وَلَوْ왈라우 أَنَّا안나 أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ아흘라크나훔 بِعَذَابٍ비아ð다빔 مِنْ민 قَبْلِهِ까블리히 لَقَالُوا라깔루 رَبَّنَاr랍바나 لَوْلَا라울라 أَرْسَلْتَ아r르살타 إِلَيْنَا일라이나 رَسُولًاr라술란 فَنَتَّبِعَf파낫타비아 آيَاتِكَ아야티카 مِنْ민 قَبْلِ까블리 أَنْ안 نَذِلَّ나ð딜라 وَنَخْزَىٰ와나흐자
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왈라우 안나 아흘라크나훔 비아ð다빔 민 까블리히 라깔루 r랍바나 라울라 아r르살타 일라이나 r라술란 f파낫타비아 아야티카 민 까블리 안 나ð딜라 와나흐자
만일 우리가 그 전에 벌로 그들을 멸망시켰다면, 그들은 말했을 것이다. “우리 주님, 왜 저희에게 사도를 보내지 않으셨습니까? 그랬다면 저희가 비천해지고 수치를 당하기 전에 당신의 구절을 따랐을 것입니다.”
Had We destroyed them with a punishment before it, they would have said, “Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger, so that we could have followed Your verses before we were humiliated and disgraced?”
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.