سَوَاءٌ사와움 مِنْكُمْ민쿰 مَنْ만 أَسَرَّ아사르r랄 الْقَوْلَ까울라 وَمَنْ와만 جَهَرَ자하r라 بِهِ비히 وَمَنْ와만 هُوَ후와 مُسْتَخْفٍ무스타흐f핌 بِاللَّيْلِ빌라일리 وَسَارِبٌ와사r리붐 بِالنَّهَارِ빈나하r르
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사와움 민쿰 만 아사르r랄 까울라 와만 자하r라 비히 와만 후와 무스타흐f핌 빌라일리 와사r리붐 빈나하r르
너희 가운데 말을 숨기는 자나 드러내는 자나, 밤에 몸을 숨기는 자나 낮에 드러내 놓고 다니는 자나 [그분께는] 모두 같다.
It is the same [to Him] whether any of you conceals his speech or declares it, and whether one hides by night or goes about openly by day.
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.