By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعصر
I swear by the time,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
Chapter 103, 3 verses
By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والعصر
I swear by the time,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the declining day,
Verily Man is in loss,
إن الإنسان لفي خسر
Most surely man is in loss,
Lo! man is a state of loss,
Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.
إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبر
Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.