بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْعَصْرِ
I swear by the time,
WaalAAasri
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
Chapter 103, 3 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْعَصْرِ
I swear by the time,
WaalAAasri
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
Most surely man is in loss,
Inna alinsana lafee khusrin
Lo! man is a state of loss,
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.
Illa allatheena amanoo waAAamiloo alssalihati watawasaw bialhaqqi watawasaw bialssabri
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.