Al-Qadr 97
The Night of DecreeHow 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, 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.