Interpretation and reception
Commentary on the Qur'anic Verses concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines (Tafsir Surat al-Rum)
Abdu'l-Baha; provisional translation and commentary by Moojan Momen
Retains an outward Byzantine-Persian prediction while offering multiple spiritual senses involving revelation, divine law and resurrection.
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Abdu’l-Bahá on the many meanings of Qur’an 30 · commentary →
The Arabic witnesses · commentary →
Outward history and meanings within meanings · commentary →
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Edition and location
Moojan Momen, Lights of Irfan 2 (2001), pp. 99–117, author-hosted HTML
Makatib Abdu'l-Baha I, pp. 62–102; translation opening through numbered interpretations 1–9 (to p. 85); Momen introduction