Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 103:
AL-ASR (THE DECLINING DAY, EVENTIDE, THE EPOCH, THE AFTERNOON)
Total Verses: 3
Revealed At: MAKKA
Order in which revealed: 13
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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
103.001
YUSUFALI: By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),
PICKTHAL: By the declining day,
SHAKIR: I swear by the time,
KHALIFA: By the afternoon.
103.002
YUSUFALI: Verily Man is in loss,
PICKTHAL: Lo! man is a state of loss,
SHAKIR: Most surely man is in loss,
KHALIFA: The human being is utterly lost.
103.003
YUSUFALI: Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the
mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.
PICKTHAL: Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and
exhort one another to endurance.
SHAKIR: Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin
on each other patience.
KHALIFA: Except those who believe and lead a righteous life, and exhort one another to
uphold the truth, and exhort one another to be steadfast.