By time,
I swear by the time,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْعَصْرِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
Chapter 103, 3 verses
By time,
I swear by the time,
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْعَصْرِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
Indeed, mankind is in loss,
Most surely man is in loss,
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
Lo! man is a state of loss,
Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.