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