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Quran: Arabic, English & Korean
Meccan · 7 verses الفاتحة

Al-Fatihah 1

The Opening
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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 short chapter of seven verses opens in the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and gives praise to God as Lord of all the worlds. It then describes Him as merciful and as Master of the Day of Judgement. At verse 5 the voice changes: the reader now speaks to God directly, saying that it is Him alone they serve and Him alone they ask for help. The closing verses are a request to be guided along the straight path, described as the path of those God has graced, not of those under His wrath or of those who stray. Praise, declaration and petition follow one another in a single short prayer, which is why the sura reads almost entirely in the first person plural.

  • Praise of God
  • The Day of Judgement
  • Serving God alone
  • Guidance to the straight path

The name It is called The Opening because it stands at the very beginning of the Quran and opens the Book.

Start with 1:2 · 1:5 · 1:6

  1. 1

    بِسْمِ비스밀 اللَّهِ라히 الرَّحْمَٰنِ르r라흐마니 الرَّحِيمِ르r라힘

  2. 2

    الْحَمْدُ알함두 لِلَّهِ릴라히 رَبِّr랍빌 الْعَالَمِينَ알라민

  3. 3

    الرَّحْمَٰنِ아르r라흐마니 الرَّحِيمِ르r라힘

  4. 4

    مَالِكِ말리키 يَوْمِ야우밋 الدِّينِ딘

  5. 5

    إِيَّاكَ이야카 نَعْبُدُ나으부두 وَإِيَّاكَ와이야카 نَسْتَعِينُ나스타인

  6. 6

    اهْدِنَا이흐디낫 الصِّرَاطَ시r라딸 الْمُسْتَقِيمَ무스타낌

  7. 7

    صِرَاطَ시r라딸 الَّذِينَ라ð디나 أَنْعَمْتَ안암타 عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 غَيْرِ가이r릴 الْمَغْضُوبِ마그두비 عَلَيْهِمْ알라이힘 وَلَا왈랏 الضَّالِّينَ달린