Al-'Asr 103
TimeHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classed as a Meccan sura, it has only three verses. It opens with a brief oath, 'By time!' The second verse makes a broad statement about the human condition: man is in loss. It speaks of humanity as a whole rather than of a particular group. The third verse names those who are excepted from this loss and describes them by four qualities: they believe, they do righteous deeds, they urge one another to the truth, and they urge one another to patience. The first two concern a person's own faith and action; the last two concern what people encourage in each other. In this compact form, the sura ties together time, human loss and the way out of that loss.
- An oath by time
- Human loss
- Faith and righteous deeds
- Urging truth and patience
The name It is named after 'time' (al-'Asr), the single oath that forms verse 1.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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1
وَالْعَصْرِ왈아스r르
시간을 두고 맹세하노라.
By time!
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2
إِنَّ인날 الْإِنْسَانَ인사나 لَفِي라f피 خُسْرٍ쿠스r르
진정 사람은 손실 속에 있다.
Indeed man is in loss,
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3
إِلَّا일랄 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 آمَنُوا아마누 وَعَمِلُوا와아밀룻 الصَّالِحَاتِ살리하티 وَتَوَاصَوْا와타와사우 بِالْحَقِّ빌학끼 وَتَوَاصَوْا와타와사우 بِالصَّبْرِ빗사브r르
다만 믿고 선한 일을 하며, 서로 진리를 권하고 서로 인내를 권하는 이들은 예외이다.
except those who believe and do righteous deeds and urge one another to the truth and urge one another to patience.