وَالْعَصْرِ
CONSIDER the flight of time! (1)
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
Verily, man is bound to lose himself (2)
إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ
unless he be of those who attain to faith, and do good works, and enjoin upon one another the keeping to truth, and enjoin upon one another patience in adversity. (3)
- Verily Man is in loss,6263
- 6263 If life be considered under the metaphor of a business bargain, man, by merely attending to his material gains, will lose. When he makes up his day's account in the afternoon, it will show a loss. It will only show profit if he has Faith, leads a good life, and contributes to social welfare by directing and encouraging other people on the Path of Truth and Constancy.
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Verily Man is in loss,
— Abdullah Yusuf Ali -
Lo! man is a state of loss,
— Marmaduke Pickthall -
Most surely man is in loss,
— M. Habib Shakir -
Verily! Man is in loss,
— Taqiuddin Hilali and M. Mohsin Khan -
Verily man is in loss,
— Abdul-Majid Daryabadi -
Surely, the human is in a (state of) loss,
— Hasan Qaribullah and Ahmed Darwish -
Man is surely in loss,
— Ayub Khan -
Surely, man is ever in a state of loss,
— Sher Ali -
Verily, man is bound to lose himself
— Muhammad Asad -
Surely Man is in the way of loss,
— Arthur Arberry -
Lo! Man is in a state of loss;
— Abu'l Ala Maududi