Tafsir for verses: 103:1, 103:2, 103:3
وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ١ ﴿1﴾ إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ٢ ﴿2﴾ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ٣ ﴿3﴾
1(I swear) by the Time, 2man is in a state of loss indeed, 3except those who believed and did righteous deeds, and exhorted each other to follow truth, and exhorted each other to observe patience.
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Commentary
'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful'
Tafsir of Surah Al-Asr
And it is Meccan.
His saying, exalted is He:
﴿By time﴾ ﴿Indeed, mankind is in loss﴾ ﴿Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised one another to truth and advised one another to patience﴾
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Al-Asr means time. It is said in it: 'Asr' and 'Asur' - with a damma on the 'ain and the sad. And Imru' al-Qais said:
؎ ....... And will they not be aware of those who were in the past time?
And Qatadah said: Al-Asr is the evening. And Ubayy ibn Ka'b said: 'I asked the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, about Al-Asr, and he said:
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