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“By the declining day, Lo! man is a state of loss, Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.
— Quran 103:1-3 (Surah Al-Asr) – tr. Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)
Quran 103:1-3 (Surah Al-Asr) – tr. Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)
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