Al-'Asr

The Declining Day

Chapter 103Meccan3 Verses

Verse 1

وَٱلْعَصْرِwal-ʿaṣriBy the time

Translation

By the time

Verse 2

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَl-insānamankind
لَفِىlafī(is) surely, in
خُسْرٍkhus'rinloss

Translation

Indeed mankind (is) surely, in loss

Verse 3

إِلَّاillāExcept
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
وَعَمِلُوا۟waʿamilūand do
ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِl-ṣāliḥātirighteous deeds
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣawand enjoin (each other)
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqito the truth
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣawand enjoin (each other)
بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabrito [the] patience

Translation

Except those who believe and do righteous deeds and enjoin (each other) to the truth and enjoin (each other) to [the] patience