Al-'Adiyat 100
The ChargersHow to read the Hangul
الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀
- Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
- Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
- Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
- Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).
How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.
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About this surah
Classed as a Meccan sura, it begins with oaths by horses in motion: chargers panting as they run, striking sparks with their hooves, raiding at dawn, raising clouds of dust and plunging into the middle of a host. The oaths lead to three statements about human beings: man is ungrateful to his Lord, he is himself a witness to that, and he is intense in his love of wealth. The last three verses ask whether man does not know what will happen when the contents of the graves are scattered out and what is hidden in the breasts is brought to light — that on that Day his Lord will be fully aware of everyone. The sura moves from the image of galloping horses, to the inner life of people, to the Day when everything is laid open.
- Oaths by charging horses
- Human ingratitude
- Love of wealth
- Hidden thoughts revealed
The name It is named after 'the chargers' (al-'Adiyat), the running horses sworn by in verse 1.
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1
숨을 헐떡이며 내달리는 말들을 두고,
By the chargers, panting,
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2
[발굽으로] 불꽃을 튀기는 말들을 두고,
striking sparks [with their hooves],
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3
새벽에 습격하는 말들을 두고,
raiding at dawn,
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4
그리하여 흙먼지를 일으키며,
stirring up thereby clouds of dust,
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5
그리하여 적진 한가운데로 뛰어드는 말들을 두고 맹세하노라.
plunging thereby into the midst of a host!
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6
진정 사람은 자기 주님께 배은망덕하며,
Indeed man is ungrateful to his Lord,
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7
진정 그 자신이 그것을 증언하고,
and indeed he is a witness to that,
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8
진정 그는 재물을 몹시도 사랑한다.
and indeed he is intense in his love of wealth.
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9
그는 알지 못하느냐? 무덤 속에 있는 것이 파헤쳐지고,
Does he not know that when what is in the graves is scattered out,
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10
가슴속에 있는 것이 드러날 때,
and what is in the breasts is brought to light —
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11
진정 그날 그들의 주님께서는 그들을 다 알고 계신다는 것을.
indeed their Lord, that Day, is fully aware of them?