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Surah Al-’Asr, Verse 3

سورة العصر، الآية ٣

103:3 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 601 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 103:3

إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ ۝٣

Transliteration

illā alladhīna āmanū waʿamilū l-ṣāliḥāti watawāṣaw bil-ḥaqi watawāṣaw bil-ṣabri

Translation

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

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Verse 3 of Surah Al-’Asr (103:3), 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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Except for those who have faith in Allah and His Messenger, perform good deeds, and encourage each other to follow the truth and remain steadfast upon it. Those who have these qualities are the ones who are successful in the world and the afterlife.

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Other translations of verse 3

except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and exhort one another to the truth and exhort one another to patience.

Except those who believe (in Islâmic 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 Allâh has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar which Allâh has forbidden], and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allâh’s Cause during preaching His religion of Islâmic Monotheism or Jihâd).

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

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

Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience.

Except the ones who have believed, and done deeds of righteousness, and enjoin each other to the Truth, and enjoin each other to patience.

Verse 3 word by word

  1. إِلَّا illā Except
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe أ م ن
  4. وَعَمِلُوا۟ waʿamilū and do ع م ل
  5. ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ l-ṣāliḥāti righteous deeds ص ل ح
  6. وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ watawāṣaw and enjoin (each other) و ص ي
  7. بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi to the truth ح ق ق
  8. وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ watawāṣaw and enjoin (each other) و ص ي
  9. بِٱلصَّبْرِ bil-ṣabri to [the] patience ص ب ر

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  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:227

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

    Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.

  • Sad 38:24

    قَالَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ بِسُؤَالِ نَعْجَتِكَ إِلَىٰ نِعَاجِهِۦ وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْخُلَطَآءِ لَيَبْغِى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَقَلِيلٌ مَّا هُمْ وَظَنَّ دَاوُۥدُ أَنَّمَا فَتَنَّٰهُ فَٱسْتَغْفَرَ رَبَّهُۥ وَخَرَّ رَاكِعًا وَأَنَابَ

    [David] said, "He has certainly wronged you in demanding your ewe [in addition] to his ewes. And indeed, many associates oppress one another, except for those who believe and do righteous deeds - and few are they." And David became certain that We had tried him, and he asked forgiveness of his Lord and fell down bowing [in prostration] and turned in repentance [to Allāh].

  • Al-Inshiqaq 84:25

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍۭ

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds. For them is a reward uninterrupted.

  • At-Tin 95:6

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ غَيْرُ مَمْنُونٍ

    Except for those who believe and do righteous deeds, for they will have a reward uninterrupted.

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:29

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍ

    Those who have believed and done righteous deeds - a good state is theirs and a good return.

  • Luqman 31:8

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُمْ جَنَّٰتُ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Indeed, those who believe and do righteous deeds - for them are the Gardens of Pleasure,

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