العصر
103. Al-Asr
The Declining Day, Epoch · Meccan · 3 verses
1. Al-Faatiha - The Opening 2. Al-Baqara - The Cow 3. Aal-i-Imraan - The Family of Imraan 4. An-Nisaa - The Women 5. Al-Maaida - The Table 6. Al-An'aam - The Cattle 7. Al-A'raaf - The Heights 8. Al-Anfaal - The Spoils of War 9. At-Tawba - The Repentance 10. Yunus - Jonas 11. Hud - Hud 12. Yusuf - Joseph 13. Ar-Ra'd - The Thunder 14. Ibrahim - Abraham 15. Al-Hijr - The Rock 16. An-Nahl - The Bee 17. Al-Israa - The Night Journey 18. Al-Kahf - The Cave 19. Maryam - Mary 20. Taa-Haa - Taa-Haa 21. Al-Anbiyaa - The Prophets 22. Al-Hajj - The Pilgrimage 23. Al-Muminoon - The Believers 24. An-Noor - The Light 25. Al-Furqaan - The Criterion 26. Ash-Shu'araa - The Poets 27. An-Naml - The Ant 28. Al-Qasas - The Stories 29. Al-Ankaboot - The Spider 30. Ar-Room - The Romans 31. Luqman - Luqman 32. As-Sajda - The Prostration 33. Al-Ahzaab - The Clans 34. Saba - Sheba 35. Faatir - The Originator 36. Yaseen - Yaseen 37. As-Saaffaat - Those drawn up in Ranks 38. Saad - The letter Saad 39. Az-Zumar - The Groups 40. Al-Ghaafir - The Forgiver 41. Fussilat - Explained in detail 42. Ash-Shura - Consultation 43. Az-Zukhruf - Ornaments of gold 44. Ad-Dukhaan - The Smoke 45. Al-Jaathiya - Crouching 46. Al-Ahqaf - The Dunes 47. Muhammad - Muhammad 48. Al-Fath - The Victory 49. Al-Hujuraat - The Inner Apartments 50. Qaaf - The letter Qaaf 51. Adh-Dhaariyat - The Winnowing Winds 52. At-Tur - The Mount 53. An-Najm - The Star 54. Al-Qamar - The Moon 55. Ar-Rahmaan - The Beneficent 56. Al-Waaqia - The Inevitable 57. Al-Hadid - The Iron 58. Al-Mujaadila - The Pleading Woman 59. Al-Hashr - The Exile 60. Al-Mumtahana - She that is to be examined 61. As-Saff - The Ranks 62. Al-Jumu'a - Friday 63. Al-Munaafiqoon - The Hypocrites 64. At-Taghaabun - Mutual Disillusion 65. At-Talaaq - Divorce 66. At-Tahrim - The Prohibition 67. Al-Mulk - The Sovereignty 68. Al-Qalam - The Pen 69. Al-Haaqqa - The Reality 70. Al-Ma'aarij - The Ascending Stairways 71. Nooh - Noah 72. Al-Jinn - The Jinn 73. Al-Muzzammil - The Enshrouded One 74. Al-Muddaththir - The Cloaked One 75. Al-Qiyaama - The Resurrection 76. Al-Insaan - Man 77. Al-Mursalaat - The Emissaries 78. An-Naba - The Announcement 79. An-Naazi'aat - Those who drag forth 80. Abasa - He frowned 81. At-Takwir - The Overthrowing 82. Al-Infitaar - The Cleaving 83. Al-Mutaffifin - Defrauding 84. Al-Inshiqaaq - The Splitting Open 85. Al-Burooj - The Constellations 86. At-Taariq - The Morning Star 87. Al-A'laa - The Most High 88. Al-Ghaashiya - The Overwhelming 89. Al-Fajr - The Dawn 90. Al-Balad - The City 91. Ash-Shams - The Sun 92. Al-Lail - The Night 93. Ad-Dhuhaa - The Morning Hours 94. Ash-Sharh - The Consolation 95. At-Tin - The Fig 96. Al-Alaq - The Clot 97. Al-Qadr - The Power, Fate 98. Al-Bayyina - The Evidence 99. Az-Zalzala - The Earthquake 100. Al-Aadiyaat - The Chargers 101. Al-Qaari'a - The Calamity 102. At-Takaathur - Competition 103. Al-Asr - The Declining Day, Epoch 104. Al-Humaza - The Traducer 105. Al-Fil - The Elephant 106. Quraish - Quraysh 107. Al-Maa'un - Almsgiving 108. Al-Kawthar - Abundance 109. Al-Kaafiroon - The Disbelievers 110. An-Nasr - Divine Support 111. Al-Masad - The Palm Fibre 112. Al-Ikhlaas - Sincerity 113. Al-Falaq - The Dawn 114. An-Naas - Mankind
Arabic Transliteration Translation Plain English
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
103:1
وَٱلْعَصْرِ ﴿١﴾
Wal-ʿaṣr
By the declining day,
103:2
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ ﴿٢﴾
Inna al-insāna lafī khusr
Lo! man is a state of loss,
103:3
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ ﴿٣﴾
Illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti watawāṣaw bil-ḥaqqi watawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabr
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.
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Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.
Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries.
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