Surah Al-Asr (The Time)

Topics in Surah Al-Asr

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Contemplation (Tadabbur) (3 verses)
• Nurturing (Tarbiyah) (3 verses)
• Encouragement (Targhib) (3 verses)
• Voluntary Acts (Tatawwu) (3 verses)
• Reflection (Tafakkur) (3 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (3 verses)
• Dawah (3 verses)
• Fitnah (3 verses)
• Sincere Counsel (Nasihah) (3 verses)
• Bequest (Wasiyyah) (3 verses)
• Companionship (Suhbah) (3 verses)
• Uprightness (Salah) (3 verses)
• Society (Mujtama') (3 verses)
• Praise (Madh) (3 verses)
• Foreign Relations (Alaqat Dawliyyah) (3 verses)

Read Surah Al-Asr with English translation

1. 103:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَصْرِ

   By the declining day,

2. 103:2

   إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

   man is [deep] in loss,

3. 103:3

   إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

   except for those who believe, do good deeds, urge one another to the truth, and urge one another to steadfastness.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.