أَفَلَمْ아f팔람 يَهْدِ야흐디 لَهُمْ라훔 كَمْ캄 أَهْلَكْنَا아흘라크나 قَبْلَهُمْ까블라훔 مِنَ미날 الْقُرُونِ꾸r루니 يَمْشُونَ얌슈나 فِيf피 مَسَاكِنِهِمْ마사키니힘 ۗ إِنَّ인나 فِيf피 ذَٰلِكَð달리카 لَآيَاتٍ라아야틸 لِأُولِي리울린 النُّهَىٰ누하
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아f팔람 야흐디 라훔 캄 아흘라크나 까블라훔 미날 꾸r루니 얌슈나 f피 마사키니힘 인나 f피 ð달리카 라아야틸 리울린 누하
우리가 그들 이전에 얼마나 많은 세대를 멸망시켰는지, 그것이 그들에게 교훈이 되지 않았느냐? 그들은 지금 그 세대들이 살던 곳을 거닐고 있다. 참으로 그 안에는 분별력 있는 이들을 위한 표징들이 있다.
Has it not been a lesson for them how many generations We destroyed before them, in whose dwellings they now walk? In that are signs for people of understanding.
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.