Editing Al-Asr (section)

{{Short description|103rd chapter of the Quran}}
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{{infobox surah
| number         = 103
| number-3       = 103
| name           = Al-ʻAṣr
| name-ar        = العصر
| name-en        = The Declining Day
| prev_sura      = Quran 102
| next_sura      = Quran 104
| classification = Meccan
| othernames     = Eventide, The Epoch, Time, Afternoon, The Flight of Time, Time through the Ages, Time and Age
| juz            = 30
| verses         = 3
| words          = <!-- optional, uncommon -->
| letters        = <!-- optional, uncommon -->
| muqattaat      = <!-- only if applicable -->
| sajdahs        = <!-- only if applicable -->
| audio          = Chapter 103, Al-Asr (Murattal) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
}}
{{Quran}}
'''Al-Asr''' ({{langx|ar|العصر|al-ʻaṣr}}, ''The Declining Day, Eventide, The Epoch, Time'') is the 103rd chapter ([[sūrah]]) of the [[Qur'an|Qur’ān]], the [[Muslim]] holy book. It contains three ''[[ayat|āyāt]]'' or verses. Surat al-‘Asr is the third shortest chapter after [[Al-Kawthar]] and [[An-Nasr|Al-Nasr]], being shorter than Al-Nasr by only two words in the 3rd verse.''
:[[۝]]<ref>[[Arabic script in Unicode]] symbol for a Quran verse, U+06DD, page 3, [http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/pdf/09419-encode-koranic.pdf Proposal for additional Unicode characters]</ref> By the afternoon;
:۝ verily man employeth himself in that which will prove of loss:
:۝ except those who believe, and do that which is right; and who mutually recommend the truth, and mutually recommend perseverance unto each other.<ref name=GS>[[George Sale]]'s translation</ref>