The Holy Quran 103:2 — Surah Al-'Asr

Arabic text

إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

Translation

Verily man is at a loss (in both worlds)...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Man is in loss: what loss could be greater than this: that, like the stock of a man who sells ice, the capital of his trade — which is called his precious life — keeps dwindling moment by moment? If in this rush he does not do some deed through which this passing life is put to good use — indeed, becomes an eternal and imperishable asset and of use for ever…

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