وَكَمْ와캄 أَهْلَكْنَا아흘라크나 قَبْلَهُمْ까블라훔 مِنْ민 قَرْنٍ까r르닌 هَلْ할 تُحِسُّ투힛수 مِنْهُمْ민훔 مِنْ민 أَحَدٍ아하딘 أَوْ아우 تَسْمَعُ타스마우 لَهُمْ라훔 رِكْزًاr릭자
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와캄 아흘라크나 까블라훔 민 까r르닌 할 투힛수 민훔 민 아하딘 아우 타스마우 라훔 r릭자
우리가 그들 이전에 멸망시킨 세대가 얼마나 많았던가! 너는 그들 가운데 단 한 사람이라도 느낄 수 있느냐, 아니면 그들의 작은 속삭임이라도 들을 수 있느냐?
How many generations We destroyed before them! Can you perceive a single one of them, or hear from them even a whisper?
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.