# Surah Al-'Asr (العصر)

Surah Al-'Asr (العصر, "The Declining Day, Epoch") is chapter 103 of the Quran and contains 3 verses. It is a Meccan surah, revealed 13th of the 114. It appears in juz 30, on pages 601–601 of the standard mushaf, divided into 1 rukus.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Chapter number | 103 |
| Verses | 3 |
| Revealed | Meccan |
| Revelation order | 13 |
| Juz | 30 |
| Rukus | 1 |
| Pages | 601–601 |

## Text

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

**103:1** وَٱلْعَصْرِ

> By the declining day,

**103:2** إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

> Lo! man is a state of loss,

**103:3** إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ

> Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.


## Source

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani v1.1), Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, https://tanzil.net
Translation: Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall, public domain.
Canonical page: https://quranonlineread.com/quran/al-asr/
Cite as: Quran 103:{verse}, Surah Al-'Asr.