وَمَا와마 أُبَرِّئُ우바르r리우 نَفْسِي나f프시 ۚ إِنَّ인난 النَّفْسَ나f프사 لَأَمَّارَةٌ라암마r라툼 بِالسُّوءِ빗수이 إِلَّا일라 مَا마 رَحِمَr라히마 رَبِّيr랍비 ۚ إِنَّ인나 رَبِّيr랍비 غَفُورٌ가f푸r룬 رَحِيمٌr라힘
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와마 우바르r리우 나f프시 인난 나f프사 라암마r라툼 빗수이 일라 마 r라히마 r랍비 인나 r랍비 가f푸r룬 r라힘
그렇다고 내가 나 자신을 [허물이 없다고] 변명하지는 않는다. 사람의 마음은 언제나 악을 부추긴다. 나의 주님께서 자비를 베푸시는 경우만 예외이다. 나의 주님은 너그러이 용서하시며 자애로우신 분이시다."
Nor do I declare myself free [of blame]. The soul is ever inclined to evil, except when my Lord shows mercy. My Lord is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful."
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.