The Koran/Sura CIII — The Afternoon

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Sura CIII — The Afternoon

by Rev. G. Margoliouth, M.A.

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I SWEAR by the declining day!

Verily, man's lot is cast amid destruction,^[72]

Save those who believe and do the things which be right, and enjoin truth and enjoin stedfastness on each other.

^[72]Said to have been recited in the Mosque shortly before his death by Muhammad. See Weil, p. 328.