وَكَمْ와캄 أَهْلَكْنَا아흘라크나 قَبْلَهُمْ까블라훔 مِنْ민 قَرْنٍ까r르닌 هُمْ훔 أَحْسَنُ아흐사누 أَثَاثًا아θ사θ산 وَرِئْيًا와r리으야
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와캄 아흘라크나 까블라훔 민 까r르닌 훔 아흐사누 아θ사θ산 와r리으야
그러나 우리가 그들 이전에 멸망시킨 세대가 얼마나 많았던가! 그들은 재산도 외모도 더 훌륭했었다.
Yet how many generations We destroyed before them who were finer in possessions and appearance!
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.