وَإِذَا와이ð다 بُشِّرَ붓시r라 أَحَدُهُمْ아하두훔 بِالْأُنْثَىٰ빌운θ사 ظَلَّð달라 وَجْهُهُ와즈후후 مُسْوَدًّا무스왓단 وَهُوَ와후와 كَظِيمٌ카ð딤
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와이ð다 붓시r라 아하두훔 빌운θ사 ð달라 와즈후후 무스왓단 와후와 카ð딤
그들 가운데 누군가에게 딸이 태어났다는 소식이 전해지면, 그의 얼굴은 어두워지고 그는 속으로 괴로움을 삼킨다.
When one of them is given news of [the birth of] a girl, his face darkens and he is filled with suppressed grief.
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.