وَقُرْآنًا와꾸r르아난 فَرَقْنَاهُf파r라끄나후 لِتَقْرَأَهُ리타끄r라아후 عَلَى알란 النَّاسِ나시 عَلَىٰ알라 مُكْثٍ묵θ신 وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ와낫잘나후 تَنْزِيلًا탄질라
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와꾸r르아난 f파r라끄나후 리타끄r라아후 알란 나시 알라 묵θ신 와낫잘나후 탄질라
[그것은] 우리가 [여러 부분으로] 나눈 꾸란이니, 이는 네가 사람들에게 시간을 두고 그것을 읽어 주게 하려 함이다. 우리는 그것을 차례차례 내려보냈다.
[It is] a Quran which We have divided [into parts] so that you may recite it to people at intervals, and We have sent it down in stages.
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.