Al-Buruj 85
The ConstellationsHow 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 begins with oaths by the sky with its great constellations, by the promised Day, and by the witness and what is witnessed. It then tells of the people of the trench, who sat beside a pit of blazing fire and watched what they were doing to the believers, resenting them for nothing except their faith in God, and declares that they were destroyed. Those who persecuted believing men and women without repenting will face the punishment of Hell and burning, while those who believe and do good will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. The surah goes on to describe God as the One who originates and repeats creation, Most Forgiving and Most Loving, and recalls the armies of Pharaoh and Thamud. It ends by stating that this is a glorious Quran in a Preserved Tablet.
- Sky of constellations
- People of the trench
- Persecuted believers
- Pharaoh and Thamud
- The Preserved Tablet
The name The name comes from verse 1, which swears by the sky with its great constellations.
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1
거대한 별자리들을 지닌 하늘을 두고,
By the sky with its great constellations,
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2
약속된 날을 두고,
and the promised Day,
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3
증언하는 이와 증언되는 것을 두고 맹세하노라.
and the witness and what is witnessed!
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4
구덩이의 사람들은 멸망하였으니,
Destroyed were the people of the trench,
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땔감이 가득한 불의 [구덩이였다].
[the trench] of fire full of fuel,
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그때 그들은 그 곁에 앉아,
when they sat beside it,
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믿는 이들에게 자기들이 하는 짓을 지켜보고 있었다.
and they were witnesses to what they were doing to the believers.
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그들이 믿는 이들을 미워한 이유는 오직 그들이 전능하시고 찬양받으실 하나님을 믿는다는 것뿐이었다.
And they resented them for nothing except that they believed in God, the Almighty, the Praiseworthy,
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하늘과 땅의 주권은 그분께 속한다. 하나님께서는 모든 것의 증인이시다.
to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And God is Witness over all things.
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10
진정 믿는 남자들과 믿는 여자들을 박해하고도 뉘우치지 않은 자들에게는 지옥의 벌이 있으며, 불태우는 벌이 있다.
Indeed those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women and then did not repent will have the punishment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of burning.
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진정 믿고 선한 일을 하는 이들에게는 아래로 강들이 흐르는 낙원들이 있다. 그것이야말로 큰 성취이다.
Indeed those who believe and do righteous deeds will have Gardens beneath which rivers flow. That is the great triumph.
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12
진정 너의 주님의 붙잡으심은 혹독하다.
Indeed the grip of your Lord is severe.
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진정 [창조를] 처음 시작하시고 다시 되풀이하시는 분이 바로 그분이시다.
Indeed it is He who originates and repeats [creation].
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그분께서는 너그러이 용서하시며 사랑이 넘치시는 분이시고,
And He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving,
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옥좌의 주인이시며 영광스러우신 분이시고,
Owner of the Throne, the Glorious,
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원하시는 것은 무엇이든 행하시는 분이시다.
Doer of whatever He intends.
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군대들의 이야기가 너에게 이르렀느냐?
Has the story of the armies reached you —
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파라오와 사무드 백성의 [이야기가]?
[those of] Pharaoh and Thamud?
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그러나 믿지 않는 자들은 부인하고만 있다.
Rather, those who disbelieve are in denial,
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하나님께서는 그들 뒤에서 그들을 에워싸고 계신다.
while God encompasses them from behind.
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오히려 그것은 영광스러운 꾸란이며,
Rather, it is a glorious Quran,
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잘 보존된 서판에 있다.
in a Preserved Tablet.