وَهُوَ와후왈 الَّذِي라ð디 مَدَّ맛달 الْأَرْضَ아r르다 وَجَعَلَ와자알라 فِيهَاf피하 رَوَاسِيَr라와시야 وَأَنْهَارًا와안하r란 ۖ وَمِنْ와민 كُلِّ쿨릿 الثَّمَرَاتِθ사마r라티 جَعَلَ자알라 فِيهَاf피하 زَوْجَيْنِ자우자이니 اثْنَيْنِθ스나이니 ۖ يُغْشِي유그실 اللَّيْلَ라일란 النَّهَارَ나하r라 ۚ إِنَّ인나 فِيf피 ذَٰلِكَð달리카 لَآيَاتٍ라아야틸 لِقَوْمٍ리까우민 يَتَفَكَّرُونَ야타f팍카r룬
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와후왈 라ð디 맛달 아r르다 와자알라 f피하 r라와시야 와안하r란 와민 쿨릿 θ사마r라티 자알라 f피하 자우자이니 θ스나이니 유그실 라일란 나하r라 인나 f피 ð달리카 라아야틸 리까우민 야타f팍카r룬
그분은 땅을 펼치시고 그 위에 굳건한 산들과 강들을 두신 분이시다. 그분은 그 안에 온갖 열매를 짝으로 두 가지씩 만드셨다. 그분은 밤으로 낮을 덮으신다. 참으로 그 안에는 깊이 생각하는 백성을 위한 표징들이 있다.
It is He who spread out the earth and placed in it firm mountains and rivers, and of every kind of fruit He made in it two of a pair. He draws the night as a cover over the day. In that there are signs for people who reflect.
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.