Listen to Dr Musharraf Hussain sharing his thoughts and analysis of Surat Al-Asr. The short and pithy message of this Makkan surat is a moving description of those who are mindful. Imam Shafie (d.820 AH) expressed this eloquently when he said: "If people thought deeply just about this one surat, it would be enough for them". This is because it simply states the obvious as time passes, man is at loss, except those blessed ones who do four things: