Al-Layl 92
The NightHow 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 the night as it covers, the day as it shines, and the One who created male and female, and declares that human efforts are diverse. Two paths are then set side by side. Whoever gives, is mindful of God and affirms the best reward will be eased toward ease; whoever is stingy, thinks himself self-sufficient and denies that reward will be eased toward hardship, and his wealth will not help him when he falls. The sura states that guidance belongs to God, as do the Hereafter and this first life, and warns of a blazing Fire. Only the most wretched, who denied and turned away, will burn in it. The most God-fearing will be kept far from it: the one who gives his wealth to purify himself, not to repay a favour but seeking only the Face of his Lord, the Most High — and he will be well pleased.
- Oaths by night and day
- Giving and stinginess
- Ease and hardship
- Giving without expecting return
The name It is named after 'the night' (al-Layl) in the opening oath of verse 1.
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By the night when it covers,
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and the day when it appears in brightness,
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and [by] Him who created the male and the female!
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Indeed your efforts are diverse.
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As for the one who gives and is mindful of God,
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and affirms the best [reward],
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We will ease him toward ease.
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But as for the one who is stingy and considers himself self-sufficient,
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and denies the best [reward],
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We will ease him toward hardship.
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And his wealth will not avail him when he falls.
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Indeed upon Us is [the giving of] guidance.
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And indeed to Us belong the Hereafter and the first [life].
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So I have warned you of a Fire that blazes,
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none will burn in it except the most wretched,
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who denied and turned away.
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But the most God-fearing will be kept away from it —
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he who gives his wealth to purify himself,
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not for anyone's favour to be repaid to him,
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but only seeking the Face of his Lord, the Most High.
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And he will surely be well pleased.