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103. Surah Al-'Asr, Verse 1

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وَالْعَصْرِۙ

WalAAasr

By the Late Afternoon,

  • Progressive Muslims

    By time.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Time that flies and has flown, bears witness.

  • Sam Gerrans

    By the span of time!

  • The Monotheist Group

    By time.

  • Edip-Layth

    By time,

  • Aisha Bewley

    By the Late Afternoon,

  • Rashad Khalifa

    By the afternoon.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    TIME AND AGE are witness

  • Sahih International

    By time,

  • Muhammad Asad

    CONSIDER the flight of time!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    By the declining day,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat

    By the era distinctive of life on earth.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Hereby God swears by time.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    By Al-‘Asr (the time).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

  • Mustafa Khattab

    By the ˹passage of˺ time!

  • Taqi Usmani

    (I swear) by the Time,

  • Abdul Haleem

    By the declining day,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    By the afternoon!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    By the afternoon!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    By the declining day!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the afternoon! (Or: time).

  • George Sale

    By the afternoon;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    By (the Promise of) time (infinite), ('Asr also refers to afternoon prayer, or later part in life)

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    I cite as witness the Time.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    By Time!