وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ ١
By the ˹passage of˺ time!
103:1
إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ ٢
Surely humanity is in ˹grave˺ loss,
103:2
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ ٣
except those who have faith, do good, and urge each other to the truth, and urge each other to perseverance.
103:3
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ ١
Woe to every backbiter, slanderer,
104:1
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ ٢
who amasses wealth ˹greedily˺ and counts it ˹repeatedly˺,
104:2
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ ٣
thinking that their wealth will make them immortal!
104:3
كـَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ ٤
Not at all! Such a person will certainly be tossed into the Crusher.
104:4
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ ٥
And what will make you realize what the Crusher is?
104:5
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ ٦
˹It is˺ Allah’s kindled Fire,
104:6
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ ٧
which rages over the hearts.
104:7
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ ٨
It will be sealed over them,
104:8
فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ ٩
˹tightly secured˺ with long braces.1
104:9
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلۡفِيلِ ١
Have you not seen ˹O Prophet˺ how your Lord dealt with the Army of the Elephant?
105:1
أَلَمۡ يَجۡعَلۡ كَيۡدَهُمۡ فِي تَضۡلِيلٖ ٢
Did He not frustrate their scheme?
105:2
وَأَرۡسَلَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ طَيۡرًا أَبَابِيلَ ٣
For He sent against them flocks of birds,
105:3
تَرۡمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٖ مِّن سِجِّيلٖ ٤
that pelted them with stones of baked clay,
105:4
فَجَعَلَهُمۡ كَعَصۡفٖ مَّأۡكُولِۭ ٥
leaving them like chewed up straw.1
105:5