يَا야 يَحْيَىٰ야흐야 خُذِ쿠ð딜 الْكِتَابَ키타바 بِقُوَّةٍ비꾸와틴 ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ와아타이나훌 الْحُكْمَ후크마 صَبِيًّا사비야
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야 야흐야 쿠ð딜 키타바 비꾸와틴 와아타이나훌 후크마 사비야
“요한아, 경전을 굳게 붙잡아라.” 우리는 그가 아직 어린아이일 때 그에게 지혜를 주었다.
“John, hold fast to the Book.” And We gave him wisdom while still a child,
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.