الـعصر

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By Al-'Asr (the time).

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,

2 Verily, man is in loss,

2 Lo! man is a state of loss,

3 Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth [i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma'ruf) which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar which Allah has forbidden], and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allah's Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad).

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