The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)/The Declining Day
SÛRAH CIII
Al-'Aṣr takes its name from a word in verse 1.
A very early Meccan Sûrah.
THE DECLINING DAY
Revealed at Mecca
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1 By the declining day,
2 Lo! man is in a state of loss,
3 Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.