Surah Al-Asr
Surah Al-Asr (The Declining Day) is the 103. surah in Quran.Al-Asr surah is listed as the 13. by revelation order.
The meaning of surah Al-Asr is The Declining Day. In total this surah is consist of 3 auahs. You can read Al-Asr by
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It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. This surah takes its name from the word mentioned in the first ayah.
This surah together with Al-Kawthar and Al-Nasr is the shortest surah of the Quran. The word Asr has a range of meaning related to time, closest meaning would be the ending of time.
This surah reminds us that all humans are lost. The loss here is not only about this world but the next world as well. People who believe and do righteous deeds, a description used many times in the Quran, are the people exempt from this as they have found guidance and true meaning of existence by God.
1. Al-Fatiḥa (The Opener) 2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow) 3. Ali 'Imran (Family of Imran) 4. An-Nisa (The Women) 5. Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread) 6. Al-An'am (The Cattle) 7. Al-A'raf (The Heights) 8. Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) 9. At-Tawbah (The Repentance) 10. Yunus (Jonah) 11. Hud (Hud) 12. Yusuf (Joseph) 13. Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder) 14. Ibrahim (Abrahim) 15. Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract) 16. An-Nahl (The Bee) 17. Al-Isra (The Night Journey) 18. Al-Kahf (The Cave) 19. Maryam (Mary) 20. Taha (Ta-Ha) 21. Al-Anbya (The Prophets) 22. Al-Haj (The Pilgrimage) 23. Al-Mu'minun (The Believers) 24. An-Nur (The Light) 25. Al-Furqan (The Criterian) 26. Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets) 27. An-Naml (The Ant) 28. Al-Qasas (The Stories) 29. Al-'Ankabut (The Spider) 30. Ar-Rum (The Romans) 31. Luqman (Luqman) 32. As-Sajdah (The Prostration) 33. Al-Ahzab (The Combined Forces) 34. Saba (Sheba) 35. Fatir (Originator) 36. Ya-Sin (Ya Sin) 37. As-Saffat (Those who set the Ranks) 38. Sad (The Letter 'Saad') 39. Az-Zumar (The Troops) 40. Ghafir (The Forgiver) 41. Fussilat (Explained in Detail) 42. Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation) 43. Az-Zukhruf (The Ornaments of Gold) 44. Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke) 45. Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching) 46. Al-Ahqaf (The Wind-Curved Sandhills) 47. Muhammad (Muhammad) 48. Al-Fath (The Victory) 49. Al-Hujurat (The Rooms) 50. Qaf (The Letter 'Qaf') 51. Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds) 52. At-Tur (The Mount) 53. An-Najm (The Star) 54. Al-Qamar (The Moon) 55. Ar-Rahman (The Beneficent) 56. Al-Waqi'ah (The Inevitable) 57. Al-Hadid (The Iron) 58. Al-Mujadila (The Pleading Woman) 59. Al-Hashr (The Exile) 60. Al-Mumtahanah (She that is to be examined) 61. As-Saf (The Ranks) 62. Al-Jumu'ah (The Congregation, Friday) 63. Al-Munafiqun (The Hypocrites) 64. At-Taghabun (The Mutual Disillusion) 65. At-Talaq (The Divorce) 66. At-Tahrim (The Prohibtiion) 67. Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty) 68. Al-Qalam (The Pen) 69. Al-Haqqah (The Reality) 70. Al-Ma'arij (The Ascending Stairways) 71. Nuh (Noah) 72. Al-Jinn (The Jinn) 73. Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One) 74. Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One) 75. Al-Qiyamah (The Resurrection) 76. Al-Insan (The Man) 77. Al-Mursalat (The Emissaries) 78. An-Naba (The Tidings) 79. An-Nazi'at (Those who drag forth) 80. 'Abasa (He Frowned) 81. At-Takwir (The Overthrowing) 82. Al-Infitar (The Cleaving) 83. Al-Mutaffifin (The Defrauding) 84. Al-Inshiqaq (The Sundering) 85. Al-Buruj (The Mansions of the Stars) 86. At-Tariq (The Nightcommer) 87. Al-A'la (The Most High) 88. Al-Ghashiyah (The Overwhelming) 89. Al-Fajr (The Dawn) 90. Al-Balad (The City) 91. Ash-Shams (The Sun) 92. Al-Layl (The Night) 93. Ad-Duhaa (The Morning Hours) 94. Ash-Sharh (The Relief) 95. At-Tin (The Fig) 96. Al-'Alaq (The Clot) 97. Al-Qadr (The Power) 98. Al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof) 99. Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) 100. Al-'Adiyat (The Courser) 101. Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity) 102. At-Takathur (The Rivalry in world increase) 103. Al-'Asr (The Declining Day) 104. Al-Humazah (The Traducer) 105. Al-Fil (The Elephant) 106. Quraysh (Quraysh) 107. Al-Ma'un (The Small Kindesses) 108. Al-Kawthar (The Abundance) 109. Al-Kafirun (The Disbelievers) 110. An-Nasr (The Divine Support) 111. Al-Masad (The Palm Fiber) 112. Al-Ikhlas (The Sincerity) 113. Al-Falaq (The Daybreak) 114. An-Nas (The Mankind)