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Surah Al-'Asr - Word by Word

(The Declining Day)

bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim
1

وَالْعَصْرِۙ ١

wal-ʿaṣri
وَٱلْعَصْرِ
By the time
By time, (QS. [103] Al-'Asr: 1)
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2

اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَفِيْ خُسْرٍۙ ٢

inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-insāna
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
mankind
lafī
لَفِى
(is) surely in
khus'rin
خُسْرٍ
loss
Indeed, mankind is in loss, (QS. [103] Al-'Asr: 2)
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3

اِلَّا الَّذِيْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَعَمِلُوا الصّٰلِحٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ ەۙ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ ࣖ ٣

illā
إِلَّا
Except
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
āmanū
ءَامَنُوا۟
believe
waʿamilū
وَعَمِلُوا۟
and do
l-ṣāliḥāti
ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ
righteous deeds
watawāṣaw
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟
and enjoin each other
bil-ḥaqi
بِٱلْحَقِّ
to the truth
watawāṣaw
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟
and enjoin each other
bil-ṣabri
بِٱلصَّبْرِ
to [the] patience
Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience. (QS. [103] Al-'Asr: 3)
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