Chapter 103, 3 verses
মহাকালের শপথ,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By Al-'Asr (the time).
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
মানুষ অবশ্যই ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত,
Verily, man is in loss,
Lo! man is a state of loss,
কিন্তু উহারা নয়, যাহারা ঈমান আনে ও সৎকর্ম করে এবং পরস্পরকে সত্যের উপদেশ দেয় ও ধৈর্যের উপদেশ দেয়।
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).
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.