Surah Al-`Aşr (The Declining Day) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. والعصر

   1

   By Time!

   wa-l-ʿaṣri

2. إن الإنسان لفي خسر

   2

   Man is indeed in loss,

   ʾinna l-ʾinsāna la-fī khusrin

3. إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وتواصوا بالحق وتواصوا بالصبر

   3

   except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and enjoin one another to [follow] the truth, and enjoin one another to patience.

   ʾillā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa-tawāṣaw bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-tawāṣaw bi-ṣ-ṣabri