Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

By the span of time!

وَالْعَصْرِۙ
WalAAasr
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1wal-ʿaṣriBy the timeعصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    By the Late Afternoon,

  • Progressive Muslims

    By time.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    Time that flies and has flown, bears witness.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    By the span of time!

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    By time.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    By time,

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    By the afternoon.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    TIME AND AGE are witness

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    By time,

  • Muhammad Asad

    CONSIDER the flight of time!

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    By the declining day,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    By the time!

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    By the era distinctive of life on earth.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Hereby God swears by time.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    By Al-‘Asr (the time).

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    By (the Token of) Time (through the ages),

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    By the ˹passage of˺ time!

  • Taqi Usmani

    (I swear) by the Time,

  • Abdul Haleem

    By the declining day,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    By the afternoon!

  • E. Henry Palmer

    By the afternoon!

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    By the declining day!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And (by) the afternoon! (Or: time).

  • George Sale

    By the afternoon;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    By (the Promise of) time (infinite), ('Asr also refers to afternoon prayer, or later part in life)

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    I cite as witness the Time.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    By Time!