Meccan · 5 verses القدر

Al-Qadr 97

The Night of Decree · ✓

97 / 114

How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small 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 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small 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 فِي^f피 لَيْلَةِ라일라틸 الْقَدْرِ까드^r르

   진정 우리는 그것을 운명의 밤에 내려 보냈다.

   Indeed인디드 We위 sent센트 it잇 down다운 on안 the^ð더 Night나잇 of어^v브 Decree.디크^r리

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2. 2

   وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드^r라카 مَا마 لَيْلَةُ라일라툴 الْقَدْرِ까드^r르

   운명의 밤이 무엇인지 무엇이 너에게 알려 주겠느냐?

   And앤드 what왓 will윌 make메이크 you유 know노우 what왓 the^ð더 Night나잇 of어^v브 Decree디크^r리 is?이즈

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3. 3

   لَيْلَةُ라일라툴 الْقَدْرِ까드^r리 خَيْرٌ카이^r룸 مِنْ민 أَلْفِ알^f피 شَهْرٍ샤흐^r르

   운명의 밤은 천 달보다 더 좋다.

   The^ð더 Night나잇 of어^v브 Decree디크^r리 is이즈 better베터 than^ð댄 a어 thousand^θ싸우즌드 months.먼^θ쓰

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4. 4

   تَنَزَّلُ타낫잘룰 الْمَلَائِكَةُ말라이카투 وَالرُّوحُ와르^r루후 فِيهَا^f피하 بِإِذْنِ비이^ð드니 رَبِّهِمْ^r랍비힘 مِنْ민 كُلِّ쿨리 أَمْرٍ암^r르

   그 밤에 천사들과 영이 자기 주님의 허락을 받아 온갖 일을 가지고 내려온다.

   The^ð디 angels에인즐즈 and앤드 the^ð더 Spirit스피^r릿 descend디센드 therein^ð데^r린 by바이 permission퍼미션 of어^v브 their^ð데어 Lord로드 with위^ð드 every에^v버^r리 matter.매터

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5. 5

   سَلَامٌ살라문 هِيَ히야 حَتَّىٰ핫타 مَطْلَعِ마뜰라일 الْفَجْرِ^f파즈^r르

   그 밤은 새벽이 밝아 올 때까지 평화로 가득하다.

   Peace피스 it잇 is,이즈 until언틸 the^ð더 rising^r라이징 of어^v브 the^ð더 dawn.돈

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