أَفَلَا아f팔라 يَرَوْنَ야r라우나 أَلَّا알라 يَرْجِعُ야r르지우 إِلَيْهِمْ일라이힘 قَوْلًا까울란 وَلَا왈라 يَمْلِكُ얌리쿠 لَهُمْ라훔 ضَرًّا다르r란 وَلَا왈라 نَفْعًا나f프아
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아f팔라 야r라우나 알라 야r르지우 일라이힘 까울란 왈라 얌리쿠 라훔 다르r란 왈라 나f프아
그것이 그들에게 한마디 대답도 할 수 없고, 그들에게 해를 끼치거나 이익을 줄 힘도 없다는 것을 그들은 보지 못했느냐?
Did they not see that it could not return a word to them, nor did it have any power to harm or benefit them?
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.