Read the surah · Surah 103
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Three verses and fourteen words, the second fewest words of any surah in this canon: an oath, then that man is in loss, except those who believe, do right, and urge truth and patience on one another.
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وَٱلْعَصْرِ
Easy-read (simplified)wal-'asr
DIN 31635wal-ʿaṣri
By Time.
By the declining day
By the afternoon
I SWEAR by the declining day
By the afternoon
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إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ
Easy-read (simplified)inna l-'insaana lafee khusr
DIN 31635ʾinna l-ʾinsāna lafī ḫusrin
The translators word this verse differently
The human being is in loss.
Lo! man is a state of loss
verily, man is in loss
Verily, man's lot is cast amid destruction
verily man employeth himself in that which will prove of loss
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إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ
Easy-read (simplified)illaa lladheena aamanoo wa'amiloo s-saalihaati watawaasaw bil-haqqi watawaasaw bis-sabr
DIN 31635ʾillā llaḏīna ʾāmanū waʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti watawāṣaw bil-ḥaqqi watawāṣaw biṣ-ṣabri
The translators word this verse differently
Except those who believe, and do good works, and encourage truth, and recommend patience.
Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance
save those who believe and do right, and bid each other be true, and bid each other be patient
Save those who believe and do the things which be right, and enjoin truth and enjoin stedfastness on each other
Except those who believe, and do that which is right; and who mutually recommend the truth, and mutually recommend perseverance unto each other
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Arabic textTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Uthmani, Version 1.1·Tanzil Project ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
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Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com