Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation (1930)
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.
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Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of The Glorious Koran. An Explanatory Translation,
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 10 May. 2025:
http://quran-archive.org/explorer/marmaduke-pickthall/1930?page=673