Ash-Shams 91
The SunHow 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 opens with a long series of oaths: by the sun and its morning brightness, the moon that follows it, the day that displays it and the night that covers it, the sky and its Builder, the earth and the One who spread it, and the soul and the One who proportioned it. The point of these oaths follows: God inspired each soul with awareness of its wickedness and of its mindfulness of Him, so whoever purifies the soul succeeds and whoever corrupts it fails. The sura then gives the people of Thamud as an example. A messenger of God warned them to leave alone the she-camel of God and her turn to drink, but they called him a liar and hamstrung the camel. Their Lord destroyed them for their sin and levelled them, without fearing what would follow.
- Oaths by creation
- Purifying the soul
- Wickedness and mindfulness
- Thamud and the she-camel
The name It is named after 'the sun' (ash-Shams), the first oath in verse 1.
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1
해와 그 아침 햇살을 두고,
By the sun and its morning brightness,
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2
해를 뒤따르는 달을 두고,
and the moon when it follows it,
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3
해를 드러내는 낮을 두고,
and the day when it displays it,
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4
해를 덮는 밤을 두고,
and the night when it covers it,
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5
하늘과 그것을 세우신 분을 두고,
and the sky and He who built it,
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6
땅과 그것을 펼치신 분을 두고,
and the earth and He who spread it,
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영혼과 그것을 반듯하게 빚으신 분을 두고 맹세하노라.
and the soul and He who proportioned it,
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8
그분께서는 그 영혼에게 그것의 사악함과 경외심을 [깨닫도록] 불어넣으셨다.
and inspired it [to know] its wickedness and its mindfulness of God!
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9
그것을 깨끗하게 하는 이는 성공한 것이며,
He has succeeded who purifies it,
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10
그것을 더럽히는 자는 실패한 것이다.
and he has failed who corrupts it.
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11
사무드 백성은 오만하여 [진리를] 부인하였다.
Thamud denied [the truth] in their transgression,
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12
그때 그들 가운데 가장 비참한 자가 나섰다.
when the most wretched of them rose up.
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13
하나님의 사도가 그들에게 말하였다. "하나님의 암낙타와 그 물 마시는 차례를 [건드리지 마라]."
The messenger of God said to them, "[Leave alone] the she-camel of God and her drink."
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14
그러나 그들은 그를 거짓이라 하며 암낙타의 힘줄을 베었다. 그래서 그들의 주님께서 그들의 죄 때문에 그들을 멸하시고 그들을 [땅과] 평평하게 하셨다.
But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought destruction upon them for their sin and levelled them.
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15
그분께서는 그 뒷일을 두려워하지 않으신다.
And He does not fear the consequence of it.