يَا야 أُخْتَ우흐타 هَارُونَ하r루나 مَا마 كَانَ카나 أَبُوكِ아부킴 امْرَأَr라아 سَوْءٍ사우인 وَمَا와마 كَانَتْ카나트 أُمُّكِ움무키 بَغِيًّا바기야
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야 우흐타 하r루나 마 카나 아부킴 r라아 사우인 와마 카나트 움무키 바기야
아론의 누이야, 너의 아버지는 악한 사람이 아니었고 너의 어머니도 부정한 여자가 아니었다.”
Sister of Aaron, your father was not an evil man, nor was your mother unchaste.”
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.