سورة العصر

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Mufaddal said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the word of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: وَالْعَصْرِ* إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِی خُسْرٍ [By the time, indeed man is in loss]. He (peace be upon him) said: "Al-Asr (the time) is the time of the rising of al-Qa'im (may Allah hasten his noble relief)."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): وَالْعَصْرِ [By the time] — it is an oath, and its response is that man is indeed in loss.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): وَ الْعَصْرِ [By the time]; this is an oath from Allah, and your Lord has sworn by the end of the day.

The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family): Its interpretation is: by the Lord of the age of the Resurrection.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): وَ الْعَصْرِ [By the time]; Allah the Glorified swears by time (al-dahr), because in it there is a lesson for those with sight (people of insight), from the aspect that night and day pass (according to the measure of the cycles).