ذَٰلِكَð달리카 مِنْ민 أَنْبَاءِ암바일 الْقُرَىٰ꾸r라 نَقُصُّهُ나꿋수후 عَلَيْكَ알라이카 ۖ مِنْهَا민하 قَائِمٌ까이문 وَحَصِيدٌ와하시드
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ð달리카 민 암바일 꾸r라 나꿋수후 알라이카 민하 까이문 와하시드
이것은 우리가 너에게 들려주는 고을들의 소식 가운데 일부이다. 그 가운데 어떤 것은 아직 서 있고 어떤 것은 베어진 듯 사라졌다.
That is from the stories of the towns which We relate to you. Some of them are still standing, and some are mown down.
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
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.