romans have been defeated
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur‘an al-Karim   
3, 4, 5, The Romans -Christians- have been defeated (by the Persians) - Atheists-, in the land near by - (the near end of the Roman Empire, Syria). but the tide of battle shall turn and following their defeat shall victory and fortune sit on their helm, in some few years from hence. to Allah alone. The Ultimate Authority, are committed and submitted all matters and all affairs for consideration, decision and execution in the beginning and the end, past, present and time to come; there and then shall the Muslims rejoice beyond a common joy for the victory of the Romans. Allah gives mastery and triumph to whom. He will and He is AL-Aziz and AL-Rahim (the Almighty and the Merciful). Tide of battl
Mir Aneesuddin   
The Romans have been defeated

Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)   
The Roman Empire has been defeated
OLD Literal Word for Word   
Have been defeated the Roman
OLD Transliteration   
Ghulibati alrroomu