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Text and transliteration

 * Hafs from Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud

Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)

undefined Wal‘aṣr(i)

undefined ’inna l-’insāna lafī khusr(in)

undefined ’illa l-ladhīna ’āmanū wa‘amilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti watawāṣaw bilḥaqqi watawāṣaw biṣṣabr(i)


 * Warsh from Nafiʽ al-Madani

Bismi l-lāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm(i)

undefined Wal‘aṣr(i)

undefined ’inna linsāna lafī khusr(in)

undefined ’illa l-ladhīna ’āmanū wa‘amilu ṣ-ṣāliḥāti watawāṣaw bilḥaqqi watawāṣaw biṣṣabr(i)

Meanings
By Al-'Asr (the time).

Verily! Man is in loss,

Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma'ruf) which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar) which Allah has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allah's Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad, etc.).

Translation:Noble Quran, 1999

By time,

Indeed, mankind is in loss,

Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

Translation:Saheeh International, 1997

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

Verily Man is in loss,

Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.

Translation:Yusuf Ali, 1934

By the declining day,

Lo! man is a state of loss,

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

Translation:Pickthall, 1930