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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

    가장 자비로우시고 가장 자애로우신 하나님의 이름으로

    In인 theð더 name네임 of어v브 God,갓 theð더 Most모우스트 Gracious,그r레이셔스 theð더 Most모우스트 Merciful.머시f플

  2. 2

    모든 찬미는 온 세상의 주님이신 하나님께 속한다.

    Praise프r레이즈 be비 to투 God,갓 Lord로드 of어v브 all올 theð더 worlds,월즈

  3. 3

    그분은 가장 자비로우신 분, 가장 자애로우신 분,

    theð더 Most모우스트 Gracious,그r레이셔스 theð더 Most모우스트 Merciful,머시f플

  4. 4

    심판의 날의 주인이시다.

    Master매스터 of어v브 theð더 Day데이 of어v브 Judgement.저지먼트

  5. 5

    저희는 오직 당신만을 섬기며, 오직 당신께만 도움을 구합니다.

    It잇 is이즈 You유 we위 serve,서v브 and앤드 it잇 is이즈 You유 we위 turn턴 to투 forf포 help.헬프

  6. 6

    저희를 곧은 길로 인도하여 주십시오.

    Guide가이드 us어스 along얼롱 theð더 straight스트r레잇 path,패θ스

  7. 7

    당신께서 은혜를 베푸신 이들의 길로, 노여움을 산 이들이나 길을 잃은 이들의 길이 아닌 그 길로 인도하여 주십시오.

    theð더 path패θ스 of어v브 theð더 ones원즈 You유 have해v브 graced,그r레이스트 not낫 theð더 ones원즈 under언더 [Your]요 wrath,r래θ스 nor노 theð더 ones원즈 who후 stray.스트r레이