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Surah Al-Asr — The Declining Day, Epoch
العصر بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Silent letter — Written but not pronounced — hamzat al-waṣl, the sun-lām, a silent alif
Ghunnah (nasalisation) — Nasal sound on a doubled nūn or mīm, and the nūn-sākin / tanwīn rules (ikhfāʾ, idghām, iqlāb)
Qalqalah (echo) — A slight bounce on qāf, ṭāʾ, bāʾ, jīm or dāl when they carry a sukūn
Heavy letter (tafkhīm) — Full-mouthed (heavy) letters — khāʾ, ṣād, ḍād, ghayn, ṭāʾ, qāf, ẓāʾ, and a heavy rāʾ
Natural madd (2) — Basic 2-count prolongation — shown on the small dagger-alif, wāw and yāʾ
Madd at a stop (2–6) — A long vowel stretched 2, 4 or 6 counts when you pause on the final letter
Madd before hamza (4–6) — Connected madd (madd + hamza in one word, 4–5) and separated madd (across two words)
Necessary madd (6) — A full 6-count prolongation — also the disconnected letters that open some sūrahs (alif-lām-mīm…)
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ﱁﱂ وَٱلْعَصْرِ ١
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ﱃﱄﱅﱆﱇ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ ٢
Indeed, mankind is in loss,
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ﱈﱉﱊﱋﱌﱍﱎﱏﱐﱑ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ ٣
Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
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Quran text from Tanzil (tanzil.net), Uthmani script, rendered unmodified. Translation: Saheeh International. Word-by-word translation & transliteration: Quran.com. Word roots & grammar: Quranic Arabic Corpus (corpus.quran.com). Tafsir: al-Muyassar, as-Saʿdī, Ibn Kathīr (abridged) & Maʿārif al-Qurʾān — via Quran.com.