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Surah Al-’Asr, Verse 1

سورة العصر، الآية ١

103:1 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 601 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 103:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلْعَصْرِ ۝١

Transliteration

wal-ʿaṣri

Translation

By time,1985

Notes

[1985] An oath in which Allāh swears by time throughout the ages.

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Verse 1 of Surah Al-’Asr (103:1), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 601 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 1

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Allah may He be glorified takes an oath on time.

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Other translations of verse 1

By the time,

By Al-‘Asr (the time).

By the declining day,

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

I swear by the time,

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

Verse 1 word by word

  1. وَٱلْعَصْرِ wal-ʿaṣri By the time ع ص ر

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