al-‘Aṣr

The Declining Day

Meccan3 verses103 / 114

103

Page 601

wa-l-ʿaṣri

By Time!

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾinna l-ʾinsāna la-fī khusrin

Man is indeed in loss,

— Ali Quli Qarai

ʾillā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa-tawāṣaw bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-tawāṣaw bi-ṣ-ṣabri

except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and enjoin one another to [follow] the truth, and enjoin one another to patience.

— Ali Quli Qarai

Al-ʿAṣr