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Quran: Arabic, English & Korean
Meccan · 19 verses العلق

Al-'Alaq 96

The Clinging Clot
96 / 114
How 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

beginning비기닝 theð더 Christ크r라이스트 salvation샐v베이션

  • 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.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it opens with the command 'Read in the name of your Lord who created,' and describes God as the One who created man from a clinging clot, the Most Generous who taught by the pen and taught man what he did not know. The tone then shifts: man transgresses because he sees himself as self-sufficient, yet the return is to the Lord. The second half asks about a person who forbids a servant from praying. Does he not know that God sees? If he does not stop, he will be dragged by his lying, sinful forelock; let him call his council, and God will call the guards of Hell. The final verse instructs the listener not to obey such a person, but to prostrate and draw near to God.

  • The command to read
  • Teaching by the pen
  • Human arrogance
  • Hindering prayer
  • Prostration and nearness

The name It is named after 'the clinging clot' (al-'Alaq) in verse 2, from which man is said to be created.

Start with 96:1 · 96:5 · 96:19

  1. 1

    창조하신 너의 주님의 이름으로 읽어라.

  2. 2

    그분께서는 엉겨 붙은 핏덩이로 사람을 창조하셨다.

  3. 3

    읽어라. 너의 주님께서는 가장 너그러우신 분이시니,

  4. 4

    펜으로 가르치신 분이시며,

  5. 5

    사람에게 그가 알지 못하던 것을 가르치셨다.

  6. 6

    결코 그렇지 않다! 진정 사람은 도를 넘으니,

  7. 7

    스스로 부족함이 없다고 여기기 때문이다.

  8. 8

    진정 너의 주님께로 돌아감이 있다.

  9. 9

    너는 막아서는 자를 보았느냐?

  10. 10

    한 종이 예배할 때 [그를 막아서는 자를]?

  11. 11

    생각해 보았느냐? 그 [종이] 바른 인도 위에 있거나,

  12. 12

    경외심을 권한다면 [어떠하냐]?

  13. 13

    생각해 보았느냐? 그 [막는 자가] 부인하고 등을 돌린다면 [어떠하냐]?

  14. 14

    그는 하나님께서 보고 계신다는 것을 알지 못하느냐?

  15. 15

    결코 그렇지 않다! 그가 그만두지 않으면 우리는 반드시 그의 앞머리를 움켜쥐고 끌고 갈 것이다.

  16. 16

    거짓말하고 죄짓는 앞머리를.

  17. 17

    그러니 그는 자기 무리를 불러 보라.

  18. 18

    우리는 지옥의 문지기들을 부를 것이다.

  19. 19

    결코 그렇지 않다! 그에게 순종하지 말고, 엎드려 절하며 [하나님께] 가까이 다가가라.