In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
1. By Al-‘Asr (the time).
2. Verily! Man is in loss,
3. Except those who believe[1] and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth[2], and recommend one another to patience[3].
Sura 103. Al-Asr (The Time)
[1]: in Islâmic Monotheism
[2]: i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma’rûf)which Allâh has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar)which Allâh has forbidden
[3]: For the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allâh’s Cause during preaching His religion of Islâmic Monotheism or Jihâd, etc.