- Al-Asr
Infobox Sura
Name_of_Surah=Al-Asr
Arabic_name=سورة العصر
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Classification=Makkan
Meaning_of_the_name=Time
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Sura_number=103
Number_of_verses=3
Juz'_number=30
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Number_of_Rukus=1
Number_of_sajdahs=0
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Previous_Sura=At-Takathur
Next_Sura=Al-Humaza Sura t Al-Asr ( _ar. سورة العصر ) (The Declining Day, Eventide, The Epoch, Time) is the 103rd sura of theQur'an . It contains 3ayat , and is believed to be an earlyMeccan sura (although a few commentators consider it Madinan.) It is said to have sparked the conversion ofAmr ibn al-As after he recited it to the self-proclaimedprophet Musaylimah and he responded with a "sura" about thehyrax which Amr ibn al-As rejected as absurd. The sura teaches that all mankind are in loss, except those who believe in Allah and Muhammad, and those who remind others of the haq (truth) and with patience and constancy. This is the second shortestsura , afterAl-Kawthar .: By the declining day, (1) :Lo! man is a state of loss, (2) :Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance. (3)
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External links
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg2qrYgB3tQ&feature=related]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/pick/103.htm Al-Asr] at Sacred Texts
* [http://altafsir.com/Quran.asp?SoraNo=103&Ayah=1&NewPage=0&Tajweed=1 Al-Asr] at Altafsir.com
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