Surah Al-'Asr (The Declining Day)
Meccan · 3 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ
By the declining day
103:1إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ
Lo! man is a state of loss
103:2إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance
103:3
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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