ter 103:

AL-ASR (THE DECLINING DAY, EVENTIDE, THE EPOCH)
Total Verses: 3 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

103.001
Y: By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

P: By the declining day,

S: I swear by the time,

103.002
Y: Verily Man is in loss,

P: Lo! man is a state of loss,

S: Most surely man is in loss,

103.003
Y: Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join
together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, and of Patience and
Constancy.

P: Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to
truth and exhort one another to endurance.

S: Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth,
and enjoin on each other patience.

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Chapter 104:

AL-HUMAZA (THE TRADUCER, THE GOSSIPMONGER)
Total Verses: 9 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

104.001
Y: Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter,

P: Woe unto every slandering traducer,

S: Woe to every slanderer, defamer,

104.002
Y: Who pileth up wealth and layeth it by,

P: Who hath gathered wealth (of this world) and arranged it.

S: Who amasses wealth and considers it a provision (against mishap);

104.003
Y: Thinking that his wealth would make him last for ever!

P: He thinketh that his wealth will render him immortal.

S: He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.

104.004
Y: By no means! He will be sure to be thrown into That which Breaks to
Pieces,

P: Nay, but verily he will be flung to the Consuming One.

S: Nay! he shall most certainly be hurled into the crushing disaster,

104.005
Y: And what will explain to thee That which Breaks to Pieces?

P: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Consuming One is!

S: And what will make you realize what the crushing disaster is?

104.006
Y: (It is) the Fire of (the Wrath of) Allah kindled (to a blaze),

P: (It is) the fire of Allah, kindled,

S: It is the fire kindled by Allah,

104.007
Y: The which doth mount (right) to the Hearts:

P: Which leapeth up over the hearts (of men).

S: Which rises above the hearts.

104.008
Y: It shall be made into