Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'Asr Verse 2

Mufti Taqi Usmani

man is in a state of loss indeed,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Surely humanity is in ˹grave˺ loss,

Ruwwad Translation Center

man is in utter loss,

A. J. Arberry

Surely Man is in the way of loss,

Abdul Haleem

man is [deep] in loss,

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

Verily man is in loss,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Verily Man is in loss,

Abul Ala Maududi

Lo! Man is in a state of loss;

Ahmed Ali

Man is certainly loss,

Ahmed Raza Khan

Indeed man is surely in a loss.

Ali Quli Qarai

Man is indeed in loss,

Ali Ünal

Most certainly, human is in loss,

Amatul Rahman Omar

Verily, a person (who is unmindful of God and higher values of his life) is pursuing a losing bargain.

English Literal

That truly the human/mankind (is) in (E) loss.

Faridul Haque

Indeed man is surely in a loss.

Hamid S. Aziz

Verily, man is in a state of loss,

Hilali & Khan

Verily! Man is in loss,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

Except those who believe and do good, and exhort one another to Truth, and exhort one another to patience.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

Most surely man is in loss,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Lo! man is a state of loss,

Muhammad Sarwar

the human being is doomed to suffer loss,

Qaribullah & Darwish

Surely, the human is in a (state of) loss,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Verily, man is in loss.

Wahiduddin Khan

that man is surely in a state of loss,

Talal Itani

The human being is in loss.

Tafsir jalalayn

Verily man (al-insn; the generic) is in [a state of] loss, in all his bargaining,

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

By Al-`Asr. , Verily, man is in loss.

Al-`Asr is the time in which the movements of the Children of Adam occur, whether good or evil.

Malik narrated from Zayd bin Aslam that he said, "It is the evening."

However, the first view is the popular opinion. Thus, Allah swears by this, that man is in
خُسْرٍ
(Khusr), which means in loss and destruction