103:2
إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ﴿٢﴾
Verily, man is bound to lose himself
തീർച്ചയായും, മനുഷ്യൻ നഷ്ടത്തിലാണ്.
103:3
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ﴿٣﴾
unless he be of those2 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.
സത്യവിശ്വാസം കൈക്കൊള്ളുകയും സല്ക്കര്മങ്ങളാചരിക്കുകയും പരസ്പരം സത്യമുദ്ബോധിപ്പിക്കുകയും ക്ഷമയുപദേശിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തവരൊഴികെ!
Footnotes by Muhammad Asad
- 1. The term "asr denotes "time" that is measurable, consisting of a succession of periods (in distinction from dahr, which signifies "unlimited time", without beginning or end: i.e., "time absolute"). Hence, asr bears the connotation of the passing or the flight of time - time which can never be recaptured.
- 2. Lit., "man is indeed in [a state of] loss, except those. . .", etc