قُلْ꿀 لَوْ라우 كَانَ카날 الْبَحْرُ바흐r루 مِدَادًا미다달 لِكَلِمَاتِ리칼리마티 رَبِّيr랍비 لَنَفِدَ라나f피달 الْبَحْرُ바흐r루 قَبْلَ까블라 أَنْ안 تَنْفَدَ탄f파다 كَلِمَاتُ칼리마투 رَبِّيr랍비 وَلَوْ왈라우 جِئْنَا지으나 بِمِثْلِهِ비미θ슬리히 مَدَدًا마다다
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꿀 라우 카날 바흐r루 미다달 리칼리마티 r랍비 라나f피달 바흐r루 까블라 안 탄f파다 칼리마투 r랍비 왈라우 지으나 비미θ슬리히 마다다
말하라. "바다가 나의 주님의 말씀을 적는 잉크가 된다 해도, 나의 주님의 말씀이 다하기 전에 바다가 먼저 다할 것이다. 우리가 그만큼의 바다를 더 보태어 온다 해도 그러할 것이다."
Say, "If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would run out before the words of my Lord run out, even if We brought another like it to replenish it."
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.