وَكَذَٰلِكَ와카ð달리카 أَخْذُ아흐ð두 رَبِّكَr랍비카 إِذَا이ð다 أَخَذَ아카ð달 الْقُرَىٰ꾸r라 وَهِيَ와히야 ظَالِمَةٌð달리마툰 ۚ إِنَّ인나 أَخْذَهُ아흐ð다후 أَلِيمٌ알리문 شَدِيدٌ샤디드
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와카ð달리카 아흐ð두 r랍비카 이ð다 아카ð달 꾸r라 와히야 ð달리마툰 인나 아흐ð다후 알리문 샤디드
너의 주님께서 잘못을 저지르는 고을들을 붙잡으실 때 그분의 붙잡으심은 이와 같다. 그분의 붙잡으심은 고통스럽고 혹독하다.
Such is the seizing of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. His seizing is painful and severe.
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.