Surah al-‘Asr is a fascinating chapter in the Qur’an because despite it being the second shortest chapter, it sort of sets the details/blueprint and encompasses the cycle of a believer’s life. Think about it:
“By Time.
Indeed, Mankind is in loss.
Except those who believe and do good deeds, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to patience.” [al-‘Asr]
A person’s lifeTime seems to follow a certain pattern: We are all in loss and in danger of losing our Hereafter – except for the believer. But when belief enters your heart, you naturally start doing deeds of righteousness. But then belief can’t stay suppressed in your heart and so you advise others and enjoin goodness – more importantly, you stand up for the Truth. And the moment you stand up for the Truth in this world, is the moment you will need to gather all the patience you can to overcome the obstacles that will no doubt come your way. This is because men and women of truth are tested and they are often fought by those who are still in lingering in loss from amongst Mankind… Subhan’Allah.
It is no wonder that the likes of Imam al-Shafi’i used to say, “If nothing else but this (Surah Al-’Asr) were to be revealed, then it would have been enough for Mankind as guidance and righteousness.”
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Subhan Allah! Love what you’ve called it..a life-cycle!
Such a beautiful and thought provoking piece – as usual.
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Masha Allah very nice blog,i liked the header “Fajr ,a Bright dawn that follows every dark night”
and yes i heard that same from “Dr Israr Ahamad ” That for guidance and every aspect that Surah Asr is complete for mankind ,btw more over scientificly miracle of Surah Asr what i think is,maths,physics,chemistry everything we study things in time domain,everything is dependent on a independent variable called “Time” so by Time man is in Loss,it has also some scientific meaning
I was just thinking… this is the second shortest chapter in the Qur’an and it highlights the ‘life-cylce’ of a person, almost as if to say, the life-cycle is a short one and our lives are indeed short!
Another Hadith tells us that the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH gave so much importance to this surah that whenever they met they reminded each other by reciting this surah of the most important message contained in it.