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Quran: Arabic, English & Korean
Meccan · 5 verses القدر

Al-Qadr 97

The Night of Decree
97 / 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, this five-verse sura begins with God saying, 'Indeed We sent it down on the Night of Decree.' The text does not name what was sent down; it simply calls it 'it' and turns its attention to the night itself. A question follows — what will make you know what the Night of Decree is? — and the answer comes in three statements. The Night of Decree is better than a thousand months. In it the angels and the Spirit descend, by permission of their Lord, with every matter. And it is peace until the rising of the dawn. The sura therefore centres on a single night, presenting it as a time of sending down, of descent from above, and of peace that lasts until morning.

  • The Night of Decree
  • What was sent down
  • Angels and the Spirit
  • Peace until dawn

The name It is named after 'the Night of Decree' (Laylat al-Qadr) in verse 1; qadr can mean decree or measure as well as power.

Start with 97:1 · 97:3 · 97:4

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    إِنَّا인나 أَنْزَلْنَاهُ안잘나후 فِيf피 لَيْلَةِ라일라틸 الْقَدْرِ까드r르

  2. 2

    وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드r라카 مَا마 لَيْلَةُ라일라툴 الْقَدْرِ까드r르

  3. 3

    لَيْلَةُ라일라툴 الْقَدْرِ까드r리 خَيْرٌ카이r룸 مِنْ민 أَلْفِ알f피 شَهْرٍ샤흐r르

  4. 4

    تَنَزَّلُ타낫잘룰 الْمَلَائِكَةُ말라이카투 وَالرُّوحُ와르r루후 فِيهَاf피하 بِإِذْنِ비이ð드니 رَبِّهِمْr랍비힘 مِنْ민 كُلِّ쿨리 أَمْرٍ암r르

  5. 5

    سَلَامٌ살라문 هِيَ히야 حَتَّىٰ핫타 مَطْلَعِ마뜰라일 الْفَجْرِf파즈r르