وَالْأَرْضَ왈아r르다 مَدَدْنَاهَا마다드나하 وَأَلْقَيْنَا와알까이나 فِيهَاf피하 رَوَاسِيَr라와시야 وَأَنْبَتْنَا와암바트나 فِيهَاf피하 مِنْ민 كُلِّ쿨리 شَيْءٍ샤이임 مَوْزُونٍ마우준
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왈아r르다 마다드나하 와알까이나 f피하 r라와시야 와암바트나 f피하 민 쿨리 샤이임 마우준
그리고 땅은 우리가 펼쳤고, 그 위에 굳건한 산들을 두었으며, 그 안에 온갖 것을 알맞게 균형 잡아 자라게 하였다.
And the earth, We spread it out and cast firm mountains on it, and caused everything to grow on it in due balance.
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.