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Surah Al-‘Asr (The Declining Day) — Arabic text & English translation

  • Surah 103
  • 3 verses
  • Meccan
  • Revelation order 13
  • Pages 601–601

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلْعَصْرِ ۝١

1. By the declining day,

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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ ۝٢

2. Lo! man is a state of loss,

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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ ۝٣

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

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Quran text (Uthmani script) from the Tanzil Project — Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani, Version 1.1), Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. English translation: M. M. Pickthall (public domain), text via Tanzil.net. Tap “Tafsir of this verse” for the tafsir from recognised books, with the source cited.