Al-'Ashr

The Declining Day

Surah 103 · Meccan · 3 ayahs

العصر

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ١

    Wal-ʿaṣr.

    By time,1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. An oath in which Allāh swears by time throughout the ages.
  2. إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ٢

    Innal-insāna lafī khusr.

    Indeed, mankind is in loss,

  3. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ٣

    Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa tawāṣaw bil-ḥaqqi wa tawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabr.

    Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.