Commentary · Quran
Surah 103: The Declining DayThe Declining Day
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I’ve used Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall’s 1930 translation of the Quran’s meanings since it’s both public domain and very pretty.
Surah 103: The Declining Day, Eventide, The Epoch, Timeسُورَةُ العَصۡرِ
1By the declining day, 2Lo! man is a state of loss, 3Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.
1بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَصْرِ 2إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ 3إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ