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Ar-Rum ( Arabic الروم ar-Rūm  'The Byzantines'; from Persian Rūm , "Rome", "Ostrom") is the 30th sura of the Koran , it contains 60 verses . Its title refers to the second verse. The preaching of the sura falls in the third Meccan period (620–622), with the exception of verse 17, which contains information on the compulsory prayer and is therefore regarded by some authors as Medinic .

The designation ar-Rum "the Romans" refers to the inhabitants of Eastern Europe , i.e. the Byzantines. The beginning of Surat has the changing fortunes of war in the Roman Persian wars to illuminate: to defeat the Byzantines, who in the year 613 Damascus and 614 in Jerusalem to the Persians lost , followed at 622 a successful campaign of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius , the 627 ended in a great victory in the battle of Nineveh .

The Koran comments and explains this event from the perspective of the believers. This is followed by topics that are already known from other suras: monotheism , creation of men and women, God's omnipotence and his ability to raise the dead, blindness of people and warnings about the "hour", i. H. before Judgment Day .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Adel Theodor Khoury : The Koran. Translated and commented by Adel Theodor Khoury. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-08023-9 , pp. 385-389.

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