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Translation comparisonCompare Al-'Asr in English
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْعَصْرِ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
TIME AND AGE are witness
Ahmed Raza Khan
By oath of this era of yours (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him).
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
Man is certainly loss,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed man is surely in a loss.
Arberry
Surely Man is in the way of loss,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
Except those who believe, and do good and enjoin truth on one another, and enjoin one another to bear with fortitude (the trials that befall).
Ahmed Raza Khan
Except those who accepted faith, and did good deeds and urged one another to the truth – and urged one another to have patience.
Arberry
save those who believe, and do righteous deeds, and counsel each other unto the truth, and counsel each other to be steadfast.