Quran

Surah Al-Asr (The Declining Day, Epoch)

العَصۡرِ

Surah 103 of 114, revealed in Makkah, 3 ayat.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. 1Al-Asr 103:1

    وَٱلْعَصْرِ

    By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

    By the declining day,

  2. 2Al-Asr 103:2

    إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

    Verily Man is in loss,

    Lo! man is a state of loss,

  3. 3Al-Asr 103:3

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

    Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.

    Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.

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Arabic text from the Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani). Translations by Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Marmaduke Pickthall, both in the public domain.