At-Takwir 81
The Folding UpHow 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
Classified as revealed in the Meccan period, this surah opens with 'When the sun is wrapped up,' and continues through a chain of 'when' clauses describing the end: stars falling, mountains moving, seas set ablaze, records spread open, and Hellfire and the Garden brought near. Among these scenes is the girl buried alive being asked for what sin she was killed. On that Day, it says, every soul will know what it has brought forward. The surah then swears by the receding planets, the departing night and the morning as it breathes that this is the word of a noble messenger, powerful and trustworthy. It insists that their companion is not mad and that this is not the word of an accursed devil, and ends by calling it a reminder to all the worlds for whoever wills to go straight.
- The sun wrapped up
- Scenes of the last Day
- The girl buried alive
- Word of a noble messenger
- Reminder to all worlds
The name The name comes from verse 1, where the sun is 'wrapped up' (folded up) and its light is gone.
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해가 둘둘 말려 [빛을 잃고],
When the sun is wrapped up [and its light is gone],
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2
별들이 빛을 잃고 떨어지며,
and when the stars fall, losing their light,
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3
산들이 움직이고,
and when the mountains are set in motion,
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4
새끼 밴 암낙타들이 버려지며,
and when the pregnant she-camels are neglected,
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5
들짐승들이 한데 모이고,
and when the wild beasts are gathered together,
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6
바다들이 불타오르며,
and when the seas are set ablaze,
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영혼들이 [몸과] 짝지어지고,
and when the souls are paired [with their bodies],
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산 채로 묻힌 여자아이가
and when the girl buried alive is asked
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무슨 죄로 죽임을 당했는지 질문받으며,
for what sin she was killed,
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10
기록부들이 펼쳐지고,
and when the records are spread open,
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11
하늘이 벗겨지며,
and when the sky is stripped away,
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12
타오르는 불지옥이 활활 타오르고,
and when Hellfire is set blazing,
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낙원이 가까이 다가올 때,
and when the Garden is brought near —
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각 영혼은 자기가 무엇을 가져왔는지 알게 될 것이다.
[then] every soul will know what it has brought forward.
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나는 뒤로 물러나는 별들을 두고 맹세하노라.
So I swear by the planets that recede,
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제 길을 달리다가 숨어 버리는 별들을 두고,
those that run [their courses] and hide,
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물러가는 밤을 두고,
and by the night as it departs,
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숨을 내쉬듯 밝아 오는 아침을 두고 맹세하노라.
and by the morning as it breathes:
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진정 이것은 고귀한 사도의 말이니,
indeed it is the word of a noble messenger,
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그는 힘을 지녔고, 옥좌의 주인 곁에서 굳건한 자리를 차지하며,
possessed of power, secure in position with the Owner of the Throne,
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그곳에서 순종을 받고 믿음직하다.
obeyed there and trustworthy.
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너희의 동료는 미치지 않았다.
And your companion is not mad.
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그는 분명한 지평선에서 그를 보았다.
And he has indeed seen him on the clear horizon.
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그는 보이지 않는 세계에 [관한 지식을] 인색하게 감추지 않는다.
And he does not withhold [knowledge of] the unseen.
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그리고 그것은 저주받아 쫓겨난 악마의 말이 아니다.
And it is not the word of an accursed devil.
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그런데 너희는 어디로 가느냐?
So where are you going?
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그것은 온 세상을 위한 깨우침일 뿐이니,
It is nothing but a reminder to all the worlds,
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너희 가운데 바른 길을 가고자 하는 이를 위한 것이다.
for whoever among you wills to go straight.
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그러나 온 세상의 주님이신 하나님께서 원하지 않으시면 너희는 원할 수 없다.
And you do not will except that God wills, Lord of all the worlds.