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“In a near land, but they, after being defeated, will soon be victorious,” 4. “Within a few years. To Allah belongs the Command before and after, and on that day the believers shall rejoice.” 5. “With the help of Allah, He helps whom He pleases, and He is the Mighty, the Merciful.” The Arabic word /bid‘/ means: ‘a piece’, as the Prophet (S) said: “Fatimah is a piece from me.” Sometimes the objective meaning of /bid‘/ is a part of time between three to nine years.

Question: What relation is there between the triumph of the army of Room over Iranians and the Muslims that the Qur’an says: “…that day the believers shall rejoice”? Answer: The Prophet of Islam (S) wrote two letters to the kings of Iran and Room and invited them to the religion of Islam. The king of Iran, Khusrow Parviz, tore the letter, but the king of Room respected Prophet’s letter.

Muslims liked the Romans who respected Prophet’s letter to be victorious, but they failed in the war, so the Muslims became inconvenient because of that event. By these holy verses Allah gave a good tidings to the Muslims that although Romans failed, they would win the battle thereafter in near future and that victory could make the believers happy.[^1] Yes, a faithful society should not look only its own inside but it must show reaction unto the bitter and sweet events of other nations, too.

The Occasion of Revelation The great Islamic commentators all believe that the beginning verses of this Surah were sent down for the sake that at that time when the Prophet (S) was at Mecca and the believers were in minority, there happened a fight between Iranians and Romans, and Iranians became victorious. Pagans of Mecca, then, took it as a good omen and considered it as a proof of legitimacy for their own polytheism.

They said Iranians were Zoroastrians and polytheists (dualists), but Romans were Christians, the People of the Book’.